Christmas tree in San Francisco

Michael Like typical Germans in exile--giving in to hopeless sentimentality--we naturally couldn't resist buying a Christmas tree this year. We had to shell out 60 dollars, but it was delivered directly to our apartment. That was important because we still don't have a car, and transporting a 6 foot Christmas tree on the streetcar would have been quite conspicuous. Since the houses here are made of wood and real candles on Christmas trees are actually illegal, I kept a filled bucket of water ready just in case... but everything went well.