Post Christmas Tree Photos on this thread!

I love everyone's trees. I don't think a person could have an ugly tree if they tried.

yeah it worked- first pic i've posted!!! sorry its so small i think if you click on it - it gets bigger!

We just got ours up today.

All the kids are grown and in their own homes now so we decided a big tree was just too much hassle for our aging bones to deal with. We passed our 7-1/2 footer on to our granddaughter and her family to enjoy and opted for a new, smaller tree with a new icy blue/silver/white theme.  We also put up a second small tree with our traditional sugar plum/toys/kids theme.

Ah Steph I feel your pain. At least my trees were little!

Beautiful trees!! I just finished ours.

These trees used to be "HUGE"- now not so much.

Every year I take a pic of kids in front of their room trees they picked out as toddlers.  Pathetic little trees, but they love them as they have had them as far back as they can remember- when they seemed HUGE to them and  looked way up to the stars on top.  This is last year. First year DS put his up on a trunk and he is still towering of his once mighty tree.  

Jenny, I'm looking for a nice artificial tree for next year, can I ask where you got yours from? I have seen so many and not liked any of them but yours looks lovely.

I have a 7ft real tree and don't know how to post a photo as I don't have any sites to put a photo on. I have the tethered it to the wall , but looking at some of the fallen trees here I am wandering if I should triangulate it, with a kitten in the house!

Such lovely trees on this thread- I look forward to the Christmas tree thread on here every year!

Sue, it's the Royal Blue Spruce from Balsam Hill. They are not cheap, but they do have some heavy discounts when they have sales.  I think any from the realistic series would be good. Ours does have some more 'traditional' aka cheap needles, but it's just in the back of the branches adding depth where you can't see the detail. They tell you what proprtion is realistic vs traditional for each tree type. 

As well as our tree, when we moved into this house, we decided to start a tradition of finding a new reindeer to buy each year. This is our 6th year, and there have been a few other animals snuck in there too. This is this year's gathering (the hare and moose are not part of the Christmas collection, but they've moved from their permanent homes to join in too). Some have come in pairs, so heaven only knows how much space they'll take up by the time we get to 20 years!



(Click to to see it bigger)

Myboysnme...now, that is a beautiful tree!! DS has an all Phillies tree.

Myboysnme, my mom gets me a new one every year with my son's school pic. Love them. Thanks

I am loving these photos - we are going away for Christmas this year and, for one reason or another, are not putting up a tree and only minimal decorations (though we do have a couple of cute snowmen and elves hanging around!!) so it's great to look at other people's trees!