I need more balls!
By MysD
@mysdianait (66005)
Italy
December 8, 2016 11:08am CST
Today is a holiday in Italy to celebrate the Immaculate Conception. The shops are all open and no doubt the streets are buzzing with people buying their gifts. I don't like being amidst that crowd so I went out this morning when there were not too many people about and did some of my shopping.
This afternoon I put up my Christmas tree, a fake one which has now served five times and still showing no signs of wear. Each year I put all of the decorations away seperately and then hang them again the following year. This year I have not got enough big balls though. There are a lot of smaller ones but the big ones which I usually hang towards the bottom are very scanty and I will have to add some more. I don't remember breaking any last year but I can't understand otherwise why there are not enough 
Do you usally buy new balls for your tree each year? 
Or maybe you don't even put a tree in your house...
Do you usally buy new balls for your tree each year?
Or maybe you don't even put a tree in your house...11 people like this
13 responses
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
8 Dec 16
I have spare balls and I'm trying not to laugh as I type this - If you were closer I would give you my spare balls.
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@mysdianait (66005)
• Italy
9 Dec 16
Oh that is so sweet of you! I trust they would be dust free
It would be a the first time that I had dealings with spare balls too
It would be a the first time that I had dealings with spare balls too1 person likes this
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
9 Dec 16
@mysdianait dust won't stick to balls!!!
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@mysdianait (66005)
• Italy
10 Dec 16
@AbbyGreenhill If you say so. I thought it stuck to anything that is unused for a certain time. It certainly seems to do that here 
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@LovingMyBabies (85923)
• Valdosta, Georgia
8 Dec 16
Usually we don't have to buy new ones but this year we only have 2 boxes so we will most likely need more.
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@mysdianait (66005)
• Italy
9 Dec 16
Hope you find some bargains. They are so expensive here.
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@Orson_Kart (8261)
• United Kingdom
9 Dec 16
Yeah, I would get new balls. Boxes don't look as good hanging from a tree.
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@LovingMyBabies (85923)
• Valdosta, Georgia
9 Dec 16
@mysdianait I usually get them off yard sale pages on FB. =)
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@marguicha (230334)
• Chile
11 Dec 16
Leticia has shown no sigs yet of putting a tree for the two of us. I go every year to my daughter´s house for Christmas.
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@mysdianait (66005)
• Italy
11 Dec 16
Do not despair yet as there are still two more weeks for her to get one done
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@mysdianait (66005)
• Italy
11 Dec 16
@marguicha It is such a busy time of the year and I will be glad when it is all over
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@marguicha (230334)
• Chile
11 Dec 16
@mysdianait I should tell her to get the tree out. And I should also buy something for her. But tomorrow I´ll go and buy more sugar for my Christmas jams.
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@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
8 Dec 16
Very pretty! We hope to put up our decorations this weekend - and with our little artificial tree, I already know we barely have room to pile on what we already have - so no new balls for us! We have friends who put up completely new decorations around the house every year (it's "themed") but that's too expensive and not practical for us. I'll keep the tradition as my parents did to keep the same tree and same ornaments every year!
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@mysdianait (66005)
• Italy
11 Dec 16
@much2say Oh yes the storage space that would be needed is another problem too 
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@mysdianait (66005)
• Italy
9 Dec 16
Having a different them each year and changing colours would be nice but it is indeed too expensive to even consider so mine are the same things every Christmas. My sister sends a new irnamnet each year but that is all that usually is added.
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@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
11 Dec 16
@mysdianait Yes, and where would all the decorations be stored afterwards? We might get a new ornament as a gift or something the kids made . . . but that's about the only addition too.
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@mysdianait (66005)
• Italy
9 Dec 16
Until four years ago I had many too but then I moved flats and thought I would not have a big tree again so I threw them all out. That was a huge mistake 
@mysdianait (66005)
• Italy
9 Dec 16
I think we wear baubles but I could be wrong.
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@pgntwo (22405)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
9 Dec 16
@mysdianait We can wear baubles, but a tree, dressed, cannot... Interesting.
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@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
31 Dec 16
not every year..although we seem to have aquired superhero ornaments via my brother..
i did put the glass ones away a long time ago..replaced them with "safe" ones to keep out of the hands of little paws..
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@mysdianait (66005)
• Italy
31 Dec 16
My cat arrived long after I had put the tree up and she has been here 10 days now but has not touched any of them. I was expecting that some would have fallen and she would have seen them and then it would have been an excuse to replace them but that has not been the case at all.
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@Orson_Kart (8261)
• United Kingdom
9 Dec 16
Hello MysD!
I haven't seen you around in ages.
I have a couple of balls which are no use to me any more, so you can have them. I am still quite attached to them, so I don't know if they'll hang well on the tree.
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@mysdianait (66005)
• Italy
10 Dec 16
i read through my comment here again @Orson_Kart and see no mention of anything being on offer
With the balls that I had I started at the front as that is the part that people see the most when they sit on the sofa here, and when I began to run out of them it is the part at the back that is rather bare. If what you have are going free then that is where I would put them
With your comment about it not being like it was in the old days I shall create a new topic for discussion and thank you
With the balls that I had I started at the front as that is the part that people see the most when they sit on the sofa here, and when I began to run out of them it is the part at the back that is rather bare. If what you have are going free then that is where I would put them
With your comment about it not being like it was in the old days I shall create a new topic for discussion and thank you @mysdianait (66005)
• Italy
10 Dec 16
Hi there Orson! 
rest assured that your eyesight is not failing. I wasn't here in the last few months due to a 'hiccup' in the spring but it seems that I am back again. Good to see you are stil here 
If your balls still have some sparkle then I could find a safe place for them if you can be without them If they hung well in the past then I'm sure they could be exactly what is required at the back to fill up a gap 
rest assured that your eyesight is not failing. I wasn't here in the last few months due to a 'hiccup' in the spring but it seems that I am back again. Good to see you are stil here
If your balls still have some sparkle then I could find a safe place for them if you can be without them If they hung well in the past then I'm sure they could be exactly what is required at the back to fill up a gap 1 person likes this
@Orson_Kart (8261)
• United Kingdom
10 Dec 16
@mysdianait Good to see you too!
I keep having a break from here so I never know who is still around. It's not like it was in the old days so I am not addicted like I used to be.
Yeah, I could probably fill a gap round the back, if that's all that's on offer.
I keep having a break from here so I never know who is still around. It's not like it was in the old days so I am not addicted like I used to be.
Yeah, I could probably fill a gap round the back, if that's all that's on offer. 1 person likes this
@carebear29 (32002)
• Wausau, Wisconsin
8 Dec 16
You said ballz. Had to. I haven't even put up my tree yet but will probably tomorrow1 person likes this
@mysdianait (66005)
• Italy
9 Dec 16
Yes I did because that is what I was talkng about at this stage, When I get round to getting the nuts out I might say something about them too
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
30 Dec 16
We add two new ornaments every year. I found that this year some of my glass balls weren't used. Next year they will be used again. I missed them.
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@mysdianait (66005)
• Italy
30 Dec 16
I bought nothing new this year so next year I will buy something extra special. They are all so expensive here but as I skipped this year I can spend more next year
@mysdianait (66005)
• Italy
10 Dec 16
Mine are the same ones each year too but sometimes some fall off and break and then I have to replace them.
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