Who has got their tree up yet?
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Who has got their tree up yet?
I have given mine to my dau
but the one I am planning to stick somewhere .....he he
is pathetic
I really fancy one of those fibre optic thingies
but the one I am planning to stick somewhere .....he he
is pathetic
I really fancy one of those fibre optic thingies
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Re: Who has got their tree up yet?
Hi, Jan, those fibre optic are good.........you might run Broadband off it ! ! !....seriously they are ok.
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Mike.
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Re: Who has got their tree up yet?
Hopefully going to get ours this weekend! 

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Re: Who has got their tree up yet?
Ours is up.
The lights went on tonight.It seems the dominant colour is white this year.Gezellig!!
The lights went on tonight.It seems the dominant colour is white this year.Gezellig!!
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Re: Who has got their tree up yet?
Ours will be purple and green, with a star on top.
What does everyone else have on top, angel or star????
What does everyone else have on top, angel or star????
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Re: Who has got their tree up yet?
ours just gone up very tasteful not a strand of tinsel in sight 

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Re: Who has got their tree up yet?
oscar wrote:ours just gone up very tasteful not a strand of tinsel in sight
I hate tinsel!
someone who will remain nameless
used to put tinsel around all the pictures in the house
he has gone
the pictures have gone
and the bloomin tinsel has gone too!
wooo hooooooooooo

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Re: Who has got their tree up yet?
There's a massive tree in Slavacentre - looks really good - no tinsel, but really big balls
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Re: Who has got their tree up yet?
I have got the fibre optic type and like it, also two of those twig ones optic lights, not got them up yet waiting for Colin to get them from the loft.
Annie

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Re: Who has got their tree up yet?
Annie wrote:I have got the fibre optic type and like it, also two of those twig ones optic lights, not got them up yet waiting for Colin to get them from the loft.![]()
Annie
I like the twig ones mine has a bottom bit that goes round and changes the colour. We have a different colour theme for the dining room every year and hang balls on ribbon from the ceiling it looks really nice. Had the ceiling replastered though since last Christmas, so no more drawing pins. Have to think of an alternative this year.
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Re: Who has got their tree up yet?
Antie Em wrote:Annie wrote:I have got the fibre optic type and like it, also two of those twig ones optic lights, not got them up yet waiting for Colin to get them from the loft.![]()
Annie
I like the twig ones mine has a bottom bit that goes round and changes the colour. We have a different colour theme for the dining room every year and hang balls on ribbon from the ceiling it looks really nice. Had the ceiling replastered though since last Christmas, so no more drawing pins. Have to think of an alternative this year.
Yes we can change the colours on our's , must be like yours AuntieEm.
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Re: Who has got their tree up yet?
Wolvie says we can have one
I am sooooooooooo excited
he said we can spend some money!

I am sooooooooooo excited
he said we can spend some money!

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Re: Who has got their tree up yet?
Why did I find it amusing that the two topics next to each other are "Office Parties" and "Who has got their tree up yet?"
Probably too much Benny Hill and Carry On movies have turned everything into a double entendre
Anyway, X-Mas trees are not supposed to go up till a fortnight before, which is the 11th, and not taken down till a fortnight after.
This is according to my super superstitious mother who has kittens if we break any of her good luck/bad luck taboos.
We are still using the one wifey and I purchased our second X-Mas together.
The first X-Mas we purchased a real one which was really dead and stinky by the 25th.
Also, the next person who refers to the Angel on top of the tree as a "Fairy" will find the point end of aforementioned tree up their posterior.
Probably too much Benny Hill and Carry On movies have turned everything into a double entendre

Anyway, X-Mas trees are not supposed to go up till a fortnight before, which is the 11th, and not taken down till a fortnight after.
This is according to my super superstitious mother who has kittens if we break any of her good luck/bad luck taboos.
We are still using the one wifey and I purchased our second X-Mas together.
The first X-Mas we purchased a real one which was really dead and stinky by the 25th.
Also, the next person who refers to the Angel on top of the tree as a "Fairy" will find the point end of aforementioned tree up their posterior.
Black Holes happen when God divides by zero.
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Re: Who has got their tree up yet?
MarkCDodd wrote:Why did I find it amusing that the two topics next to each other are "Office Parties" and "Who has got their tree up yet?"
Probably too much Benny Hill and Carry On movies have turned everything into a double entendre![]()
Anyway, X-Mas trees are not supposed to go up till a fortnight before, which is the 11th, and not taken down till a fortnight after.
This is according to my super superstitious mother who has kittens if we break any of her good luck/bad luck taboos.
We are still using the one wifey and I purchased our second X-Mas together.
The first X-Mas we purchased a real one which was really dead and stinky by the 25th.
Also, the next person who refers to the Angel on top of the tree as a "Fairy" will find the point end of aforementioned tree up their posterior.
F...F....F..............Fair....................................est person
inserted on a tweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

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Re: Who has got their tree up yet?
OK, on the 11th, I shall cart my fibre optic tree out from the store-room (that's the 3rd bedroom actually), whisk off the plastic rubbish bag, and there it is already decorated! Ta-dah!
I really do miss the real ones, though ... goes mist-eyed and nostalgic ... The plastic ones just don't smell like Chistmas.
At least I don't have to see the poor old dry and brown one on the rubbish heap in January, waiting for the end of fire restrictions before it can have its funeral pyre. It used to make me feel so disloyal and sad - its little brown needles and twigs with just a glint of forgotten tinsel peeping out

I really do miss the real ones, though ... goes mist-eyed and nostalgic ... The plastic ones just don't smell like Chistmas.
At least I don't have to see the poor old dry and brown one on the rubbish heap in January, waiting for the end of fire restrictions before it can have its funeral pyre. It used to make me feel so disloyal and sad - its little brown needles and twigs with just a glint of forgotten tinsel peeping out


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