Went all out with the Christmas decor this year
Locust Fork
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We could use a little cheer here, so a few days after Halloween I got the Christmas "buckets" out of the closet and went to town on this house.
Since the kids don't live here and we had told ourselves we were going "smaller" I had donated our large tree earlier this year, so I had to go buy a tree. I wanted a small, flocked, pre-lit tree. Maybe 5' or so. Everything I saw looked like CRAP though. It was either way too small....WAY too big or just horrible looking altogether, so I sent pictures of a silver tree I thought about getting to Larry and he said the thought it would be nice. I found it at "At Home" which I had never been to before. That place is filled with home stuff.....and I need to avoid ever going back again or I might go nuts in there.
When the kids were little I used to hang snowflakes all around from the ceiling....they are paper, plastic and glitter. I told myself I was getting rid of anything I didn't put out this year, since I liked the snowflakes....they went up this year. I have the stockings my granny made for us on the fireplace and some garland with lights on the bannister going upstairs.
Its nice to have it all up and even the "constant complain over everything imaginable" members of the family are happy to see it. So, if you have any decorations and you're putting off dealing with them.....try to make yourself get it up if you can. Its worth it.
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it's a good thing there are folks like you that like Christmas , because if the stores had to depend on folks that feel like I do about it they would all go broke
Need pictures
congrats on the effort
after our kids grew up decorating became almost last on the to do list and been some time now since we have pulled the decoration boxes out of the dark
however with some bigger projects now completed I think my wife may get back into it next year . she use to go all in for a holiday
Christmas and Halloween the top two of course our house and yard were always lighted up and full of decorations
. last year I did pull out a smaller Christmas tree ( one saved from over the years of a few we have ) and set it up just to have some reminder.
now that we have a grand kid that will be about two and half yrs old next Christmas I can see her getting a bit more into it
When the last kid moved out in 2005 we quit putting up many decorations. We go to their houses for holidays, they rarely come here. Too much work for grandma. I told her we will let THEM clean everything up afterwards.
We did it for many years. Time for a break.
Helped the wife put up 3 trees today before I could go hunting . Will work on the outside lighting this coming week.
Last year we had no decorations at all. No thanksgiving, no Christmas. We both had Code word 19, I got hauled out of the house in a bambulanz and I was locked up in Hospital facility for a few days.
Hope this year is better.
Merry Christmas.
All of our Christmas Trees are decorated with pine cones outside .
I did put up and decorate a Christmas tree about 3 years ago. A 7 1\2 ft. artificial one. A few days after the holiday, I hauled it out to the garage fully decorated. There is stayed until summer. Then I drug it down to the basement fully decorated and put it in a walk in closet. Been there ever since but if I get the Spirit, I just go into the closet.
I am not a fan of christmas.
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
😃