What type of tree have you got? What colours are on it? Have you got any lights outside? Anything like that, tell us about your tree.

We have a real tree which is huge and I named her Carol. She is 15 and a lovely tree (I have grown very attached to this one). The decorations are red, black and silver and an angel sits on top. We also have a garland and some wrethy thing hanging on the kitchen door. I have my own mini tree in my room. It is 3ft and black and have fluffy pink lights, pink and silver beads and pink and silver baubles. A right little barbie tree. :D

What about you??

Heather

This year, I have a 2-foot plastic, tabletop tree that I bought on clearance last year for $5. This is because I am moving to Russia in 2 weeks; my decorations are all packed away, and on top of all the sorting, packing and visa applications, I cannot deal with a real Christmas tree this year.

So.

My kids made decorations for our mini-tree out of tin foil and ribbon, and we strung popcorn garlands for her, and she's looking very glam.

Guess who won't be sweeping up balsam needles from the floor, in 2008? **happy dance**

Erm.....we don't have one!

Erm.....we don't have one!
I highly recommend the 2-foot, plastic, table-top version with popcorn garland. All the Festivity with None of the Mess.

What could be better? :cool:

That is not a bad idea considering I've got two kids.

No Christmas tree. No room, no kids, no need.

I'm in the holiday spirit aren't I?

I just found out we have one but I don't want to put it up.
My children will only pull it down again and make a mess with it.

And Dom I have never met anyone with as much christmas spirit as me until now.

And Dom I have never met anyone with as much christmas spirit as me until now.
That makes 3 of us.

Well I usually have Christmas spirit, but that's mainly when around family. Right now since I'm not near them, the only thing I want to do at Christmas is meet up with my girlfriend and really get to know her.

awwwwwwwww that is so sweet! :p

We don't have ours up yet. Just going to be the random plastic thing.

If I had kids that are old enough, I would get some carboard and old christmas cards or new ones and make decorations. Cardboard/ paper chains, Cut out the christmas card pictures, cover with glitter and hang them up with tisel. I had fun doing that when I was a kid

We used to do that sort of thing when we were little. It was fun cause we did it as a family and it really added to the christmas spirit. Oh to be that young again :p

I just found out we have one but I don't want to put it up.
My children will only pull it down again and make a mess with it.
woman, you are neglecting your kiddies :p nah, I love having a Christmas tree, it makes it feel all warm and stuff. You want to see how far some people go with the decorations mind, bright lights everywhere.

I hate decorations. Last year I tried to take them down on boxing day. But the bloody kids whined. little buggers lol

Lmao good on 'em Hulls.

We have a tree... there are different types?? Erm... its green?? Its not a real one. It has baubles and tinsel on it but I don't know what colour... I didn't look very much. It's in the living room.

We have a fibre optic one in the dining room aswell and that's pretty.

Oh and mum made a nice decoration for the dining room table, its almost like a goldfish bowl with red pot pouri and white lights in it. It looks prettier than it sounds.

Other than that we have a few lil christmassy bits.

When i was little we really used to go over board with decorations inside, but not any more. We've never bothered with lights outside.

Naa neither have we. whats the point. To look at them Id have to sit outside in the freezing cold. And sod that. And I'm buggered if Im paying a big electric bill to have something Im not seeing.

Lmao that's the spirit Hulls :p

Though... they are rather pretty.

T'is thee truth though

Ours isn't up yet.

How come?

Lol, it never goes up early than the twelfth. I'm not sure why. My mum isn't too keen on christmas...

Owww, I feel like the little kid who gets hyper about Christmas now. Join me!! :D As if, I have just realised I haven't opened my advert calender yet. Owww Nooo!!

Don't have real trees. 2 people are allergic to pine.
We usually put up a big artificial one but with Dom not here and the possibility of his brother and family coming NOT. I think we will just use the little table top one again.
3 cats and baubles not a great mix.
Someone mentioned packing Dom up in a crate and mailing him home. Please do so. Although for a 1.5 kg. parcel it was $58. so that might be a very expensive pack. 200lbs would be yikes.
Christmas without children be they big or small is just not christmas.
like Amy said in little women. Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents. well I will just change it to Christmas won't be Christmas without any children.
Forgot this.
Daniel James do not get to know your girlfriend too well.
Seans are nice.

Hehe, yeah Dom. Behave :p

I was wondering when someone would pick up on that. I was hoping it wouldn't be my Mom though.

I put up my 7ft. plastic christmas tree, with 4 strings of lights and about a million different ornaments (a bit of an exageration) the Sunday after Thanksgiving. My husband and I put it up together. Since I am in South Korea and my family is on the other side of the world in the U.S.A. the tree did nothing but make me realize what I'd be missing this year.

If you don't have one buy a webcam, and get your family to buy a webcam as well that way on Christmas day you can both turn it on and at least see each other.
Thats what I'm doing.

one year we decorated my avacado tree. it was about 4' tall so we strung lights around it and up the wall. looked rather impressive.

another year we took the boys out to pick out a tree and they liked one that was really tall like 20' but the top was beautiful.
So Don got his shotgun out and shot the top of the tree off to the perfect length.
we picked it up and took it home to decorate. That was a fun tree.

Why can't we use an Apple tree for an xmas tree. Its a tree.:p

And you can pretend the red Christmas bulbs are apples.

Good idea Dom

Ours wont be up until the 12? And I think the reason for that is because of the the Christmas Carol: 12 days of christmas....

My family have it up 12 days before christmas and take it down 12 days after. And that sometimes happens months into the new year....

Your webcam idea is genius. Thanks Dom.

Lol, it never goes up early than the twelfth. I'm not sure why. My mum isn't too keen on christmas...

AWWWW Lol. Ours always goes up on the first saturday of december if possible and comes down just after New Year - you may possibly see it.

Lol, something else to look forward to :)

Lmao. It's really not that exciting.

Lol. It is when we don't have one yet :p

We put ours up on the first weekend of December and take it down on the 2nd January normally.

Lol, am I the only one to whom Christmas is just one day?

Yes. :p

Lol...

I'm more excited about new years than christmas.

Mmmm except i'm likely to be working new years eve and new years day, christmas eve and boxing day.

Nasty Though you should be on double time.

Yeah, its the only decent thing. Looks like i'm defo working em all.

Awww. Don't worry, my loveable personality will make it better :D

(...or I could bring you lunch :p)