Tree!

[vilakins]

My tree is up, go me! I never bothered with one till I found some lovely blown-glass decorations in a shop and got a tree (artificial; I hate to kill one) to display them on. Some of the globes look like gas giants so the Liberator is in orbit over one. Only one friend is likely to notice and appreciate this. Oh, well.

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[glitterboy1]

Only one friend is likely to notice and appreciate this.

Yes, but *you'll* know. And so will we, now.

Go you for getting it done. Who knows when my tree will happen...

[vilakins]

Now all I have to do is tidy the house up in case someone drops in. A major task.

[daiseechain]

Well done on the tree.

I have no tree this year, only a poinsetta. Kinda hard to hand a liberator on.

*snerk*Holiday Vila :-)

[vilakins]

And he's seasonal too! Though it's still quite chilly here for what's meant to be summer.

[kalypso_v]

Congrats on the glorious win in Melbourne!

[vilakins]

Yes, it was wonderful! We stayed up late on the edges of our seats and yay! Winning by just two balls! (ahem, non-cricket fans, just pass on by).

[spacefall]

We usually buy a rooted tree and replant it in my nan's garden. This year I'm keen on using last year's tree, as it's still potted outside our back door. Probably we'll leave it outside until just before xmas, then get the tree choc's on ready for my big brother to eat them ;)

[vilakins]

Mmm, chocolate! I have three gold-coloured mesh balls hanging on the tree which take chocolates. I don't usually fill them because I just know I'll empty them too. :-P

[vilakins]

The first tree I had about 4-5 years ago, was a rather straggly potted one which I later planted. I got it in a hurry and hung wooden apples on it because I invited some recent Russian immigrants round so they wouldn't be lonely and felt I ought to have something festive to cheer them up. I made them traditional NZ food rather than Christmas food which we don't go for much; too hot. Hey, two years ago we had koftas with chutney!

So now the tree is one of the few Christmas traditions I do.

[kerravonsen]

Some of the globes look like gas giants so the Liberator is in orbit over one.

Cool!

My tree this year is a monument to how bad a year it's been: I didn't take it down from last Christmas. Yes, my Christmas tree has been sitting in the lounge all year. (Yes, it's artificial)

But I did manage to fulfill my almost-tradition of buying a couple more ornaments for it, some lovely glass-bead tassels, and one silver-and-white cloth-applique ball. Lovely.

[vilakins]

Ah, that's why I got a tree--there are some beautiful ornaments out there. I'm so disorganised I have to have dates to work to--up on the 6th of December (St Nick's day I was told on Germany), and down on the 6th of January, the 12th day of Christmas (not that I know why there are 12). It's worked so far.

[reapermum]

Its a countdown to the magi arriving with the pressies. I tried to persuade my sprogs that they aught to wait till epiphany for their presents just like the baby Jesus, but that didn't go down too well.

We always put our tree and decorations up on the 4th Sunday of advent.

[vilakins]

Its a countdown to the magi arriving with the pressies.

Ah, thanks!

that didn't go down too well

I'll bet it didn't!

When's the 4th Sunday of advent? I'm guessing it's 6 weeks or so long, so it's this weekend?