tin_robot wrote:Here, then, is the Tree Of Shame as promised. Our trees are always a little bit ramshackle as we have a tradition in which each year we collectively buy or make a couple of new decorations and add them, so you can track all the Christmasses back on the tree. This is a lovely idea, and very nostalgic when we’re decorating, but does tend to mean the tree has a weird mish mash of decorations that don’t en entirely match each other. I actually really like this tree, but when we went to buy it, there were only three trees left so I felt a little bit like Charlie Brown taking home the tree no-one else wanted. (Which, as an aside, is bizarre. We get our tree from the same charity every year, and normally leave it until 2 weeks before at the earliest. This year we popped in much sooner than usual, to discover they were almost out already...) [img]https://i.imgur.com/b6Mxcpt.jpg Bestest decoration is the giant sparkly (slightly zombiefied) sheep that we’ve had since our first child was born, and which the kids still fight over who gets to place even now.
Raiziel wrote:Here’s mine then. My approach to decorating the tree is ‘more is more’, so it has all the baubles I could throw at it, three sets of lights and yes, plenty of lovely, sparkling tinsel.
davyK wrote:I imagine that animal face would look judgemental after having too much drink.
SpaceGazelle wrote:A few years ago I chopped the tree up for the fire. Three engines and a team of firemen later, I was informed that the resin in pine trees can coat the inside of the flue, and that is why flames were shooting out of the top of the chimney to the alarm of several neighbours. The sound from inside the living room was quite a thing.
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