Do you put up a Christmas Tree?
By winterose
@winterose (39887)
Canada
December 12, 2015 11:34pm CST
I haven't put up a Christmas tree since my son was a little boy. The cats keep knocking it down and so I told him to choose; have his cats or a Christmas tree, he preferred to have cats.
When I did have a tree I used to put candy canes on it and he could take one of the candy canes to eat each day until they were gone. That was 40 years ago so people were not as health conscious as they are today.
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@sallypup (69190)
• Centralia, Washington
13 Dec 15
I do put up a Christmas tree though I do not load it down like a lot of people. And I do not put one up on the first of December cause we buy a cut, real one and that dries out pretty quickly. I need to get off my rump and get one super soon. Maybe tomorrow afternoon I'll be able to.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
13 Dec 15
I may sound like Grinch but I just do not need to decorate any more, but I do go to Church for Christmas services.
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@sallypup (69190)
• Centralia, Washington
13 Dec 15
@winterose I mostly have not been decorating much but this winter I am a little bit cause my Mom is here. I'm sure it will be our only winter together.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
13 Dec 15
@sallypup I am so sorry to hear that. I wish you much quality time with your mom.
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@Bluedoll (16770)
• Canada
13 Dec 15
What to do? Hang up the cat! 
Put the tree outside or leave it out there and let mother nature decorate it with white sugar if that ever happens again? Things have certainly changed over the years. I don't know about my decore', I'm still thinking about it.
Put the tree outside or leave it out there and let mother nature decorate it with white sugar if that ever happens again? Things have certainly changed over the years. I don't know about my decore', I'm still thinking about it.3 people like this
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
13 Dec 15
No I don't want a tree I haven't had one in over 30 years.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
13 Dec 15
yep the same thing has happened to me where things get packed away and are no longer reachable.
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@BACONSTRIPSXXX (18114)
• Torrington, Connecticut
13 Dec 15
My tree went up about a week ago lol
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@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
14 Dec 15
We put up a tree every year. The hubby prefers a real tree over an artificial. Our youngest cat loves to play with the ornaments that hand on the lower branches. I place plastic ornaments on the lower branches just for her. I do purchase candy canes, but they go into the stockings.
@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
15 Dec 15
@winterose I keep a spray bottle handy. It tells the brat that the tree isn't her playland. LOL
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
14 Dec 15
yep cats love those trees. but now there are no decorations in my house.
@GardenGerty (169489)
• United States
13 Dec 15
I have two trees I made and decorated from tomato cages. They are green garland and have lights. i hang some small ornaments on them. i found I was the only one doing the putting up and taking down, so I quit doing anything much. We have not even bought a new star for this year. We usually do that every year.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
15 Dec 15
It seems this feeling of laissez faire is happening to many people this year. Of course you need help and shouldn't be the only one decorating the tree and all the trimmings.
@infatuatedbby (94909)
• United States
14 Dec 15
No tree yet! We do have a 6.5 ft Christmas artificial tree and a mini tree, but I've been lazy. My family celebrates Christmas at a relatives so we might not put the tree up this year.
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@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
13 Dec 15
last month, though i wasn't in a hurry my mom wanted it. because they needed to have decorate the lights already.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
13 Dec 15
hi Letran nice to see you here again, it has been quite a while since I was away from mylot.
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
13 Dec 15
you know I thought I answered this and yet it doesn't show up. Yes I can understand why you scaled down.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
13 Dec 15
We had that issue, then made a new base that couldn't be tipped growing up.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
13 Dec 15
@winterose we got tired of redecorating the tree, lol, and it was mom's cat, so not going anywhere
@sherryeb (580)
• Duncan, Arizona
14 Dec 15
One of my friends put up lights around the house and festive plastic ornaments on the cat scratch tree to entertain herself and them
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
14 Dec 15
oh that is cute ornaments on the cat scratch tree. I never thought of that.
@KristenH (33591)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
13 Dec 15
We always put up a real Christmas tree when I lived in New Jersey and until I moved to Ohio. For the past six years, we've used an artificial tree, since it's not allowed in our apartment--before that, the condo. Since my mother passed away, I've foregone the tree last year--the same for this year, since I'll be spending it alone. 
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
13 Dec 15
I am so sorry that you are spending it alone, I would be with you if we lived near each other.
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
14 Dec 15
that is like me, I have nothing to show that it is Christmas, I did when my son was little but not now.
