Christmas - tree or no tree?

Yes, we will have 2 Christmas trees here at Oakapple Towers. In different rooms of course, one green and one white.Garlands and lights on the mantel , a Christmas wreath on the door. We do this about the second week in December. The grandchildren like it, and come to that, we like it ourselves.:)
 

No tree this year. We're going north (well, Virginia IS north) for Christmas on the 16th and won't be back til after the big day. I'm not even going to get the electric candles out for the windows. I'll do it real big next year to make up. Back "in the day" I had over a thousand Santa Clauses from almost life-size to down to one carved from a grain of rice. I would drag them out every year and put them everywhere. I even had an all-Santa tree. But a couple of years ago, I rented a booth at an antique mart and sold all but the most sentimental ones. I don't think I'll ever collect anything again....it can get out of hand.
 
No tree, or any other such accoutrements, well except for this frog I've had for eons that croaks out jingle bells when you squeeze the hand; it never gets old, I squeeze it's hand any time I come across it even when not the season.

There's no children and really no foot traffic through my place, so, I don't see the point, it's just me, I can look at other peoples stuff from afar and not have to worry about the work. A win for me as I see it.
 
Tiny little plug in ceramic tree only, and I playfully gripe to my husband each year that I have to go into the garage, get the tree, and put it up again. :playful: :christmas2:
 
Hi Poetry! What a great thread! We have a 71/2 foot artificial tree (fully assembled and pre-lit) in the attic, that I "chop down" and carry downstairs. We also have a 36 inch aluminum tree, that we enjoy. I also brought along a poem for the occasion:

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Depends on whether or not we have any new kids by then. We didn`t have one for about four years,then we did last year because we had kids here. So we`ll see....
 
We have a small artificial tree in the basement covered with plastic to keep the dust off it.
The lights stay on it and we will bring it up and put on decorations about the middle of December.
I find the little tree with coloured lights very cheery and it's not much trouble.

We always had a real fir tree until about ten years ago when we got the small fake tree.
It is less mess than a real tree but does not have the lovely scent.
 
Pappy said:
Anyone remember the aluminum trees with the rotating color wheel. Gad, they were ugly.:rolleyes:
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I remember one from 1960. You couldn't put strings of lights on it directly, so the revolving wheel added changing colors. I thought it was "Futuristic", which is a word not used much today. Plus the older folks didn't like it then either!:) Today the word would be "Retro"! (picture is not the one we had)

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Yup. Gonna put up the little bitty tree that was in DH's hospital room. It didn't have lights because the hospital wouldn't allow them, but it had little bitty ornaments. Those will go on it along with special ornaments that I saved over the years. Some were gifts and have sentimental value, just a bunch of favorites that each have their own story. It will be on top of a bookcase in my sitting room where I can admire it and remember where each of those special ornaments came from.
 
GeorgiaXplant said:
Yup. Gonna put up the little bitty tree that was in DH's hospital room. It didn't have lights because the hospital wouldn't allow them, but it had little bitty ornaments. Those will go on it along with special ornaments that I saved over the years. Some were gifts and have sentimental value, just a bunch of favorites that each have their own story. It will be on top of a bookcase in my sitting room where I can admire it and remember where each of those special ornaments came from.
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Here's one for you. It is one my folks used.:)
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Awww. That's sweet.

I have one that DH gave me the first Christmas we were married. It's a gold heart with our names and the year engraved on it.
 
I have a 7 foot tree in the attic...it's a beautiful tree when it's all dressed up, but I have no kids here or grandkids and very little footfall either over Christmas , so it does seem a lot of work for little reward.

However I do have a big one in the corner at work, it's already dressed and lit (thanks to a very excited colleague who loves Xmas) so I may just get my Tree fix from that.. :D
 
On my own this year so no tree,but I will decorate a little.

Anyway, the tree is a recent importation from the mainland, Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg Gotha, and we have enough of their influence thank you very much!
 
Recent laurie?...well relatively only.. Prince Albert brought the first one over from German in 1841...over a 160 years ago!! and the first ones in Britain were sold by Woolworth in 1880
 
We have about a 4 footer already decorated that we bring up out of the basement and uncover and plug it in. Then maybe just before New Years, its back in the basement.
 
Will most definitely have a Christmas tree . . . it isn't Christmas without one for me. I can do without the presents, but don't take away my tree. I love Christmas time and sitting in the living room in the warmth of the colored lights is delightful. NOPE, gotta have a Christmas tree. If I wasn't caring for my mother or working any more, I would also put up my Christmas Village on my bookshelf. A lot of work, yes, but all worth it to me.
 

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