QOTW - Holiday Decorating...
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QOTW - Holiday Decorating...
| Mon, 11-29-2004 - 7:29pm |
I went to put my tree up this past weekend and realized I'd no lights, D'oh! Off I ventured to KMart today and picked up some new ones. Got me thinking of each of you and how you decorate your homes for the holidays....
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1. Have you put your tree up yet? Real or Fake? Where is it?
Not yet we won't be doing that for two more weeks. We always get a real one and although we normally put it up the first week of DEC and take it down on New Years Day this year it will have to "look" nice untill atleast the first because that is when we are hosting the family Christmas this year.
2. Your lights, are they Colored / White /Other?
I prefer WHITE but....THe rest of the family likes colored soooo I've given in, since I'm outnumbered like 6 to 1 in the house alone and considering my Mom and Dad always come over for Christmas Day that's like 8 to 1. O well my outside lights are always WHITE.
3. Do you have a theme color for your tree?
Quasi Theme here... Ideally I would have one type of Christmas wrap under the tree. I love the monochromatic look see above lights comment. LOL So Since I'm outnumbered once again I take great pains to make sure my Papers flow in some way. Honestly some years I'm the only one who knows the connection but knowing the paper has one makes me happy.
4. Is the rest of the house decorated?
Yes, The rest of the main floor is decorated.
5. How about the garden?
I put up lights on the Front Porch and Wreathes on the Door and Windows. Also, our neighborhood is very cool, Christmas Eve every year we all set up luminaries on the road outside our homes. They burn all night long and into the early hours of Christmas Morn. It's very lovely and fairy tale like. Considering this is a fairly large neighborhood and everyone does it.
Sabrina
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1. Have you put your tree up yet? Real or Fake? Where is it? ~*~We haven't put a tree up yet. I like to decorate the weekend after Thanksgiving and DH the week before Christmas, so we usually compromise and do it two weeks after Thanksgiving. We always go for a real tree - I love the smell and just can't see us with a fake one, although it would be sooooo much cheaper in the long run! We just moved to this house in June and have no idea where we are puitting the tree. The living room is on the front of the house, where people could see it driving by, but we "live" in the family room (den)- which is on the back of the house - and will likely put it there.
2. Your lights, are they Colored / White /Other? ~*~We use both, and lots of them! We probably have about 3 strands of white and 2 colored.
3. Do you have a theme color for your tree? ~*~We don't do themes. I have all of my ornaments from when I was a child and each year we add a special ornament. The girls also have their ornaments and get a new one (or two!) each Christmas. It's just lovely, IMO. I love to think back on all the years past...
4. Is the rest of the house decorated? ~*~Not yet, but I am slowly sneaking the decorations in, lol! DH noticed the grape vine angels I put on the mantel yesterday but not the wreath on the front door. I also have the kitchen table decorated with snowman/Christmas tree tablecloth and placemats. Today I think I'll sneak in a nativity or two (I collect them) and see if I can't get the house mostly decorated before we get the tree.
5. How about the garden? ~*~Garden? What is that, lol! I kill everything I touch ;-)
6. How many cards do you think you'll send (in the real mail) this year? ~*~I think we send between 60 and 70 cards each year. One year I did a webpage and last year I e-mailed our newsletter b/c I was 8 mos pg and my DH and DD were sick and I ran out of time.
Great questions!
~Laurie
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I'm not weighing again until end of Phase 1!
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1. Have you put your tree up yet? Real or Fake? Where is it?
Yes, my tree is up. It's fake of necessity right now (city ordinance for apartment dwellers). At the suggestion of a friend, it's in front of my (also fake, not even gas, just a decent looking fake log) fireplace. It's about a 4' tree so it the top of it just rises about my mantel.
2. Your lights, are they Colored / White /Other? The lights on my tree and other greens are white. I also have a set of star lights that are white.
3. Do you have a theme color for your tree? My tree is mostly blue and white with some gold accents, although I am putting more crystal things on it now. I like the snow ball ornaments and the shiney white ones. I also have several crystal ice cycles that hang on my tree. Those things give it a wintery look.
4. Is the rest of the house decorated? The mantel behind the tree is decorated with greens and white lights and candles with a few pieces, like a ginerbread house grandma made out of plastic canvas, placed in between the candle groups. I also have the star lights and some garland along my windows.
5. How about the garden? I am so looking forward to having a house so i can decorate outside, and have a real tree once in a while.
......and two just out of interest;
how many cards do you think you'll send (in the real mail) this year? Not more than 20.
have you read 'Skipping Christmas'? (it's funny!!) No, I'd not heard of that until now.
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1. Have you put your tree up yet? Real or Fake? Where is it?
~~~ I have 2 fake trees - 1 in the living room & a small 1 in my room. I have not put them up yet. Usually they are up by now but school is taking up so much of my time.
2. Your lights, are they Colored / White /Other?
~~~ Multi colord and white. I mix them in
3. Do you have a theme color for your tree?
~~~ No
4. Is the rest of the house decorated?
~~~ in the past yes. but i think i have to cut back this year due to lack of time
5. How about the garden?
~~~ a few strand on the trees
......and two just out of interest;
how many cards do you think you'll send (in the real mail) this year?
~~~ 5 or 6
have you read 'Skipping Christmas'? (it's funny!!)
~~~ i want to
Robyn
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