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I am in the process of putting up my tree..I was not totally satisfied with it last year...It is white. I want to put all red decorations on it...my youngest son thinks I need some other colors on it...Granny wants me to put green with red on it...Am I wierd or is all red ok...I have some gold ornaments too, but I think all red will be cool....


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I am waiting cause we have about 9 inches of snow on the ground and I am making chili, chicken and noodle, and potato soup for our "caroling" tonight, which the caroling has been cancelled cause the HIGH today is supposed to be 10 and the windchill is -10....no way hosbey!!!


Patiently (acutally not so patiently) waiting...

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I like the red and gold idea, personally, but it kind of depends on the ornaments.

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Try the all red, take a photo to show us, then we can comment......lol

Waiting for Renda and PO to chime in first. :D

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I like the all red idea too, BTW. Just really like most of the gold decorations I've ever seen. :thumbsup

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It sounds great to me! However, I'm one of those who just love to let the womenfolk make things look real nice and then sit back and enjoy them! :D

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I think you could do all red. It's a white tree so a nice contrast. All red not as great on a green tree.

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Use the red and gold. Put all the red on first if you have more red, then place the gold throughout to fill in.

Then, if you have some fancy picks of red, greenery or something like that place those on the ends of the branches!

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If you can find this magazine still available, Southern Accents Christmas Decorating Guide, look on page 26. It shows a green tree with all red decorations, even the star. It is gorgeous!!!! It has red drop ornaments, red balls, red beaded garland. I think it would look gorgeous on a white tree.

I think you were having trouble last year because it clashed with your living room furniture.

I would go all one color or pick up ornaments that have the same colors that are accented in your living room furniture.

Looking forward to the photos and, hopefully, we will be rewarded with an annual shot of you on the floor worshiping your tree! :D

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I think all red would be beautiful.

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I came back to add that many times we put up our tree to satisfy our children as they are growing up. If whatever he wants makes him happy, then don't worry about having a magazine perfect tree. It's not worth it! You'll have plenty of time for that later. :thumbsup

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Just put me a present under the tree...ha...love you, my friend.

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You should see my parents' tree-they are still satisfying their kids and grandkids today! Candy canes for the boys to eat, my sister's and my favorite ornaments as kids, no breakables near the ground for the grandkids... and almost all homemade over a 30 year span. It isn't picture perfect, but it is perfect.

:treegifts

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Personally, I would go all red... I am not a fan of Gold, it is way too heavy and formal for me...even at Christmas.

I tell ya what color I am so drawn to lately and it is the funky green and red.. not Christmas Green, but almost lime. One of my trees is done in that.

I have two trees done in all red, and I have a blue/silver tree too...

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:hijacked

This is a smidge off topic. I know there are many anti Christmas tree Apostolics.

Last year one of the church families offered their home for an adults only Christmas party. My husband and I went even though it was aimed at the 50 and under crowd...:smack
There were five or six trees; all with a different theme. I can't recall all of them; angels, snowmen, nativity ornaments etc. All very nice. I was amused since there are UPC groups totally against trees. And they had a TV/movie room in the basement:aaa.

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Actually, right now I'm ready to chunk my kids out the back door into the snow...they are home because of the snow...and they are driving me nuts....It's amazing how much we can love them, I mean, I'd die for my boys right now...then in the next thought, I would love to open the door and throw them out...like right now..they are fighting cause the oldest is in the youngest ones room and won't leave him alone...he likes to play and doesn't know when to quit, the other one quits really soon.

Ok. I hijacked my own thread...sorry had to run a rabbit..actually two of them...hehehe

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lol I like themed trees too.. everything matches. My blue tree is snowmen. :) I love snowmen.

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toss 'em out LCS... we'll let you.. :)

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:thumbsup

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I would but then I'd have to listen to them whinning about how cold it is...plus Granny is here, and that wouldn't go over too good....:thumbsup

I beat them when she's not here (at least that's what she thinks...)

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I know how you feel, and you don't have to feel guilty. We all have days like that. On those days, I find mine chores to do when they can't occupy themselves and stop fighting with each other. The more they gripe, the more I find for them to do. :D

I have my 10 year old in the living room sitting on the loveseat watching a cartoon on DVD since I can't send him outside because he's been so sick for the last couple of weeks. My 16 year old daughter is out hanging icicle lights so that they have a break from each other. It's cold out, but no snow-- and she's bundled up enough I hope.

There are just days they can't stand looking at each other since they are homeschooled together all the time.... fortunately, today isn't one of those days. :D

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Every time I see the lime and pink trees - I love them!!! They just wouldn't work in my house!

In one of my Christmas magazines, it has the kitchen decked out in the lime green and pink. It was so cute. White cabinets set it off.

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I did a blue/silver tree this year.... and it just looked like it was missing something. I should have known that SNOWMEN would be perfect to add!!!

My husband is going to want to kill me if I go buy more snowmen stuff though. I already have snowmen figurines everywhere that I've collected over the last 20 years. I just don't have snowmen ornaments.... YET. I think I need to go to Hobby Lobby to find some this weekend when I go to Sam's Club. Maybe I'd better not take him with me, and take mom or Kara with me to shop instead.

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I cross-stitched the cutest snowmen ornaments for my daughter when she first got married. She doesn't use them anymore! We were talking about them the other day. If she would give them back to me, I would mail them to you!!!

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I have never had a themed tree, I think I am just too sentimental!

When I was a kid we would get an ornament in our Christmas Stocking every year. (actually we still get one every year, LOL) When we got old enough, my Stepmom gave us each a box of all our ornaments we had gotten over the years. It just wouldn't seem like Christmas without all my ornaments on the tree!

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Me, too. I have totally mismatched ornaments--things the kids have made, their first ornaments, ornaments given us as gifts, etc. Every year we each go to the store and pick out one new ornament each--they can choose whatever they want.

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I am still trying to decide whether I have the courage to do a SMALL tree this year... It just seems like WAAAAY to much work for too little pay out! :ursofunny

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This one is my favorite!!!! :)

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It looks like it would fall over. I'm not a whimsical person. I love to look at this tree, but I would never decorate with it.

I like the heavy gold that Foreverblessed doesn't like. That has always been Christmas for me - red or burgundy, hunter green, gold - sometimes silver. Love it!!!

I like this tree.

http://pencechristmastreefarm.com/cg...nds-tree-2.jpg

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I hear you! I put mine up late. Tried to take a picture and all the glitter and gold comes out yellow! My fruit looks pink from the sugar glaring at the camera lens! I don't know how to fix it. :sad

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http://pencechristmastreefarm.com/cg...stmas-tree.jpg

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Pat and I met in 1957. Our first Christmas together was 1957 and I gave her an engagement ring. We were married in February 1958 and our first Christmas tree was Christmas 1958. It was about 3 feet tall and looked like a Charlie Brown Christmas tree. We still have a few ornaments from that first tree on our tree this year. Over the years we've had real trees and artificial ones. We've had several sets of lights from the little ones that burned your fingers and the whole string went out when a single bulb burnt out to the ones now that came installed on the tree that we bought about 3-4 years ago. Our tree has ornaments that we have accumulated for all those years. Some are home made by our children who are now adults and have children of their own. Some were gifts from others over the years. We have just one tree and I don't know what the "theme" would be. I guess you could call it "accumulated junk" or "memories" or "pack rat" or "historical" or whatever.

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:thumbsup

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Oh my!!! I LOVE the top one...Don't know if I could my white one to look like this one....

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I think it would!!! Go for it!!! :thumbsup

Don't you already have the red garland?

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No...my brat husband threw it away in a box of ornaments that had been chewed up by a HUGE pack rat in our building...I almost died....so I need to buy some more ornaments...and one more strand of lights...if I can find them..

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What a creep!!!! :thwak :toofunny

Listen, run by Hobby Lobby and pick up the tulle on a spool. It works great and it's only about $3.00 per spool. I would buy two, put them together for the thickness and thread away!

You can also buy the cheapest plastic ball ornaments and cover them in glitter to spice them up for fillers. Buy the better ones after they are on clearance.

You could also spray paint Magnolia leaves for fillers. That's always really nice.

Okay, gotta run. My spelling is getting really bad. That's means I've been on-line wayyyyy tooo long! LOL!

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What dont you just use some coon tails? Surely there are a couple dozen laying around?

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:toofunny :toofunny :toofunny