None here. </p> Iput up the tree every year with my daughter, have done since before she can remember. I wouldn't miss it for the world.</p>
My job every year We all buy the tree, I carry/drag it to car and secure it on roof, I carry it in house and secure it in stand, I have to put the lights on, I have to put the angel on the top 'cos no-one else can reach, then I scarper and make gin and tonics and glasses of coke whilst 3 kids and mum decorate it, like bees round a honeypot. I can't decorate for toffee apparently.
Now that is a strange saying Why would bees be round a honeypot? They make honey from pollen. (Courtesy of Green Wing, but baffled me before then)
RE: My job every year.................because no one dare touch the tree Its my job and I won't let anybody else touch it Used to buy a real one years ago but it used to take me all day to get the right size and shape So now I've got this 8 foot artificial tree...........and its a beauty It looks real but unfortunatly it dosen't smell real Nowt like coming down stairs in the morning and being able to smell a real tree But I love putting the tree up Its been up a week already.............I just love Christmas..........always have - always will !!!! Best time of the year (rockon) (rockon) (rockon) (rockon) (rockon) (rockon) (pint) (pint) (pint) (pint) (pint) (pint) (bustin) (bustin) (bustin) (bustin) (bustin) (bustin)
First time being a grown up And a homeowner and all that this year so we bought a real, 7 and a half foot tree. What a right Barsteward of a job that was...
RE: Now that is a strange saying I thought you could use both depending on the situation.</p> Hows did you go in the NFL league?</p> I watched the Browns v Bills game , quality stuff in the snow.</p>
RE: My job every year.................because no one dare touch the tree Never understood folk who go away at Christmas. The one time of year we brighten the country up, meet old friends, eat good food, have a few drinks and party it up and some folk would rather 'leave the room', very odd. I could understand going away in February or the end of January when the weather is grey and biting or just plain miserable and there's nothing going on. But at at time of year when we have an excuse for happiness and joy (shakes head), I just don't get it.
Bar Humbug. Spend an hour dragging the bloody trees out of the loft. Break half the decorations on the way down. Bruised knees and elbows and then repeat the exercise in 10 days putting the buggers back. Then she will say should have thrown that tree away last year and got a new one this year. (doh) (doh) (doh)
"Nowt like coming down stairs in the morning and being able to smell a real tree" However, it's even better to have the smell of a real bush in the morning.
mines still in the attic now that the kids are grown up, not sure if we can be arsed this year. </p> might buy a cheap two footer and lob it in the bin afterwards</p> anybodyelsefeel the same?</p> </p> </p>
RE: Now that is a strange saying Not sure about both. Trail by 18, but I have 3 players in Monday night game and I think he has 1.....probably a bit too much for me to make up. That game was good, 4 inches of snow! Shame Buffalo came up short at the end.
One of the nicest events of the year. Always made a big thing of it since the kids were tiny. They still look forward to it even though they're grown up.