Rent a Living Christmas Tree

One of the most depressing sights of the holiday season is row upon row of soggy brown evergreens lining residential gutters the week after Christmas.

But wait! (Cue fanfare and smiling Whos in Whoville...)  If you're living in Southern California, there's no need to contribute to the January 2nd Christmas-tree graveyard.

You can rent a tree from The Living Christmas Company. It sounds crazy, but then, so does throwing away an estimated 34 million trees each year.