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Various Non-Bald Discussions => General Discussion => Topic started by: warhawk on December 04, 2008, 09:20:31 AM
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hello fellow chrome domes: i started this topic last year & we had fun discussing this topic. so here goes... what type of Christmas tree will "B" in your house & what type of Christmas tree did U have as a kid? i'll start: we will have an artificial tree at my household this Christmas. when i was a kid... my family also had artificial trees 4 Christmas.
so... how 'bout U? what type of Christmas tree do U have? what type did U have as a kid? what's your story?
WARHAWK O0
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ALSO....2 my sly brothers/sisters who have real Christmas trees: please share with us your experiences & love 4 the real tree. is it worth the extra "work" 2 have a real tree? what's your story?
WARHAWK O0
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We have a really awesome artificial tree, most people don't even realise that it isn't real! We got it from this really spectacular Christmas shop in Germany, I forget the name and even forget the town...it was a while ago that I went!!
The only thing I miss is the smell of a real tree!!
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I'm single now so I'm doing the Charlie Brown style tree with the 1 ornament. It's pathetic but makes me laugh.
Growing up, my Father ALWAYS got a real tree and we all helped decorate it. HO train underneath... Thanks. That memory just made me smile.
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we use artificial...you cant tell that it isnt real as well. Hey Wil, you can get that evergreen scent stuff that you can hang on the inside of the tree to give it that fresh pine scent...i know they sell it here at one of our hardware stores...makes it smell like the real deal.
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We have an artificial tree in our dining room at the front of the house, and in the living room we still have a real tree. We had a real tree when i was a kid, and it just wouldnt seem like Christmas without one. Its the smell of pine i like best, and the mishapen branches, which make it so much more natural, even though its true they do some really realistic artificial trees these days.
I love the pine tree smell: real Christmassy! 8)
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Ya know, that's what I'm missing. That Pine smell.
I'm going to stop and see if I can find that smell at K-Mart or somewhere. It would be nice to sit on my couch and go back in time for a bit.
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goes and purchases a bottle of pine scent, christmas tree pine car scents on a string, and packs them up in a cardboard box and has them sent over night to powerofcheese.
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When I was a kid in the 50's my family always had a real tree. I would go with my Dad and we would walk around the woods until we found a suitable tree and then would either drag it home or drag it to the truck or car. Those were great times I still have in my memory.
After I got married my wife and I would always get a real tree whenever we could. Since my kids are grown and we have sold our home and downsized into an apartment complex we always have artifical now, although we both miss having the joy and smell of a real tree.... :@`
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Ya know, that's what I'm missing. That Pine smell.
I'm going to stop and see if I can find that smell at K-Mart or somewhere. It would be nice to sit on my couch and go back in time for a bit.
But can a chemically-made smell really live up to the real thing? 8)
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You would be surprised.
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Just can't get that sort of 'pine fresh' disinfectant smell out of my mind! ;D
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LOL.....SUFFER! LOL
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goes and purchases a bottle of pine scent, christmas tree pine car scents on a string, and packs them up in a cardboard box and has them sent over night to powerofcheese.
EXCELLENT!!! Thanks Timm!
If the package needs a sig, please send to my office. Oh and please send me tracking info at your earliest convenience.
But can a chemically-made smell really live up to the real thing?
Probably not but it has to smell better than my current house smell. (doberman puppy, left over pizza and Glade fresh linen).
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Real tree here. I love the whole experience of taking the kids to get the tree. And man that REAL pine smell...........
It's worth the extra work to me.
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I will give ya a real pine smell, stick an evergreen up your arse and feed ya can of beans LOL
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I will give ya a real pine smell, stick an evergreen up your arse and feed ya can of beans LOL
Don't try to get on my good side................ ;D
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LOL....your only good side is when you are NOT facing me...lol
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I will give ya a real pine smell, stick an evergreen up your arse and feed ya can of beans LOL
No way that would work!
Wait... would it? :o
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i dunno cheese, com'ere we will test it out
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Artificial here guys.
Its 8ft tall. Had a few real trees before but the needle drop drove me nuts. Specially when u get one stuck in your ass in August. Those babies seem to lie about for months no matter how much you vacuum
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what you doing scootin your ass on the floor in august for anyways?? LOL
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Real tree, same guy has supplied them to us for at least 10 years. He leaves New Orleans the Saturday before Thanksgiving for North Carolina, goes to the farm, cuts them and brings them back--his steady customers pick them up or he delivers on Friday or Saturday after Turkey Day. Then it sits until we get up the gumption to decorate, but the smell is wonderful and fills the house. They last until12th Night, the traditional day to take down the tree in New Orleans because it's the beginning of Carnival ending in Mardi Gras the day before Ash Wednesday and is also called King Cake Day--the first day to legitimately eat King Cake. Some super nuts take off the Christmas green and red ornaments and put on purple green and gold ornanments, the colors of Mardi Gras. Laissez les Bonnes Temps Roules, Mes Amis. Throw me something Mister, and all that Jazz.
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Artificial by all means.
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I've had a real tree for the past 30 years and bought an artificial tree a few days ago. I was tired of all the BS that accompanied a real tree. Our new artificial is surprisingly nice.
We always went to a tree farm, rode on the back of a flat-bed truck to the area they were harvesting, and cut it down myself. That was the fun part.
Getting it into the stand (straight), watering daily, and hauling it out was a real pain in the a$$ and I won't miss it. The smell of pine was nice, but it wasn't worth all of the BS.
So far, I'm loving this artificial ...
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Artificial tree for us. I don't need the mess or maintenance of a real tree. They look very real now, not like they used to. We just bought a new one. Prelit and ready to go. Folds out like a giant umbrella. Snap the top on and Christmas has begun.
We always had artificial trees growing up.
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I REMEMBER AS A KID THE SMELL OF THE THE REAL CHRISTMAS TREE WE ALWAYS HAD IN THE CORNER OF THE FRONT ROOM.AFTER MOVING OUT AND GETTING MY OWN HOUSE I REMEMBER RETURNING HOME ONE DEC AND FINDING MY DAD PUTTING TOGETHER A ARTIFICAL TREE.UPON QUESTIONING HIM HE REPLIED"WELL ALL YOU KIDS ARE GROWN NOW AND YOUR MOM DONT NEED TO SUFFER NO MORE".IT SEEMS MY MOM WAS REALLY ALLERGIC TO PINE AND WOULD SUFFER EVERY YEAR SO US KIDS WOULD HAVE A TRADIDITIONAL CHRISTMAS EVERY YEAR GROWING UP.EVERY HOLIDAY SEASON I THINK OF HER AND THAT STORY.
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I have an artifial tree. The only way to go. Hated the mess with the real tree. I can remember one Christmas, my wife found this truly beautiful flocked Norfork pine. She had to have it. After decorating the thing, it was the most beautiful tree I had ever seen.
Welllllll-------Christmas day it looked like it had emploded. It shrank to about half it's size. We were afraid to turn on the lights.
So-from that day forward we always set up an artifical one. No needles or waiting for trash pickup. Oh, something that they are now doing on the Gulf Coast is that you can take your old trees to the coast and they use them to help with the beach erosion. It does seem to help.
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Artificial all the way. I'd love to do the the real sometimes, though.
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Artificial tree (but not pre-lit). We hang fresh pine and cedar garlands on the front door, fireplace mantle and around the house. Best of both worlds. Easy-does-it tree and that fragrant fresh pine smell from the garlands.
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Artificial here.
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real. cause the boys like it. and that is why i put one up. for them. the mess is just part of it. no big deal when my boys smile and enjoy the real tree.
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Green artifical ... I have had it for years. This year I put two up; a smal one in the sitting room and a large one in the front hall. I remember my great-grandmather (bigmama) had a silver artificial tree!!
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I buy a small 3 foot seeding every year and do it up, technically not allowed to have real xmas trees in apartments so I get around their little rule. And I take care of it after and plant it in the spring. 8)
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We have an artificial tree with an O gauge Lionel Polar Express Train set around the tree skirt. It is pre-lite and not too bad to put up. It looks fairly realistic. I think the makers of it loaded it with so many lights so you can't stare at it long enough to realize that it is fake. It is bright!! We usually go out of town for/around Christmas so not having to worry about watering is a plus. We may opt for a real tree next year.
Growing up I always had a real tree. The house we lived in had 12 ft. ceilings, so our trees were always massive. It was also a chore to get those things to stand up properly. I have "fond" memories of my father swearing and ranting :Xo! whilst putting up the tree. It was similar to the scene in The Christmas Story when Ralphie's father was attempting to fix the furnace. Ahh....memories! :) :)
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We have a real tree. When I was a kid we had real trees until my youngest sister came along and she was alergic to pine or somethin like that so for the last few years at home we had a fake tree. Since we live on alot of land we went into the woods and cut down alittle spruce tree, its only about 5' tall. The wife and I decided that we are going to get some seedlings from one of the catalogs and plant a few trees a year so we will have the 'fancy' Christmas trees. The wife also has her FFA and horticulture kids make wreaths to sell and all the extras come home so we always have a few around the house.
Another thing we do for Christmas when we have a party is we boil cinnamon sticks and some pine cuttings, it fills the house with the 'holiday scent'.
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We have a real tree. When I was a kid we had real trees until my youngest sister came along and she was alergic to pine or somethin like that so for the last few years at home we had a fake tree. Since we live on alot of land we went into the woods and cut down alittle spruce tree, its only about 5' tall. The wife and I decided that we are going to get some seedlings from one of the catalogs and plant a few trees a year so we will have the 'fancy' Christmas trees. The wife also has her FFA and horticulture kids make wreaths to sell and all the extras come home so we always have a few around the house.
Another thing we do for Christmas when we have a party is we boil cinnamon sticks and some pine cuttings, it fills the house with the 'holiday scent'.
Pine needle tea is high in vitamin C eh O0
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Artificial Monteray Pine