oh Christmas tree!

lady cop · 11-23-2006, 05:23 AM

do you set one up? is it real or artificial? when i was a kid my Dad would take us all out on a hike to find a tree, we'd sometimes get a couple and tie them together because they didn't look like the perfect ones you see in the tree lots! it was free, it was fun, and it was a great memory! have any tree pics?

Raven · 11-23-2006, 05:32 AM

As a matter of fact, I am putting mine up today. (tradition since I moved out from home) Admitted Christmas junky, here!

Bez · 11-23-2006, 05:45 AM

Small and artificial due to space restraints.
Will go up the first weekend in December and be decorated with much pleasure.....I love decorating the tree.
Doesn't matter how down in the dumps i am, I would never NOT have a tree at Christmas

chonsigirl · 11-23-2006, 05:48 AM

Alas, a fake tree here. But it will go up this weekend, and the kids will help me decorate it. It will be beautiful.

Imladris · 11-23-2006, 05:59 AM

We used to live in a bigger house and had two trees in different rooms - both real each with it's own theme for decorations.

Now we have a smaller house but last year still had a real tree, but it was hard to choose which set of decorations to use!!

I love the smell of a real tree, don't even mind the hoovering up of needles on a regular basis - it weird how they turn up months later though.

My daughter loves to help with the tree decoration and we feel really Christmassy when it's up.

Bill Sikes · 11-23-2006, 06:07 AM

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Originally Posted by lady cop

[b]do you set one up? is it real or artificial?

Yes, I get a real one, a Norway Spruce if possible - the "no drop" Nordmann fir
is OK but a second choice. They're getting a bit dear, though, these days.

Bill Sikes · 11-23-2006, 06:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Raven

As a matter of fact, I am putting mine up today. (tradition since I moved out from home) Admitted Christmas junky, here!

I shouldn't like to visit your house, then - it's still *November*. Do you take the
thing down on Christmas Day?

pantsonfire321@aol.com · 11-23-2006, 06:08 AM

We've had a fiber optic one for the last three years but before that we always went out and got a real one . Might have a change next year.

minks · 11-23-2006, 10:46 AM

Yes gone to a fake small one but still love to take the time to decorate it and the house.
Hey LC we used to live in the country and one year my brother and I thought we were brilliant and hiked out to go find a tree, we found a beauty so we cut it down and took it home and proudly presented it to our parents.
"lovely tree" said my dad "did you get it off the indian reserve, you know we aren't supposed to cut trees in the reserve?"
"yeah we did dad, but how will they know it was us?"
He took us to the back door and pointed to the snow "I think they will just follow your path from the stump to the back door"

They never came for us but we (my brother and I) sure were worried.

chonsigirl · 11-23-2006, 11:24 AM

Oh my goodness, that is a great story, minks!

11-23-2006, 05:23 AM	#1 (permalink)
lady cop Banned Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: margaritaville Posts: 14,677	oh Christmas tree! do you set one up? is it real or artificial? when i was a kid my Dad would take us all out on a hike to find a tree, we'd sometimes get a couple and tie them together because they didn't look like the perfect ones you see in the tree lots! it was free, it was fun, and it was a great memory! have any tree pics?
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Raven Chatelaine of the Keep Supporting Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Essex, UK Posts: 3,038	Re: oh Christmas tree! As a matter of fact, I am putting mine up today. (tradition since I moved out from home) Admitted Christmas junky, here! __________________ *~Quoth the Raven, Nevermore!~*
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Bez Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: West Sussex Posts: 8,450	Re: oh Christmas tree! Small and artificial due to space restraints. Will go up the first weekend in December and be decorated with much pleasure.....I love decorating the tree. Doesn't matter how down in the dumps i am, I would never NOT have a tree at Christmas __________________ "Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so."
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11-23-2006, 05:48 AM	#4 (permalink)
chonsigirl I think, therefore I post Supporting Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Nirvana Posts: 28,697	Re: oh Christmas tree! Alas, a fake tree here. But it will go up this weekend, and the kids will help me decorate it. It will be beautiful.
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Imladris Boobs not moobs Supporting Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Over there>>> Posts: 4,224	Re: oh Christmas tree! We used to live in a bigger house and had two trees in different rooms - both real each with it's own theme for decorations. Now we have a smaller house but last year still had a real tree, but it was hard to choose which set of decorations to use!! I love the smell of a real tree, don't even mind the hoovering up of needles on a regular basis - it weird how they turn up months later though. My daughter loves to help with the tree decoration and we feel really Christmassy when it's up. __________________ Originally Posted by spot She is one fit bitch innit, that Immy
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11-23-2006, 10:46 AM	#9 (permalink)
minks superstar Supporting Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: igloo apparently Posts: 23,433	Re: oh Christmas tree! Yes gone to a fake small one but still love to take the time to decorate it and the house. Hey LC we used to live in the country and one year my brother and I thought we were brilliant and hiked out to go find a tree, we found a beauty so we cut it down and took it home and proudly presented it to our parents. "lovely tree" said my dad "did you get it off the indian reserve, you know we aren't supposed to cut trees in the reserve?" "yeah we did dad, but how will they know it was us?" He took us to the back door and pointed to the snow "I think they will just follow your path from the stump to the back door" They never came for us but we (my brother and I) sure were worried. __________________ “Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.” Dr. Seuss
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chonsigirl I think, therefore I post Supporting Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Nirvana Posts: 28,697	Re: oh Christmas tree! Oh my goodness, that is a great story, minks!
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