Come on then, lets see your Christmas tree!

BeHappy said:
Have put up the tree....artifical one first followed by real one later. Flippin kitten leapt on it straight away before I had a chance to stick anything on it.....:lol:


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:lol::lol: Takes me back. 16 years ago we put our tree up and decorated it, then went to bed. 10 minutes later we heard a crash, the tree was horizontal, bawbles scattered to the 4 corners of the room and a little kitten head popped up from the middle of the tree! :D
 
fabs said:
:lol::lol: Takes me back. 16 years ago we put our tree up and decorated it, then went to bed. 10 minutes later we heard a crash, the tree was horizontal, bawbles scattered to the 4 corners of the room and a little kitten head popped up from the middle of the tree! :D
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:( this will be the first year I haven't lost baubles to the feline residents in nearly 20 years. Still, I am sure the Jack Russells will do their very best to make up for it :lol:
 
Yv said:
:( this will be the first year I haven't lost baubles to the feline residents in nearly 20 years. Still, I am sure the Jack Russells will do their very best to make up for it :lol:
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Mysti (The silver tabby) always manages to get hold of one and will play with it until Xmas, Miki doesn't even bother. :D
 
Awwwww look at that kitten! My 4 years old black cat, Chad, is too big to go leaping on trees, although I have caught him pawing at one of the baubles, but when it dropped off, he ran away like a bat out of hell leaving behind a cartoon-style cloud of himself.
Anyway, I've only just bought a new set of 80 coloured new-style LED lights for the tree earlier on today and they look amazing! :)

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Holy freaking crap! Thats some bright tree :D:D
 
Betty said:
Holy freaking crap! Thats some bright tree :D:D
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:D :D :D I know. It caused a few ships to come crashing onto the beach as their captains though it was a beacon or lighthouse.
 
not got the tree up yet to early and when it dose go up it lasts for 5 mins before the Cat is like BeHappy's and scaling it to the top :lol:

also is that the white wall betty :D:D:exit:
 
Yv said:
:( this will be the first year I haven't lost baubles to the feline residents in nearly 20 years. Still, I am sure the Jack Russells will do their very best to make up for it :lol:
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errrr...wont you get pee instead? :thinking:
 
fabs said:
:lol::lol: Takes me back. 16 years ago we put our tree up and decorated it, then went to bed. 10 minutes later we heard a crash, the tree was horizontal, bawbles scattered to the 4 corners of the room and a little kitten head popped up from the middle of the tree! :D
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Im a tad nervous at decorating mine properly now cos no way do I want it tumbling over like yours!!

Kinda cute though story though :)
 
Today I made a 60 mile round trip to the forrestry commision at Wendover, Bucks, to get the tree I wanted. All my adult life, I had Scots Pine trees, until the last few years, when they seem to be extinct anywhere inside the M25. As noble as the Nordman maybe, it just isn't the same.

So I got there to be faced with row upon row of...yep, Nordman and spruce :bonk: So I collared the very nice gentleman and asked for a Pine. He led me to a bay on th eopposite side of the yard and rather apologetically said they only had two left and they were rather odd specimens. They no longer grow them in the woods there, but when they are cutting and clearing, any 'wild' ones are brought in for sale. The first was the spindliest toilet brush you have ever witnessed, so I discounted that one immediately - my aversion to tinsel on trees would leave a very threadbare looking tree indeed - so I turned to the other. Short, misshappen, dumpy...YEAH!!! THAT was the tree for me. A bit odd, a misfit, a wonky wobbly wunda tree. Even got a significant discount for taking it off their hands.

So I brought it home, carried out a little gentle pruning and argued with the stand a lot, and here is the result. The oddest tree I have ever had, but I dont care, it smells divine and is kinda cute, albeit missing its fairy which seems to ave vanished into the nether reaches of the attic somewhere, so for now, straw Santa sits atop looking very disgruntled indeed, until I can find/buy new fairy. :D

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:lol: I have to be honest, it looks much better in the picture than it actually is.
 
Yv said:
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:lol: I have to be honest, it looks much better in the picture than it actually is.
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I think it's superb, it has a superb story and I love the little dumpy tree, it looks way better than your average plastic fest bought freshly from an Argos catalogue.

Respect.

T.
 
is that a yetti on the top of your tree Yv ? :lol:
 
Haven't had a tree now for about four years (can't see the point, or am I just getting old?) This was our last one though:

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how do you get out that door ? :lol:
 
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Those were the French doors out of the room. The main front door was much wider (in the days when we lived in a very big house *sigh* ).
 
I heard on the radio earlier today that Christmas trees are likely to be about 6 inches shorter this year because of the 'credit crunch'.

Little Dumpy, Little Dumpy on the dusty road
Got to keep on plodding onwards with your precious load
Been a long time, little dumpy, through the winters night
Dont give up now, little dumpy,
You're going to be just right.

Sweet and I kinda like it!
 
Here's ours. Top dec goes on Christmas eve.

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