Traditional Tree

[Merry Christmas Darling]

I would LOVE a large house and maybe a 7-foot real tree. And I'd love to revive this thread and get more comments, but that's hard to do in August. I may try again in early December.

[steph535]

I'm glad you did. I love both those trees and the decorations. I like the first tree/room the best, I think. in a room like that, one could almost immerse oneself in all of the splendor and charm. this might not make sense to some, but I like that I like those pictures because each year I get a little less into Christmas and a feeling more and more like it's a drudgery to to put a tree up, decorate, etc.... so this is a little bit of the old me coming through.

[Merry Christmas Darling]

I'm glad you did. I love both those trees and the decorations. I like the first tree/room the best, I think. in a room like that, one could almost immerse oneself in all of the splendor and charm. this might not make sense to some, but I like that I like those pictures because each year I get a little less into Christmas and a feeling more and more like it's a drudgery to to put a tree up, decorate, etc.... so this is a little bit of the old me coming through.

I really wasn't up to setting up my seven-foot tree that I had for four years so I switched back to a tabletop tree, but the atmosphere created by a large tree is far better. Now I don't even have space for a large tree because I have more seating provided in my living room. I wish I could get my children and grandchildren to love Christmas as much as I do!

[ornamentmaven]

The love of Christmas is such a personal thing. You never know how the grandkids will feel when they are adults. When it comes to Christmas - my sisters have always called me "The Boss of Christmas". My family loves the way I transform the house at Christmas time - but no one ever wants to help!. The funny thing is, my 2 daughters always argue over who will inherit what. They both want the Christmas village! I say - if you want it then you better learn how to set it up as it is a MAJOR undertaking! Thay promise to, but...

[steph535]

The love of Christmas is such a personal thing. You never know how the grandkids will feel when they are adults. When it comes to Christmas - my sisters have always called me "The Boss of Christmas". My family loves the way I transform the house at Christmas time - but no one ever wants to help!. The funny thing is, my 2 daughters always argue over who will inherit what. They both want the Christmas village! I say - if you want it then you better learn how to set it up as it is a MAJOR undertaking! Thay promise to, but...

yes, my family always loved how I decorated and made things so Christmassy but nobody loved it the way I did and nobody wanted to help. of course, some of that was due to the fact that, even though I love Christmas and the decorations, music, and all, actually doing the work is a love/hate thing with me and every year I would be throwing temper tantrums, getting enraged and swearing at the lights, etc.., taking the lights off and redoing them once or twice, yelling because everything wasn't absolutely perfect, and in general just making things miserable. so, they learned to just back off and get out of my way. I really wanted and needed their help, but they didn't care if there were too many blue ornaments together, or if there was a cluster of green lights together, or if one of the branch tips needed to be tilted a little to the left, etc.... and I would try try try to overlook those things but they would eat away at me.

[ornamentmaven]

yes, my family always loved how I decorated and made things so Christmassy but nobody loved it the way I did and nobody wanted to help. of course, some of that was due to the fact that, even though I love Christmas and the decorations, music, and all, actually doing the work is a love/hate thing with me and every year I would be throwing temper tantrums, getting enraged and swearing at the lights, etc.., taking the lights off and redoing them once or twice, yelling because everything wasn't absolutely perfect, and in general just making things miserable. so, they learned to just back off and get out of my way. I really wanted and needed their help, but they didn't care if there were too many blue ornaments together, or if there was a cluster of green lights together, or if one of the branch tips needed to be tilted a little to the left, etc.... and I would try try try to overlook those things but they would eat away at me.

I know - I am a perfectionist as well. But my husband would never help. He would set up the real tree and then leave - even when we were first married and I wasn't such a perfectionist. My older daughter is very laid back about EVERYTHING - so she expends as little energy as possible. My younger daughter is full of energy and will help with boxes and moving things around - but she is very impatient and likes things to move FAST. Decorating is a little too slow for her.

[acabib42]

With just dh and myself by ourselves at Christmas, I quit decorations..... This year I am thinking about starting up again because I miss it so much.

[steph535]

With just dh and myself by ourselves at Christmas, I quit decorations..... This year I am thinking about starting up again because I miss it so much.

hello, acabib42 and welcome to the forums! we're so glad to have you here! for the first time, it's just my son and I (he will be 18 on Christmas Day) so I am not sure if I will put anything up, both because it's just us two, and also because we will probably be going up north to spend Christmas with my sister and her family. I'm torn because I don't know that I want to go to the bother but at the same time, I cannot image not putting up a tree, decorating the top of the entertainment center, etc...

[Merry Christmas Darling]

steph, I regret the lack of decorating I did one year when we went away, and I still cherish photos of our decorations that I put up another time that we went to visit relatives at Christmas.

[steph535]

steph, I regret the lack of decorating I did one year when we went away, and I still cherish photos of our decorations that I put up another time that we went to visit relatives at Christmas.

thanks, Merry. I really appreciate your input