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snowflake954 wrote: »
I remember putting tinsel in the tree when my sis and I were little. I loved throwing it at it and letting it float down. I think my parents would "fix" it secretly after, because my half was always in one area...
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KickassAmazon76 wrote: »snowflake954 wrote: »
I remember putting tinsel in the tree when my sis and I were little. I loved throwing it at it and letting it float down. I think my parents would "fix" it secretly after, because my half was always in one area...
Thanks for sharing!
That's what I do after my sons put tinsel on. They clump it in one place--they're men and don't have a light hand, but need to learn. I fix it after--they'll never know.3 -
My tree will be going up Friday. The day after Thanksgiving has been Christmas Decorating Day in my family for as long as I could remember. My mom, my sister, and I would work together to assemble the artificial tree (one of those individual-boughs-snapped-into-a-central-trunk models), Mom would apply the lights, and then my sister and I would hang all the ornaments, reminiscing about where we got this one or when we got that one or who gave us this other one. It was almost a ritual, one I haven't been able to participate in for a few years since I live so far from my mom, and I certainly can't make the trip this year, so that's a little sad. I'm very much in the "maximally-colorful tree utterly loaded with sentimental ornaments" camp - those Better Homes and Gardens color-coordinated, tastefully arranged trees are pretty and all, but they don't mean anything, and that's not what Christmas is about, to me.
Now, I have cats, so my current Christmas tree is a little 18" tall tabletop thing. It's very cute! It sits in a little bucket with a red-and-black plaid bow tied around it, and we have a small assortment of little ornaments. To keep it out of the cats' reach, I wrap a bunch of books and boxes we have laying around to look like a stack of gifts, and put the tree on top of that. As far as decorations, to start, I bought a box of 24 little red and green balls with reindeer and Christmas trees painted on them, with the goal of gradually phasing them out for meaningful trinkets over the years. We're obviously limited on size right now, but for instance, last year my now-husband and I took a week's vacation to Seattle, and I snagged a little Space Needle ornament while we were there, as a reminder of our trip. We got married this year (after dating/cohabiting for almost 9), so I'm thinking I want a little ornament to commemorate that (it's basically the best thing that's happened this year), but an "Our First Christmas" doesn't seem fitting since we've celebrated Christmas together for the better part of a decade, LMAO. The major challenge in finding ornaments for our tiny tree is (1) I don't want them to break if and when the cats do manage to knock the dang thing down, but also (2) ornaments small enough for our tree are the approximate size and shape of cat toys, so I can't even blame the cats for thinking I hung all this cool stuff up for them.6 -
I haven't put up a tree since 20099
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I’m not done decorating. We’ve decided to just gradually add things as we find them. Just bought the tree and you can have it any color you want with lots of presets. The general theme is “woodland creatures “.
Seems that this year people are either team no Christmas or team set up Christmas super early. Mine went up Halloween day.😅
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I have 2 cats so had to get creative in how to safely hang my favorite ornaments. Here's what I came up with
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^ Along with your solution I like your wall texture and switches too.2
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thereshegoesagain wrote: »I have 2 cats so had to get creative in how to safely hang my favorite ornaments. Here's what I came up with
Ha, this is awesome, but would not work with my cats. They go after hanging decorations on the walls.
Did you make this yourself with found twigs? It's really clever!3 -
It's hard to see, but my tree is black. The snowflakes are all cut by my sister, and I have more she made for me this year to add to the collection.15 -
GymGoddessGoals wrote: »I haven't put up a tree since 2009
I knew I liked you2 -
I love all of these! That wall hanging one is soooo inventive and awesome!
My older cat would ignore it nicely, but my younger cat would be like...
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So , I was not going to put my Artificial Christmas Tree up this year because , no one will be coming over to visit me due to the covid-19 .
But this thread has inspired me , to put my Christmas tree up and send pictures to my loved ones who can't be here with me .
So here is my tree .
I put up yesterday .
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So , I was not going to put my Artificial Christmas Tree up this year because , no one will be coming over to visit me due to the covid-19 .
But this thread has inspired me , to put my Christmas tree up and send pictures to my loved ones who can't be here with me .
So here is my tree .
I put up yesterday .
It is gorgeous!! I'm glad this thread inspired you. I know the lights make me so happy... The colors and warmth touch my spirit.
Hopefully your tree will bring you a bit of joy over the difficult times we have. ❤️4 -
KosmosKitten wrote: »thereshegoesagain wrote: »I have 2 cats so had to get creative in how to safely hang my favorite ornaments. Here's what I came up with
Ha, this is awesome, but would not work with my cats. They go after hanging decorations on the walls.
Did you make this yourself with found twigs? It's really clever!
They're mostly past the kitten stage so kind of ignore it. One of them did get into my grandmother's nativity set and broke the leg of baby Jesus.
Yes, I found the branches and had the twine, glad you like it!4 -
mzneena2020 wrote: »I'm curious as to why people put up trees in November. No judgment - simply curious
Because 25 days of maximum joy are simply not enough. We need more joy in our lives.11 -
Round some parts there are Christmas stores open year round!6
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mzneena2020 wrote: »I'm curious as to why people put up trees in November. No judgment - simply curious
Because I wanted to. It's pretty. I don't see the point in going through the trouble of setting up the tree for such a short period of time.4 -
These all look so beautiful.2
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