Have Yourself a Merry Redneck Christmas
Posted on 15 December 2008, at 10:38 am, by Judie Lipsett
Those of you that know me well, know that I have an insatiable thirst for Diet Coke; I generally buy it in cans, and I go through quite a few of them…to put it mildly. My solution has been to recycle, but some enterprising folks have come up with a better and creative option: turn those loose cans into the mother of all redneck Christmas trees.
While I don’t think that I will be creating one of my own this year (or likely ever), I thought it would be fun to show you the Mountain Dew Christmas tree that I discovered on Make…
The Mountain Dew Christmas tree site includes a lovely video of the tree – complete with glowing two-liter plastic bottle “angel”.
How many cans does it take to create one? Over 400…and let’s just say that I am confident that gathering them wouldn’t be a problem at my house. Of course a Diet Coke tree would be silver and red; still quite festive.
If you are intrigued but totally pressed for time, then there is always the Charlie Brown version…
Cristoph Büchel’s beer can Christmas tree
Jeff Foxworthy would approve.
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December 15th, 2008 at 10:53 am
Awesome! I could also build one of these out of Diet Pepsi in about 4 days. Wish I were lying.
December 15th, 2008 at 11:01 am
I’m right there with you, and I wish I were lying, too.
December 15th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
Wow, that really is awesome! Think about it… If you drink “regular” DC, you’d have a nice silver tree w/ red. If you wanted to add some green to it, just drink DC w/ Lime. Me, I’m a CFDC (Caffeine-free Diet Coke) drinker so my tree would end up looking like it’d been infested w/ bark beetles. Not a pretty sight.
December 15th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
…And it was Leroy the Redneck Reindeer, hooked to the front of the sleigh
deliverin’ toys to all the good ol’ boys and girls along the way,
He’s just a down home party ani-mule, two-steppin’ across the sky
he mixed Jingle Bells with a rebel yell and made history that night..!
God, I love Joe Diffe… [sniff !]
December 16th, 2008 at 6:23 am
This is almost as good as the ‘redneck wedding cake’. (Big stack of Twinkies with the plastic bride and groom dolls at the top.)
December 16th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
I want one!