Obviousness and the Christmas tree stand

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So as we approach this holiday season, it occurs to us – if ever there was a long felt unmet need and a legacy of failure by others, it is in the art of the Christmas tree stand. Doesn’t anybody make a decent one? Not as far as we know, and we’re not alone. According to the World Institute of Marriage Psychologists, 95.4% of post-holiday marriage failures result directly from TTSS3,4.