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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2014 23:31:10 GMT
How big is yours?
Mine is a bit smaller this year. But this is probably no surprise as I read somewhere recently (think it was waiting for the Quack) that with every year that passes, it shrinks.
Is this true? 
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Post by mikef on Dec 18, 2014 23:45:22 GMT
Hi FB.
Mine is an everlasting tree. So will always be the same size, I seem to find it more difficult to find the enthusiasm to erect it as each year passes!!
Merry Christmas.
Mike.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2014 23:55:33 GMT
Mike......is yours artificial, then ?
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Post by mikef on Dec 19, 2014 9:33:24 GMT
Oh Yes, artificial is the way, no messy pine needles to clear up and works out a lot cheaper.
Mike.
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Post by Cheggy on Dec 19, 2014 9:59:48 GMT
Mines rather impressive actually.
The balls have shrunk a bit this year and have changed colour though.
My Mrs says next year she wants a black one but I think she's just trying to impress the neighbours.
My only gripe is that when it's up I can't keep the cat away from it.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2014 11:12:03 GMT
Have you ever stuck an angel on the top?
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Post by Cheggy on Dec 19, 2014 12:28:17 GMT
Have you ever stuck an angel on the top? Once but it turned into a devil very quickly. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2014 13:25:32 GMT
The Crouchy tree this year is 2 feet shorter than we normally have. Last year we did as usual and got a 10ft tree from a place we have been going to for years. Sounds ginormous but anything smaller looks miserly as the room is so high. They had a stand of trees they inherited when they bought the smallholding. Almost traditionally we would wander through these trees with her indoors saying "Ooh I like that one" or "Ah- this one is better". The necessary criteria completely escaped me but something to do with the shape, or the top, or the bottom, or the middle, yada, yada, yada.... After an hour or so with the owner faithfully in tow we would emerge from the far side and she would announce that she really liked one of the first ones we looked at. All of us would turn slowly and look back at 100's of friggin trees that all looked the same. Owner and I would shake our heads and we would repeat the operation back through the trees. Eventually I would loose patience and the will to live and a label would be put around the nearest random tree for cutting down closer to the day. These trees would be as good the day we took them down- it was quite upsetting to chop them up and burn them. But they never planted any replacements, so no suitable trees left this year. We went somewhere else and got a modest 8 footer. Cheaper. Been up 2 weeks and and it's virtually needle-less already. Apparently feeding them with lemonade helps but after a few litres it has not even burped. It's quite spooky as the balls drop off randomly through the night and bounce around the living room. Merry Christmas.  |
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Post by heisenberg on Dec 19, 2014 21:40:35 GMT
Do you all know the reason why we put a fairy at the top of our Christmas trees?
Father Christmas was not in a very good frame of mind - in fact he was very depressed.
That morning after breakfast, Mrs Santa had told him that her Mother was coming over to stay 'for a few days' and he knew that would be for several weeks, and as Christmas was approaching her visit was the last thing that he wanted.
The Elves had been playing up and had gone on strike for more pay. The replacement elves Santa had put in were much slower and the number of toys that had been made was way down.
Father Christmas went to visit his Reindeers and found that two of them were pregnant and another two had kicked down the fence and had disappeared into the forest. He was by now even more depressed.
What I need is a drink he thought, but upon going indoors he found that the elves had hidden his Whisky and there was nothing left to drink in his liquor cabinet. Deciding upon a coffee he went into the kitchen but managed to drop the Jar of Coffee all over the floor. Now he really was cheesed off!
He went to fetch the broom to sweep up the mess but found that the mice had chewed off all the bristles.
At that moment there was a knock at the front door.
Upon opening it, Father Christmas was confronted by a beautiful Fairy holding a lovely Christmas Tree.
"Good Morning, Santa" she called "Isn't it a really lovely day. I have bought you this beautiful tree, isn't it lovely? Where would you like me to stick it?"
And that is why by tradition we have a Fairy sitting on top of our Christmas Trees.
Merry Christmas!
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