Moira agrees to accompany Johnny to a nearby barn to purchase a tree from Ray, who happily informs them that he's charging exorbitant amounts for even the smallest, lamest of trees due to supply and demand. So the Roses end up taking home a dinky little tree that is honestly more like a loose collection of twigs. Never is that more apparent than in the scene when David, Alexis, and Moira beg Johnny to "release the tree" from its wrapping so he'll feel more in the spirit of Christmas, and it . . . completely falls apart. It also has a "charred" back, according to Ted. (This is the scene when I howled with laughter, FYI.)
