Christmas - real or fake tree?

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For those who celebrate Christmas.

Do you have a real of fake tree?

We do real.
  • Profile picture of the author tagiscom
    We do fake, if we can find a decent fake tree?

    But Christmas light decorations, are becoming a thing of the past.

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  • Profile picture of the author hardraysnight
    real and lots of solar powered lights at great heights

    we just light up a few existing trees, clean and green
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  • Profile picture of the author Daniel Evans
    Fake. 20cm tall. All plastic, LED, USB powered.

    Plugged in on Xmas Eve.


    My cat permits nothing more.
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  • Profile picture of the author Frank Donovan
    This year I'm going for real tree and fake family.
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    • Profile picture of the author whateverpedia
      Originally Posted by Frank Donovan View Post

      fake family.
      The Whitacres?
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  • Profile picture of the author ryanbiddulph
    Hi Chris,

    I will be sitting in Oman so....sandy desert

    Growing up, real tree 100% of the time. Pain to cut and get into the stand when we bought big ones but the smell of pine made it feel like Christmas in the household.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jeffery
    Depends on my mood and who leaves their door unlocked in my part of the woods. I only have two sources. The lady down the dirt road works out of the local honky-tonk and the tree is often a silicon fake with a weird odor. The cowboy down the road lives in a barn with his horse and the tree smells of fresh pine and fresh horse manure.
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    • Profile picture of the author whateverpedia
      Originally Posted by Jeffery View Post

      the tree smells of fresh pine and fresh horse manure.
      You'll want to do something to get rid of that nasty fresh pine smell.
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  • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
    Fake trees.

    My wife is hilarious. In our home she puts up two fake trees..one in the living room (so our neighbors across the street can see it), and one in the sun room (so the neighbors behind us can see it).

    Christmas day is always at a relatives home. There are no presents under the trees.

    And.....every season and holiday, we have dioramas and settings above our fireplace, above the entertainment center, on our dining room table and on every other table in our home.

    My wife loves putting these things up, and taking them down. I love holding the ladder while she does.

    Our cats love taking them down too.
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    • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
      Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

      Fake trees.

      My wife is hilarious. In our home she puts up two fake trees..one in the living room (so our neighbors across the street can see it), and one in the sun room (so the neighbors behind us can see it).

      Christmas day is always at a relatives home. There are no presents under the trees.

      And.....every season and holiday, we have dioramas and settings above our fireplace, above the entertainment center, on our dining room table and on every other table in our home.

      My wife loves putting these things up, and taking them down. I love holding the ladder while she does.

      Our cats love taking them down too.
      If you were asked to compile a list of Xmas gifts that you would like, what would be on it?
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      • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
        Originally Posted by lanfear63 View Post

        If you were asked to compile a list of Xmas gifts that you would like, what would be on it?
        Nothing. I just don't think that way.

        My wife buys everyone gifts but she and I don't exchange gifts. She exchanges gifts with her brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, daughter and grandchildren.

        Originally Posted by Jeffery View Post

        My wife points and I have to put up the trees. What is your secret Claude?
        I help with the trees, but she does pretty much everything else. I'm always offering to help, but she enjoys the process, not just the result.
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        • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
          Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

          Nothing. I just don't think that way.

          My wife buys everyone gifts but she and I don't exchange gifts. She exchanges gifts with her brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, daughter and grandchildren.



          I help with the trees, but she does pretty much everything else. I'm always offering to help, but she enjoys the process, not just the result.
          "Nothing. I just don't think"

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          Well dam, it took me at least 5 minutes to knit that Willie Warmer

          Dan provided the dimensions
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          • Profile picture of the author whateverpedia
            Originally Posted by lanfear63 View Post

            Dan provided the dimensions
            You mean you made it the same size as Dan, ie extra short.
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            • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
              Originally Posted by whateverpedia View Post

              You mean you made it the same size as Dan, ie extra short.
              I thought I would give them a couple of tips for Xmas
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    • Profile picture of the author Jeffery
      Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

      Fake trees.

      My wife is hilarious. In our home she puts up two fake trees..one in the living room (so our neighbors across the street can see it), and one in the sun room (so the neighbors behind us can see it).

      Christmas day is always at a relatives home. There are no presents under the trees.

      And.....every season and holiday, we have dioramas and settings above our fireplace, above the entertainment center, on our dining room table and on every other table in our home.

      My wife loves putting these things up, and taking them down. I love holding the ladder while she does.

      Our cats love taking them down too.

      Cool, someone in the world has got it right. I have been doing it wrong all this time.


      My wife points and I have to put up the trees. What is your secret Claude?



      Relatives of mine always show up and eat all the food and drink everything in sight. A few of them found my possum stash!


      Dioramas? Had to google that one. Turns out the wife has more than a few around the house. Once I tried to dust them for her and almost pulled back a nub.


      My wife loves putting these things up as well, but not even close to my suggestions. She just points to the couch, Fluffy screams and..


      Yepper, Christmas at my house is a trip.
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  • Profile picture of the author OptedIn
    Shouldn't the question be - Christmas, real or fake?

    Also, how real is a real, dead tree?
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      Originally Posted by OptedIn View Post

      Shouldn't the question be - Christmas, real or fake?

      Also, how real is a real, dead tree?

      Reminds of my wife "real couch duty" aka "couch it" too much, lol.
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    • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
      Originally Posted by OptedIn View Post

      Shouldn't the question be - Christmas, real or fake?

      Also, how real is a real, dead tree?

      Dear Crazy Old Man;

      All trees are real. Nobody decorates an imaginary tree.

      Thank you,
      Other Crazy Old Man
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      • Profile picture of the author Jeffery
        Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

        Dear Crazy Old Man;

        All trees are real. Nobody decorates an imaginary tree.

        Thank you,
        Other Crazy Old Man

        I think that's true. Must be true because the tinsel won't stick. Thank goodness for vacuums. Vacuums are one my best friends.. kept off of the couch many a time.
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      • Profile picture of the author OptedIn
        Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

        Dear Crazy Old Man;

        All trees are real. Nobody decorates an imaginary tree.

        Thank you,
        Other Crazy Old Man
        You've never been to the Enchanted Forest?
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        • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
          Originally Posted by OptedIn View Post

          You've never been to the Enchanted Forest?
          I got your "Enchanted forest" right here.
          Bada Bing. Bada Boom!
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          • Profile picture of the author OptedIn
            Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

            I got your "Enchanted forest" right here.
            Bada Bing. Bada Boom!
            More like the Petrified Forest. Yowza!
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            • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
              Originally Posted by OptedIn View Post

              More like the Petrified Forest. Yowza!
              You wish it was petrified.
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              • Profile picture of the author OptedIn
                Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

                You wish it was petrified.
                I know someone who's glad that it is. At least that's a 'little' something!
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    Claude has trained his cat's well.

    And has the trophy's to prove it.

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  • Profile picture of the author katymick
    Fake with full of plastics
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  • Profile picture of the author Kay King
    In the Sun Room we have a fake tree that's about 10 ft fall - it has all the lights on it - easy to put up and actually looks pretty good for a fake tree...


    But in the living room i decorate a 'real' tree with a history - I bought a Norfolk Island pine in a tiny pot about 10 years ago. The little tree was about 5 inches high - one of those they sell as a 'throw-away' at Christmas. It was on sale - paid 50 cents for it.



    I kept watering it and it kept growing - so I'd repot it and... It's now 7-8 ft tall with long graceful branches...and I put a few favorite ornaments on it.


    We have three cats and two big dogs - and none of them bother the christmas stuff or trees...but I've had cats in the past who loved to climb them.
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    • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
      Originally Posted by Kay King View Post

      In the Sun Room we have a fake tree that's about 10 ft fall - it has all the lights on it - easy to put up and actually looks pretty good for a fake tree....
      Our tree in the sun room is 5 foot tall. It's name is Riffle.
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      • Profile picture of the author whateverpedia
        Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

        Our tree in the sun room is 5 foot tall. It's name is Riffle.
        So, not life size then.
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        • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
          Originally Posted by whateverpedia View Post

          So, not life size then.
          Almost. But it's definitely the right shape. Pointed at the top, and expanding out to a broad butt....I mean base.

          And prickly...very very prickly.
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            Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

            And prickly...very very prickly.
            Better to be prickly than like you...prickless.
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            • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
              Originally Posted by Dan Riffle View Post

              Better to be prickly than like you...prickless.
              Nonsense...I have you.
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              • Profile picture of the author Dan Riffle
                You want me, but you can never have me.
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                • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
                  Originally Posted by Dan Riffle View Post

                  You want me, but you can never have me.
                  The only way I want to have you...is to have your head mounted on my wall.


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                  • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
                    Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

                    The only way I want to have you...is to have your head mounted on my wall.


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                    • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
                      Originally Posted by lanfear63 View Post

                      Cluade The Embalmer
                      Well....until just yesterday, you thought my name was Claude. Now you are convinced that it has always been Cluade.

                      Mand......
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              • Profile picture of the author tagiscom
                Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

                Nonsense...I have you.


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          • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
            Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

            Almost. But it's definitely the right shape. Pointed at the top, and expanding out to a broad butt....I mean base.

            And prickly...very very prickly.
            One thing different though..the tree has balls
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  • Profile picture of the author Kay King
    We don't name our fake trees - I've been callng the live one 'herb' for some reason.......but last year I called it 'Molly'...with a tree, how do you know?
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    • Profile picture of the author Jeffery
      Originally Posted by Kay King View Post

      We don't name our fake trees - I've been callng the live one 'herb' for some reason.......but last year I called it 'Molly'...with a tree, how do you know?
      We used the same fake tree in the living room for a few years. One year the nieces got old enough to spend Christmas Eve at our house.

      The boss sent me with my axe to the woods. Brought back a nice one, named it Hillary and placed it in the living room.

      Then the boss pointed me to the storage room. Setup a fake tree in my man cave that used to be the family T.V. room. I named him Bill.

      Bill always had a wicked grin. Every now and then a DVD and an empty 6-pack mysteriously was found. I'd just smile at Bill, trash the empty cans and carry on like a good soldier.

      Christmas Eve I was awakened to what sounded like a scuffle in the living room, figured it was Santa, shushed him so as not to wake the kids and went back to sleep.

      Christmas morning I was awakened by my nieces screaming jumping up and down on the bed. Rubbing the sleep out of my eyes, thinking nothing unusual in my house on Christmas morning until..

      I realized the screams were not of happiness. More like terror! Loud sounds coming from the living room. Rushed to the living room with the kids in tow.

      OMG! Bill and Hillary! Covered the kids eyes..

      You go Bill
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    • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
      Originally Posted by Kay King View Post

      We don't name our fake trees - I've been callng the live one 'herb' for some reason.......but last year I called it 'Molly'...with a tree, how do you know?
      The tree that constantly complains about the temperature of the room.....that worries that its decorations don't match perfectly...that complains about how the bark isn't as smooth and silky as it used to be....that wonders if you find other..younger trees more attractive....that worries about getting its sap on the carpet?

      !s female.

      The tree that just sits there and doesn't do shit?

      Is male.
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      • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
        Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

        The tree that constantly complains about the temperature of the room.....that worries that its decorations don't match perfectly...that complains about how the bark isn't as smooth and silky as it used to be....that wonders if you find other..younger trees more attractive....that worries about getting its sap on the carpet?

        !s female.

        The tree that just sits there and doesn't do shit?

        Is male.
        "The tree that just sits there and doesn't do shit and doesn't worry about getting it's sap on the carpet" is male, definitely.
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  • Profile picture of the author menchman
    We went real this year, and now I have tree sap all over me. YMMV
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  • Profile picture of the author lambertson
    We've been using the same fake one for 6 years straight. The easy way to save some money and mother nature. Sometimes, I bring some pine-tree twigs cut from neighbor's tree.
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    • Profile picture of the author DWolfe
      Originally Posted by lambertson View Post

      We've been using the same fake one for 6 years straight. The easy way to save some money and mother nature. Sometimes, I bring some pine-tree twigs cut from neighbor's tree.
      I usually buy a tree from a local tree farm that plants new trees in place of evey one they cut down. Than the town picks them up at the end of the Season and grinds them into wood chips for the spring. No real waste that way and it saves the forrest's.

      Just finished decorating a Fake tree at my Mom's town home today ! They are low maintance thats for sure.
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    Worst stocking stuffer ever...

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    A brutal blend combining the putrid essence of port-a-potty aromas with pungent hints of swamp ass.

    "This Christmas put Claude on you"
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    I did fake this year.
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