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Post by jeremysgirl on Nov 28, 2018 4:00:32 GMT
I put 1100 multicolored lights on my 7 ft Christmas tree. It is bright and wonderful. I am quite tempted to buy 100 candy canes in a variety of colors and hang them on the tree with two boxes of silver tinsel and just call it done.
There's been a lot of tension with my mom this year but I'm sucking it up and hosting Christmas anyway. I admit the idea of my mom's inevitable reaction to my Christmas tree is sending me into fits of giggles. I'm dying to do it just to hear what gossip she spreads about my crazy Christmas tree.
So what is the craziest Christmas tree you've ever seen? Give me some other ideas!
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Post by trollie on Nov 28, 2018 5:13:24 GMT
I like the sound of this! Pretty and simple.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Nov 28, 2018 5:16:41 GMT
I’d see your candy canes and raise you 500 rainbow colored glass balls. Put them all on the tree in ROYGBIV order from top to bottom! LIKE THIS! |
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Post by trollie on Nov 28, 2018 5:18:48 GMT
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Post by rodeomom on Nov 28, 2018 5:19:29 GMT
Pictures?
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Post by StephDRebel on Nov 28, 2018 5:28:43 GMT
Ours is obnoxious. The colors continuously cascade in different patterns. My kids say it's too extra for whoville but they secretly love it! I don't believe you can ever have too many lights on a Christmas tree, let's see it!  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2018 6:54:46 GMT
I put 1100 multicolored lights on my 7 ft Christmas tree. It is bright and wonderful. I am quite tempted to buy 100 candy canes in a variety of colors and hang them on the tree with two boxes of silver tinsel and just call it done. I think your idea sounds LOVELY and festive! My two crazy Christmas trees were 1) when my sister and I were kids we built a "tree" out of tumbleweeds (they stick together very well! ) That we decorated with mini ornaments. 2) Was when the ex and were coming out of a bout of unemployment and severely broke. Our fake tree (bought 2 years before when he was working) was decked out in a zigzag paper chain made from folded gum wrappers salvaged from the trash cans at his new job, and the shells of blown eggs (remove small chips from each end of a raw egg, stick a tooth pick in to stir so the membranes break, then blow the egg out) I used a little elmers glue, glitter and ribbon to decorate and hang them. eta: I'd then scramble the eggs for our meals so they served two purposes.. cheap meals and tree ornaments. Sounds like your mom would have a super-cow fit over a tree decorated in egg shells and trashed gum wrappers. |
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Post by JoP on Nov 28, 2018 7:14:51 GMT
jeremysgirl your tree sounds fab - do it  and please share a picture of the lights, tinsel and candy canes
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Post by muggins on Nov 28, 2018 9:10:20 GMT
Ours is obnoxious. The colors continuously cascade in different patterns. My kids say it's too extra for whoville but they secretly love it! I don't believe you can ever have too many lights on a Christmas tree, let's see it! I must admit I was secretly hoping for a Pure Romance tree;) |
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Post by jeremysgirl on Nov 28, 2018 13:29:06 GMT
I’d see your candy canes and raise you 500 rainbow colored glass balls. Put them all on the tree in ROYGBIV order from top to bottom! LIKE THIS!That is awesome on the white tree! Love it. |
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Post by mikklynn on Nov 28, 2018 13:32:16 GMT
See, you are like me. If someone is going to piss me off, I'm going to go big, so they really do it!
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Post by jeremysgirl on Nov 28, 2018 13:37:33 GMT
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Post by jeremysgirl on Nov 28, 2018 13:40:51 GMT
Omgoodness voltagain. The gum wrappers and egg shells are hilarious! I would have liked to have seen that. |
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Post by jeremysgirl on Nov 28, 2018 14:02:28 GMT
See, you are like me. If someone is going to piss me off, I'm going to go big, so they really do it! Truth is, I had the idea to decorate the tree that way....then, I thought about my mom's reaction. She has a little bit of a hard time with the fact that I march to the beat of my own drummer. At this point, I think it's a bit humorous. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2018 14:11:58 GMT
I love that!
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Nov 28, 2018 14:18:43 GMT
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Post by malibou on Nov 28, 2018 14:30:06 GMT
I've had loads of non traditional trees over the years.
A giant poinsettia
A washi tape tree
Strings of lights attached to the wall with command hooks
No tree at all
Last year we had to cut down our plum tree. Dh made a base for it to stand on. We loved it so much it is still standing in our living room. I took the ornaments off except for a bunch of small, white, wooden stars. I will be decorating it again this year and who knows how many more years.
We have a fake tree, but I find its a pain in the ass to haul out of the attic and set up. I think I will have the boys haul it down to donate this year.
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Post by Montannie on Nov 28, 2018 17:05:48 GMT
jeremysgirl, I like your idea! I've seen some mighty pretty candy canes -- although that might be a tad spendy . . .
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2018 17:52:07 GMT
I put 1100 multicolored lights on my 7 ft Christmas tree. It is bright and wonderful. I am quite tempted to buy 100 candy canes in a variety of colors and hang them on the tree with two boxes of silver tinsel and just call it done. I think your idea sounds LOVELY and festive! My two crazy Christmas trees were 1) when my sister and I were kids we built a "tree" out of tumbleweeds (they stick together very well! ) That we decorated with mini ornaments. 2) Was when the ex and were coming out of a bout of unemployment and severely broke. Our fake tree (bought 2 years before when he was working) was decked out in a zigzag paper chain made from folded gum wrappers salvaged from the trash cans at his new job, and the shells of blown eggs (remove small chips from each end of a raw egg, stick a tooth pick in to stir so the membranes break, then blow the egg out) I used a little elmers glue, glitter and ribbon to decorate and hang them. eta: I'd then scramble the eggs for our meals so they served two purposes.. cheap meals and tree ornaments. Sounds like your mom would have a super-cow fit over a tree decorated in egg shells and trashed gum wrappers. Your tree sounds prefect |
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Post by scrapcat on Nov 28, 2018 18:07:04 GMT
I like your idea! I mean if you can't have fun with a Christmas tree, then what?!
I have opted to do a little less on the tree this year. Not putting out all the ornaments, even tho I like how we have them from travels, etc. I may just put them in a vase of some sort.
I like themed/different trees. I say do what you want!
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Post by MizIndependent on Nov 28, 2018 18:13:16 GMT
This came up in a google search!
Thanks for new phobia.
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Post by dald222 on Nov 28, 2018 18:17:35 GMT
I think you should do it no matter what your mom thinks  |
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Post by trollie on Nov 28, 2018 20:56:18 GMT
This came up in a google search!
Thanks for new phobia.
It's pretty spooky. Would be a fun decoration for Halloween |
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Post by LuvAgoodPaddle on Nov 28, 2018 21:00:43 GMT
Your tree sounds amazing! I LOVE the white tree with rainbow order bulbs. The colors just pop and now I want one! The craziest we ever did was in High School my sister and I talked my Dad into getting a pink flocked tree from the lot. It was THE BEST!!! He was a single Dad and used to this kind of thing. So once we got it home and decorated, he embraced it and loved it as much as us. He still talks about that crazy pink tree we made him take home.  |
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Post by refugeepea on Nov 28, 2018 22:38:28 GMT
I put everyone's stockings on the tree. I don't know if it's so much crazy as lazy. I did put small ornaments on the white tabletop tree.
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Post by refugeepea on Nov 28, 2018 22:43:19 GMT
This came up in a google search! I didn't think there could be anything scarier than clowns.
When I was in high school, my friends grandparents had a barbed wire tree with western themed ornaments. It was actually cool looking. Like this but on a much larger scale.
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