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Post by Brian » Thu Dec 21, 2006 6:34 pm

We have six trees. Here's some small-ish photos with links to Flickr for bigger versions.

Main Tree: I also included some of the surrounding decor. This tree is the one that gets the main focus when it comes to decoration, and houses all of our main ornaments.
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Second Tree: This tree first showed up in this role last year. We'd bought a new tree to become our main one, and my wife decided she wanted to use the old one as well. It's also in the living room, just feet from the main tree.
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Entry tree: This tree, as well as the next two, were purchased last year in post-Christmas sales, to be used as decor in smaller areas. This one greets people entering our home. It's decorated very simply, and was already pre-lit, so my wife just bought a few neat little branch things from Hobby Lobby and it was transformed.
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Office Tree: This one is much like the entry tree, but also has a little ribbon.
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Bedroom Tree: Not even our bedroom escapes the decoration. It's neat to have just the tree on before we go to sleep (turning it off before we actually fall asleep, of course).
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Restroom Tree: This tree used to be our bedroom tree, but with the introduction of the three slim trees, it's been relegated to the restroom.
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We actually have two rooms that don't have Christmas trees, and I fear that my wife wants to buy some post-Christmas stick trees much like the ones we bought last year, so that no room is left without holiday spirit.

At least she decorates all of them (except for the main tree) all herself. It doesn't add more work for me, so I'm probably going to be okay with more trees. :D
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Post by Lizzegirle » Fri Dec 22, 2006 8:42 am

Here are my photos, but they don't even show a quarter of how gorgeous it is.

A little back story about my tree though. This is a fake tree that my parents bought before I was born. When I moved out of the house, they decided to get a new tree and gave me this one. Along with it, my mother gave me a ton of our old decorations. Some of them are very sentimental, as I will share with you. So, here is a tree with about 200 ornaments and is over 25 years old.

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The first time Greg and I went to Disneyland together was right before our first Christmas together. We bought a set of 4 of these ornaments.
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And this very special ornament.
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When my mother was giving birth to me, (December 26th-27th, almost a month later than I was supposed to arrive) she was told to bring something to focus on while she was pushing and having contractions. My mom said that she brought this little ornament along because she knew she was going to have a little blonde angel.
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This angel is older than me too. I was so surprised when my mother said I could take her, because this topper always seemed so much more special than a star. It was pretty much the only thing I truly got excited about when decorating the tree.
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Post by Deacon » Fri Dec 22, 2006 9:06 am

[quote="Lizzegirle";p="705341"]My mom said that she brought this little ornament along because she knew she was going to have a little blonde angel.[/quote]
Little did she know she was going to have you, instead! Ha! ZING! :D
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Post by Captain Pink » Fri Dec 22, 2006 9:15 am

Well, I have none, and I do not want one. I do not like christmas at all. Stupid people buy stupid stuff for other stupid people they do not even like and those people do not even want this stuff. The only ones that are realy happy on christmas are the shop-owners (cause of the huge amount of money that is thrown away for stuff), the bank employees (cause many people lent money to buy this junk they call presents), the family laywers (around christmas most divorces begin) and the undertakers (since christmas is the time of the year with highest rates of suicides). As you can see, it is all about the money. But at least it has the right symbol. This Coca Cola advertising everywhere running around and children do not know the difference between him and real historic figures like Sant Niki. So stay the hell away from me at christmas. My nerves are stressed at this time!
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Post by Deacon » Fri Dec 22, 2006 9:19 am

Wow, I've never seen someone so upset by peace on earth and good will toward all :P
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Post by Captain Pink » Fri Dec 22, 2006 11:07 am

I am not upset by peace on earth. Would it be that on Christmas there would be no fighting, killing and/or Warfare, I would swallow my pride and sing "Jingle Bells" along with you. But if you are honest, you must admit, that there isn´t any real effect of christmas on those issues (there have been some exceptions, but not in general). so stop this nonsence. and while on it, rip german carneval also out of the calender. All this ordered and pressed on happiness pisses me off!

@Lucksi: :lol:
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Post by Bigity » Fri Dec 22, 2006 1:25 pm

[quote="Lucksi";p="705357"][quote="Deacon";p="705355"]Wow, I've never seen someone so upset by peace on earth and good will toward all :P[/quote]

He is german, what did you expect?

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Posted Fri Dec 22, 2006 7:25 am:

[quote="Captain Pink";p="705363"]I am not upset by peace on earth. Would it be that on Christmas there would be no fighting, killing and/or Warfare, I would swallow my pride and sing "Jingle Bells" along with you. But if you are honest, you must admit, that there isn´t any real effect of christmas on those issues (there have been some exceptions, but not in general). so stop this nonsence. and while on it, rip german carneval also out of the calender. All this ordered and pressed on happiness pisses me off!

@Lucksi: :lol:[/quote]

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Post by thejerseyminx » Sat Dec 23, 2006 2:03 am

Captian Pink, my mom loves your avatar.

And now.. CHRISTMAS TREEEEEEEEE
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Most of my mom's nutcrackers. Most of the pictures I took this evening had one in the background since they're all around :)
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Re: Post Your Tree or Menorah or Kwanzaa Thing-bobs

Post by CyberEd » Sat Dec 23, 2006 6:51 pm

being the forum jew I felt compelled to post it here.

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and-lit:
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it aint a looker, but we've had this menorah since as long as I can remember. it's not expensive, it didn't run in the family, but I just like lighting it.
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Post by Arres » Sun Dec 24, 2006 10:10 pm

Your parents also have a very shiny floor. Pretty :)
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Post by Hennet_sim » Mon Dec 25, 2006 12:40 am

Heres my sad little Tree.
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Post by Captain Pink » Sun Dec 31, 2006 11:45 am

[quote="thejerseyminx";p="705517"]Captian Pink, my mom loves your avatar.

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OK... Than greetings to her from me.

And to all others: I am back! I went with my wife into christmas-exile in the deep wilderness of danmark. We had a small house there with an open fireplace and the Nothsea was only 2 min on feet away. and since we were there out of the sessions, no one there except us in the whole area. It was great! And best of all: No HOHO-Stuff! Hurray for Ulfborg!
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Post by Blaze » Wed Jan 03, 2007 2:33 am

I know I'm late, but I'm lazy at uploading photos.

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