Christmas tree poll

[shoottx]

I go out to the garage and hunt the wily fake Christmas Tree. That is the easy part. After un-bagging the Fake Christmas tree, it is off to the attic to corral all 26 boxes of ornaments, household decorations, and other holiday junk. We then decide on a theme for the current year, shop for more S##t to store in the attic. And repeat every year!

[gsmittle]

Pleae, sir, do not make fun of us! We believe in the great God Chirt, of course.
We worship buses. Mostly greyhounds (the orthodox amongst us anyway), but some go as far afield as to worship city buses, or even worse, lttle yellow buses (hardly a bus at all, if you ask me!)
To be in the presence of the all knowing priest (bus driver to the heathens amongst you), and to smell the glorious smell of the on board toilet when it is overflowing, ah, that is bliss!
To have your feet become adhered to the floor by the 'holy gum', that is true Nirvana!
But not everyone can be in the presence of this greatness. Oh no! Only those with exact change will be admitted to 'the kingdom'.

Herb,

You, sir, are deeply, deeply, deeply messed up! Keep up the good work--I haven't laughed so hard since yesterday!

Off to find a church, er bus...

g.

[mschrank]

The first year we were married we discovered my wife is allergic to real trees.

Bet that puts a bit of crimp into doing things like...going outdoors?

[dbhost]

I have used an artificial tree since the year after I moved to TX. The quality of trees here is poor, and they dry out awfully fast, so I went with artficial for safety reasons. I miss the smell in the house though, so I got one of those yankee candles that make the whole house smell like a Christmas tree... I need one that makes the house smell like Beer and Pizza for the superbowl, oh wait... never mind, that's the real stuff there...

[Black wallnut]

I did a bit of editing.

[pacwind3]

Living in the great northwest, trees and tree farms are everywhere. Artificial trees seemed rediculous, but; this year we broke down and bought one.
A) they look very real now days, if you spend a bit.
B) pre-lit. I don't have to fool with stringing lights BUT I can add them if I wish.
C) no pine needles everwhere from hauling it in then out. And no hauling in a wet tree.
D) nothing to water.
E) we paid $100 at target on sale. If I use it more then three seasons, I'm in the clear.

[jking]

Growing up, we always did fake trees. My Mom didn't want to deal with picking needles out of the carpet & Dad was concerned about the fire hazard of a real tree. For several years, we even had one of those silver tinsel trees with the rotating color wheel light.

The first few years I was out of college, I didn't bother putting up a tree. I'd travel back to visit family over the holidays, so, it seemed like a waste of time. When I got married, my wife thought I was a being a bit of a humbug by not even bothering with a tree. So, she would put out her 2 ft tall fake tree on a table. She even had a string of lights that fit perfectly, so, she never bothered to remove it; just pull the tree out of a plastic tote & set it up. She'd used this method for several years; it took longer to locate the tote than it did to set up the tree.

After our oldest was born, we decided to get a real tree. Even though we just went to a lot in town, it was still kind of fun. The next year, LOML decided she wanted a prelighted tree. Picked it up on sale for cheap & that's worked out the last two years.

[LCHIEN]

Living in the great northwest, trees and tree farms are everywhere. Artificial trees seemed rediculous, but; this year we broke down and bought one.
A) they look very real now days, if you spend a bit.
B) pre-lit. I don't have to fool with stringing lights BUT I can add them if I wish.
C) no pine needles everwhere from hauling it in then out. And no hauling in a wet tree.
D) nothing to water.
E) we paid $100 at target on sale. If I use it more then three seasons, I'm in the clear.

you forgot one important Plus: Safer for fire safety.

[MilDoc]

Real tree.

2 cats who love trees.

Big mess

Plastic tree now.

Cats p'od.

[herb fellows]

I used to live across the street from an old German couple who put LIT CANDLES on the tree on their porch every Xmas! Really pretty, but really scary also!

[drillman88]

I love everything about a real tree from going to the local tree farm and picking out the tree to bringing it home and trying to level it in that pita stand.my wife and son both have allergies to the real thing so im stuck with going up in the attic and draging down the huge fake tree.

[twistsol]

Bet that puts a bit of crimp into doing things like...going outdoors?

She is truly a lover of the indoors, air conditioning, filtered air, fake plants and artificial light.

[LCHIEN]

I am surprised by how prevalent artificial trees are... I'm thinking trees will be obsolete at this rate...

[billwmeyer]

Artificial tree

I have always put up an artificial tree. When I was a kid, we had 2 trees in different years catch fire. The last one, my mom struck a match on the bottom of the coffee table, and the match head broke off and hit the Christmas tree. You couldn't believe how fast it went up. Luckily it was by a door, and my dad grabbed it, still plugged in and threw it outside. It was gone in 5 minutes or less. My tree is 9 1/2 foot tall, and if I want it to smell real, I can get a glade plug in or something. When it is full of the C-7 twinkle bulbs and bubble lights, it looks as good as any residential tree I've seen. I didn't get to put it up last year as a big ice storm moved in and we had to leave home for 10 days in December because of no power. We bought a 4' pre lit tree and stuck it up. That was quite a let down.

Merry Christmas! (but after Thanksgiving).

Bill

[stormdog74]

We don't believe in the killing of an innocent tree and having it die a quick death, so we buy a living one - every year - and let it die a slow death at the hands of our tree killing machine (otherwise known as a cat!)