Comments on: The XMas Tree Conundrum http://blog.4d2.org/2007/11/09/the-xmas-tree-conundrum/ Because everyone else already has one Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:58:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jess http://blog.4d2.org/2007/11/09/the-xmas-tree-conundrum/comment-page-1/#comment-53 jess Fri, 09 Nov 2007 22:50:59 +0000 http://blog.4d2.org/archives/108#comment-53 actually, they often do charge less for the smaller ones at cut-your-own! we did that at the old townhouse where we didn't have much room -- though it was pretty close to Christmas when we did buy it, and you know how they drop the prices then... There is something to say for the blend of your family traditions and Michael's family traditions -- it's fun, actually, figuring out what is most important to you to continue and what is most important to him to continue, and blending them. In my little N+me+dogs+cat family, it makes me smile because N and I both think of Christmas as when we were kids and we like to decorate with our little kid stuff. A lot of our friends/family decorate with the prim & proper 'matchy matchy' set stuff. That's just not what we think of at Christmas -- we think of colorful homemade ornaments and fun lights and stuff. I LOVE that. I prefer real trees and probably will never get a fake one. But you could get a fake tree and just have it up year-round -- and decorate it for all of the seasons / holidays? hehe. :) Ah well! good luck with the tree thing. What does Michael think? (wondering if he will comment too). actually, they often do charge less for the smaller ones at cut-your-own! we did that at the old townhouse where we didn’t have much room — though it was pretty close to Christmas when we did buy it, and you know how they drop the prices then…

There is something to say for the blend of your family traditions and Michael’s family traditions — it’s fun, actually, figuring out what is most important to you to continue and what is most important to him to continue, and blending them.

In my little N+me+dogs+cat family, it makes me smile because N and I both think of Christmas as when we were kids and we like to decorate with our little kid stuff. A lot of our friends/family decorate with the prim & proper ‘matchy matchy’ set stuff. That’s just not what we think of at Christmas — we think of colorful homemade ornaments and fun lights and stuff. I LOVE that.

I prefer real trees and probably will never get a fake one. But you could get a fake tree and just have it up year-round — and decorate it for all of the seasons / holidays? hehe. :)

Ah well! good luck with the tree thing. What does Michael think? (wondering if he will comment too).

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