Yeah, it's definitely BROKEN in, now.

I won't feel bad about anything else I put it through, that's for sure.

I was really surprised to find a nail in there - I cut the tree down in my own backyard, and there was never anything hung from it as long as I've owned the place. There was no sign of a nail on the outside, either. The nail must have been driven in a looong time ago, because the tree was completely grown over it by at least a half an inch.