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That time of year again...Christmas Trees!

P: 12/6/2003 5:47:24 PM
Mara Ideal Rock Total Posts: 27,919 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 10/30/2002	I'm a Christmas girl at heart....love the tree, love the presents, love the sparkly lights. Love driving down the road on a weekend such as this one and seeing trees strapped to cars as they head towards their final destination. Born and raised in California, we don't see snow here...in fact today is sunny and about 65. So to those with snow on the ground right now, Christmas may not be Christmas without snow. But here...to me, it wouldn't be Christmas with snow! We got our tree today and I am in the midst of trimming, decorating and re-doing the house for the holiday season, I'm a seasonal girl and my closets of seasonal decor corroborate this. Here is a picture from last year....this year will be our last Christmas and last tree for our too-small house. Next holiday we'll be in our new, much bigger place...with TWO trees; one for living room by the double french doors for the public outdoor viewing, and one for the family room where we hang out....where I absolutely REQUIRE a tree within touching distance. I'll post a picture of this year's tree later today when it's all done...but chances are it won't look much different than last year, I am a traditional girl. Please post your Christmas tree pictures here....I love to see other trees! Happy Holidays!! ________________________________ "Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." -Albert Einstein
Posted: 12/6/2003 5:47:24 PM

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P: 12/6/2003 9:46:06 PM
Fuffi Cut Rock Total Posts: 432 Last Post: 9/17/2006 Member Since: 5/29/2003	Well I for one hate snow, but at least we got the tree stuff out of the way today during our first blizzard... UGH ! Here are the results. Fuffi, G.G., A.J.P.
Posted: 12/6/2003 9:46:06 PM

P: 12/6/2003 11:43:00 PM
pauls girl Cut Rock Total Posts: 192 Last Post: 10/18/2004 Member Since: 9/11/2003	Normally, I have one fake tree that I like to put in the corner & a real one that I decorate and put in the dining room. This year, we are going to be gone for 2 weeks at Christmas, so we just put up the fake tree - which just isn't the same. This is the fake tree. It is pretty, but it just doesn't hold a candle to the real thing. Plus, since it was purchased for a specifically small space, it is a very skinny tree. I miss my nice big christmas tree, but my family will have one all decked out when we go up at Christmas. Growing up in a place that it snowed in the winter, and then moving to a place that doesn't, I prefer the snow. Even though it made getting around difficult, it's something that will always remind me of my childhood holidays in the snow, and so it will always be special to me. "being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage." -Lao Tzu
Posted: 12/6/2003 11:43:00 PM

P: 12/7/2003 9:27:55 AM
MC Ideal Rock Total Posts: 8,835 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 2/8/2003	We're not getting a tree until Christmas eve, so I'll have to post my picture after then. I have two small boys (the one who's pictured at the left, who's 18 months and my other son, who's 3 years old) and they would TRASH the tree if we left it up for more than a few hours! Michelle
Posted: 12/7/2003 9:27:55 AM

P: 12/7/2003 3:03:48 PM
Butterfly17 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 678 Last Post: 6/13/2006 Member Since: 1/14/2003	Here is ours!! It is a huge!!! I told my husband that we should get a smaller one, but he said no!!! Oh well. We also have one upstairs, a small fiberglass one that sits right in front of the window. Unfortunately, we didn't expect the snow this soon, we didn't get a chance to decorate outside yet. Every year since we have been married, I have collected one Hallmark Keepsake ornament for us and one for each of our kids. In the beginning, we only had two ornaments, but since then, we have collected quite a few!!! Maybe next year we'll get a smaller one!!! "I'm a Brat" - Mara (PS Queen)
Posted: 12/7/2003 3:03:48 PM

P: 12/7/2003 3:08:09 PM
Butterfly17 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 678 Last Post: 6/13/2006 Member Since: 1/14/2003	Here is another picture taken with flash. "I'm a Brat" - Mara (PS Queen)
Posted: 12/7/2003 3:08:09 PM

P: 12/7/2003 4:52:11 PM
XvvOrlyBearvvX Rough Rock Total Posts: 88 Last Post: 1/5/2004 Member Since: 9/14/2003	This is the tree at my soon to be Mother and Father and Laws house...At my house my mom gets a tree but doesnt decorate it,because my Mom and all her sisters are wiccan. They celebrate with "A Tree of Nature" to show that nature is with us through good times. They also exchange presents celebrating themselves. I go to my fiances moms for Christmas even though im not Christian at all... But I think now days Christmas really isnt religous whats so ever. So I go along with it... I hope you come down with something they can't diagnose, don't have the cure for. Have another drink and drive yourself home... I hope there's ice on all the roads.. And you can think of me when you forget your seatbelt then when your head goes through the windshield.. I hope the next girl that you kiss has something terribly contagious on her lips... the only thing that comforts me is knowing that you'll never be happy Good to Know That if I Ever Need Attention All I Have to Do is Die The Truth is you could Slit my Throat but with my one last gasping breath id apologize for bleeding on your shirt
Posted: 12/7/2003 4:52:11 PM

P: 12/7/2003 7:05:42 PM
DiamondExpert Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,243 Last Post: 6/20/2009 Member Since: 1/16/2003	Hey, this one only cost me 4 bucks! Gary www.diamondexpert.com
Posted: 12/7/2003 7:05:42 PM

P: 12/7/2003 7:19:53 PM
Mara Ideal Rock Total Posts: 27,919 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 10/30/2002	Ha Ha Nice Gary!!! A true work of art Lovely trees everyone. I took some pix last nite of this year's tree....which looks almost the same as every year...hee hee; except when we got it home and unbagged it we realized that it's about a foot bigger than last years..woops. It dominates our small family room...but it looks breathttaking! I noticed I seem to like my trees with more of a bottom heavy look. ________________________________ "Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." -Albert Einstein
Posted: 12/7/2003 7:19:53 PM

P: 12/9/2003 4:55:25 PM
Butterfly17 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 678 Last Post: 6/13/2006 Member Since: 1/14/2003	Here is a picture of our baby fiberglass tree upstairs. "I'm a Brat" - Mara (PS Queen)
Posted: 12/9/2003 4:55:25 PM

P: 12/10/2003 10:45:16 AM
fire&ice Ideal Rock Total Posts: 7,827 Last Post: 3/30/2009 Member Since: 7/22/2002	Something sad - I'm highly allergic to pine. Never could have a real tree. Fortunately, Holly is not a problem & in abundance outside our house. We usually trim some branches to bring in some live green. I can't even touch pine.
Posted: 12/10/2003 10:45:16 AM

P: 12/10/2003 1:54:35 PM
Lanee Ideal Rock Total Posts: 534 Last Post: 5/28/2004 Member Since: 1/29/2003	How sad F&I! Well, I love seeing all the trees. This was a great idea Mara. I don't have my tree yet and I am too excited because this will be my very first real Christmas tree as an adult. And Carlos has never had one at all so I'm super excited. As soon as I get it up, I'll post a picture. Lanee
Posted: 12/10/2003 1:54:35 PM

P: 12/12/2003 4:05:20 AM
AGBF Ideal Rock Total Posts: 8,044 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 1/26/2003	I love Christmas, as Mara does, but I am tired :-). This year I decided to do what we did when my daughter was 2 (and I was very tired!!!): get a very small (1'-2') live tree and plan it after Christmas. The tiny tree we got when our daughter was 2 is now about 10' tall. It is in our backyard here, even though we weren't living in the same house when we bought it. (We transplanted it to take with us when we moved...out of sentiment.) I bought a tree at the grocery store and am trying to bring it back to health. (It was pretty dry.) I have it on the deck to keep it cool and am watering it. I think I may repot it before I bring it in. I have so many Christmas decorations that they have overwhelmed me. I have family heirloom ones and ones I have acquired myself. I could NEVER fit them on one tree...or even on two if I were lucky enough to be able to have two trees like some of you! I have to rotate the ornaments, using some one year and some the next. Even so, the tree is FULL of ornaments. That is why I usually buy a balsam instead of a graceful Douglas fir. The Douglas fir is gorgeous, but one cannot see the ornaments on it as easliy as on a balsam! I need space between all the needles, space to put more and more ornaments without it looking unattractive! At ay rate, it is probably my overabundance of ornaments and the thought of taking all the boxes out of the attic that had me decide to do a tiny, easy tree this year!! If I ever get my camera and computer reunited I will attempt to post pictures of one of our bigger trees and this year's tree. Don't hold your breath, though. One of our computers (the one I attach the camera to) is in ill health :-(. A Girl's Best Friend
Posted: 12/12/2003 4:05:20 AM

P: 12/12/2003 3:34:55 PM
Jax172 Cut Rock Total Posts: 247 Last Post: 4/28/2008 Member Since: 3/11/2002	Here is our first tree together in our new home as husband and wife. Ignore the lighting fixture. The tree is in the dining room where we do not yet have dining room furniture.
Posted: 12/12/2003 3:34:55 PM

P: 12/18/2003 10:46:39 AM
ccuheartnurse Ideal Rock Total Posts: 709 Last Post: 11/27/2007 Member Since: 5/22/2002	Wow, nice trees everyone! I cant wait to have my own next year. Mara, you'll have to revive this thread next year. Judy :-)
Posted: 12/18/2003 10:46:39 AM

P: 12/26/2003 1:05:53 AM
Mara Ideal Rock Total Posts: 27,919 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 10/30/2002	I finally got around to posting this! Our tree this year Similar to last years but a little more proportionate ________________________________ "Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." -Albert Einstein
Posted: 12/26/2003 1:05:53 AM

P: 12/26/2003 1:06:51 AM
Mara Ideal Rock Total Posts: 27,919 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 10/30/2002	And then this was taken today with the presents underneath it...ignore the scrunched up tree skirt...we have to do that because this house we are in now has floor heating....and I don't want the tree skirt to catch on fire. Thank goodness new house has normal ceiling ducts! ________________________________ "Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." -Albert Einstein
Posted: 12/26/2003 1:06:51 AM

P: 12/26/2003 2:56:17 AM
KittyTiger Cut Rock Total Posts: 395 Last Post: 11/22/2004 Member Since: 11/30/2003	wow, Mara.. Are those presents just between the you and your fiance??????? *changed my user name from Leota --> to KittyTiger*
Posted: 12/26/2003 2:56:17 AM

P: 12/26/2003 2:07:44 PM
Mara Ideal Rock Total Posts: 27,919 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 10/30/2002	Ha Ha no those are for us and my family...they go all the way around the tree I wish that they were all for ME! I love presents. But I love giving too...so it all evens out. ________________________________ "Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." -Albert Einstein
Posted: 12/26/2003 2:07:44 PM

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