Real or Fake Christmas Tree?
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runningonmt64
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Can't do real...Jr has allergies, then again having a dusty fake one doesn't help either :hn
Sir Ashton
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Wow. If that actually made sense, I may have been offended. :ssBelieve me, brudda - I have a fake tree but you'd have to try real hard to find somebody more American than me. :u:u:u:u:u:u
Just kiddin'!!! But OUCH!
:r
I know, I feel like I'm letting down my fellow countrymen..... I was fine with my little fake tree until now, so I'm off to the the tree lot in search a Patriotic Christmas tree, maybe I can find one with red, white, and blue needles.
Just kidding, real trees are very traditional, but fake trees being anti american, I'm not ready to go that far.
Had real for all my life, would not even consider a fake....until my kids grew up and moved away...still stuck with real for a couple of years.. but then relented and got a fake as it is much easier to deal with. I must admit though, I miss the real ones, I'm just no longer willing to deal with the hassles.
schweiger_schmoke
Books, Beer, and Smokes
schweiger_schmoke
Books, Beer, and Smokes
When you put up a fake tree...
...the terrorists win.
:r! At least 60% of artificial tree proceeds benefit the Al-Quida and Hysmuyla (or however you say it) operatives. The plastic pine-needle plants are based in the caves of the mid-east!
This one.
:r:r:r. Now that's American! (or is that Heiniken?)
I've had the same fake tree since I first moved to Alaska in '96. That tree has been everywhere and I love it. I also keep a can of "Christmas Tree Smell" in the box with it and give a burst or two every now and then
A real tree in Alaska was well over $125ish and not worth paying that much every year. Plus, we had a fourth floor condo with a nice storage area.
A real tree in Alaska was well over $125ish and not worth paying that much every year. Plus, we had a fourth floor condo with a nice storage area.
:tpd:
billybarue
Luvin' me some Lagavulin
Both!
For ease and convenience we put up the fake in early December in the living room. The way they looked when I was a kid is comical compared to how good they look now. I need to get some of that fake Christmas tree scent.
On Christams Eve when they are selling the old trees for $5.00 bucks I go out and get one for the family room. Make it a Christmas Eve tradition to put up a real tree. Get to pull a Charlie Brown and save one of those old "orphan" trees from the lot, get into the mood on Christmas Eve and maybe open a gift, have my true preference of a "live" tree in the house, etc etc.
Doesn't much matter which tree the gifts go under. There are already gifts under the fake and when Santa comes that night, his gifts tend to end up under the real tree.
:2
For ease and convenience we put up the fake in early December in the living room. The way they looked when I was a kid is comical compared to how good they look now. I need to get some of that fake Christmas tree scent.
On Christams Eve when they are selling the old trees for $5.00 bucks I go out and get one for the family room. Make it a Christmas Eve tradition to put up a real tree. Get to pull a Charlie Brown and save one of those old "orphan" trees from the lot, get into the mood on Christmas Eve and maybe open a gift, have my true preference of a "live" tree in the house, etc etc.
Doesn't much matter which tree the gifts go under. There are already gifts under the fake and when Santa comes that night, his gifts tend to end up under the real tree.
:2
Lemme tell ya a story about a p-whipped guy: until this year, I wasn't *allowed* to have a real tree by my former gf because she had philosphical issues with 1) cutting down trees = deforestation, and 2) issues with the whole idea of a holiday season built more around commercialism and consumption than family/friends. To her, a real tree was meaningless death. To me, it was a thing that brought great aromas into the house and held up lights that make me cheery; to go artificial was antithetical to the first reason I'd have a Christmas tree, so we compromised and put up no tree for seven years.
New gf this year, she has no moral issues with a live tree, and actually picked our beauty out and bought extra LED light strands to make it look nice. New gf + real tree = a very me this holiday season. :tu
New gf this year, she has no moral issues with a live tree, and actually picked our beauty out and bought extra LED light strands to make it look nice. New gf + real tree = a very
me this holiday season. :tuSir Ashton
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"Now that's American! (or is that Heiniken?)"
I'm thinking it's Grolsch.<!-- / message --><!-- sig -->
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We split the difference at home. We get a real tree for our family room where we do gifts and spend most of our time. That's also where we put the really meaningful ornaments - ones marking anniversaries, Christmases past, ones my brother and I made in school, etc.
Then we have a fake tree in our foyer that you can see from the street. That one we throw on all white lights and gold garland and ball ornaments and all of our musically-themed ornaments - what can I say, in a family of four musicians, we tend to get new music ornaments every year.
Then we have a fake tree in our foyer that you can see from the street. That one we throw on all white lights and gold garland and ball ornaments and all of our musically-themed ornaments - what can I say, in a family of four musicians, we tend to get new music ornaments every year.
Sir Ashton
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We split the difference at home. We get a real tree for our family room where we do gifts and spend most of our time. That's also where we put the really meaningful ornaments - ones marking anniversaries, Christmases past, ones my brother and I made in school, etc.
Then we have a fake tree in our foyer that you can see from the street. That one we throw on all white lights and gold garland and ball ornaments and all of our musically-themed ornaments - what can I say, in a family of four musicians, we tend to get new music ornaments every year.
CSmith - it looks like you and I have some similar interests. A - cigars (that's a given). B - nice avatar. I have the poster hanging in my garage. C - I am just starting to pick up guitar (nowhere near worthy of a Breedlove - very nice). D - Calvin and Hobbes quote in your sig -- all time favorite comic strip.
Have a merry!
Yep, it is- the swing-top bottles give it away.
Back to the original question: We usually have a real tree at my house. Right now, we don't have a tree up at all. We have been putting it up on Christmas Eve lately.