Christmas Tree's - What will you use? what will go on yours?

moneysavingmumofone

P.S We have a green 6ft pre lit artificial tree and decorate with bright/homemade decorations.

moneysavingmumofone

minerva_windsong wrote: »

That reminds me of the first Doctor Who Christmas special (the one with the killer Christmas tree!).

I think we're getting a real one again - we've always had a real tree for as long as I can remember. It'll be decorated with all the same decorations we've had for years - knitted stockings which we put Cadbury Heroes/Celebrations chocolates in (cheaper than buying specific tree chocolates), candy canes, crackers, red bows, white lights, no tinsel, a star on top and various other red and gold decorations on the branches (including my personal favourite, a model of the cinema from 'It's A Wonderful Life' that you put a Christmas tree light in which my sister brought back from the States).

I'll also have my little blue and green wooden Christmas tree with the silver star on the window in my bedroom (bought at the Pier just before I went to uni because I wanted a proper Christmas tree to look at in December!).

I do love our Christmas tree as it's sort of evolved over the years - some of the decorations are things that my sisters and I made when we were children and it's just got so many memories attached to it because of all that. In a slightly sad way I'm really going to miss it when I eventually move out!

Lol Snap!

Chris25

We have a real tree and use virtually the same decorations every year. We actually have too many for the tree so some have to be left out.

We can't get rid of them though because they all have sentimental value. Either they're ones that the children made at playgroup/school or activity club or they are ones that family in America (sadly passed on now) sent us over the years for every child we had, house we lived in or for sad strays that we brought into the house - all brass & engraved with various details. Or they're the ones that we bought when the children were little and we couldn't use the glass ones that we had when first married.

We've been using the glass ones again for many years now but will have to dig out the old replacements this year as we now have a kitten.

We use beautiful tartan ribbons that we bought on holiday which are now a bit fragile so they might stay in the attic this year too

Don't have tinsel but we have some lametta from the 70s which we sometimes use or red rope beads - depends how much has been crammed on to it already

The angel on the top of the tree is the one that I had as a little girl and I have to replace the elastic band holding her halo and the one that wraps around her legs and fastens her onto the tree almost every year

We have a lovely one in reserve though that I bought at a craft fair which is crocheted (sp?) and stiffened in suger water. And we also have a star that my son bought because he had friends coming around for a party & was so fed up of the lop-sided angel. Which I thought was quite sad!

esmf73

3_cheeky_princesses wrote: »

I like a traditional one but artifical cant be doing with the needles. I usually have a dark rich red and gold theme.

We usually have our tree in the front room but worried our puppy and 18 month old will be knocking it over etc so thinking of having it as a centrepiece in our hall but think it be wierd with no tree in the front room so still mulling it over.

Do you have a play pen?? If so, put the tree and the gifts in the play pen - we did this for the first few Christmas that we had young ones and it worked a treat!

This year in our army house where we'll be for the run up to Christmas I'm doing a traditional theme - red, green and gold - but as we live in a posh area it will have to be very plush - so hoping to get some really thick ribbons and some candles to do it on a budget.

Will also have a real tree somewhere.

Then in the house where we'll have Christmas with the family it will be gold and bronze with fibre optic tree and the family made decorations to make it nice and homely. This is what I like better.

Can't wait - just been sorting out the decorations this morning to see what we need - just some white lights and a garland. YIPEEE

fran-o

we'll be getting out the artificial green tree again (4th year now I think) and will do a colour scheme on the decs, although I always let a few non-conformist decs in - the stripy wooly monkey decs I brought us one christmas and some beaded decs I made out of old beads and ribbon last december.
hope the lights will still be working when we get them out of the box!

laurel7172

For years, I've bought something to hang on the tree whenever I travel. So our tree is a glorious mish-mash of (amongst other things) Russian Easter eggs, mini Italian puppets, Venetian glass, Delft porcelain, Indian papier mache, Turkish lanterns and..er...Greek bottle openers.Tied together (if it can be) with masses of white lights.

It isn't very MS. I refuse to disclose the most I've spent on a decoration (it was from Tiffany's in New York...'nuff said). The cheapest were probably the Russian eggs at around 10p each. Actually, this year's decoration is a small piece of Scottish slate shaped like a standing stone that I picked up (with permission) from the spoil heap of an archaeological dig. So not a big spending year on that front My excuse when I do buy something that's really a bit of a silly price for a bauble is that I don't do knick knacks, so if I do fall for something expensive then it's generally the only souvenir I buy. And it's fabulous playing "Do you remember when?" as they're unpacked every year.

sarahf191979

laurel7172 wrote: »

For years, I've bought something to hang on the tree whenever I travel. So our tree is a glorious mish-mash of (amongst other things) Russian Easter eggs, mini Italian puppets, Venetian glass, Delft porcelain, Indian papier mache, Turkish lanterns and..er...Greek bottle openers.Tied together (if it can be) with masses of white lights.

It isn't very MS. I refuse to disclose the most I've spent on a decoration (it was from Tiffany's in New York...'nuff said). The cheapest were probably the Russian eggs at around 10p each. Actually, this year's decoration is a small piece of Scottish slate shaped like a standing stone that I picked up (with permission) from the spoil heap of an archaeological dig. So not a big spending year on that front My excuse when I do buy something that's really a bit of a silly price for a bauble is that I don't do knick knacks, so if I do fall for something expensive then it's generally the only souvenir I buy. And it's fabulous playing "Do you remember when?" as they're unpacked every year.

That is so lovely, I bet you have so much fun when your putting your tree up, remembering all the places and things you have done.

sarahf191979

My kids would love this one in the garden.....so would I!!!

Lula13

I will have a fake tree and have over the past few years collected glass decorations from the fifties and sixties. Last year I was so pleased with it I can't wait to unwrap them all and remember how gorgeous they all were. My mum loved it because every time she came round she was reminded of the tree that she had when she was a child. In the dining room I have a half tree which is decorated with wooden angel etc..Oh I'm getting excited about it now...When does everyone but there tree up ???:xmassmile

GarryJ68

We've had a real tree for years - but I'm sick of the mess and the cuts and bruises i get every year when I take it down and get rid of it.... so fakey tree this year...