Tuesday, December 09, 2008

What Kind of Christmas Tree Family Are You?

  • Real vs. Fake
  • Tall vs. Fat
  • Star vs. Angel
  • Tinsel vs. No Tinsel
  • Colored Lights vs. White Lights
  • Designer Decorations vs. Everything Decorations (even the macaroni/popsicle sticks/felt n' glitter stuff from Kindergarten)
  • Up the day after Thanksgiving vs. Up whenevs
  • Down on New Years day vs. Down on December 26

The Altman Xmas Family tree:
Real, tall, star, no tinsel, colored lights, everything decorations, up whenevs, down on December 26.

12 comments:

Jen said...

as a kid in the 70's, we were: fake, normal sized, star, tinsel (the garland type, not loose strands), colored lights, everything decorations, wheneverz, wheneverz.

as a growned-up married lady with 3 dogs and no kids, we are: 2 fake pink trees (one made of feathers), normal sized, skeleton on top, white lights on one, colored on the other, decorations from around the house (like a miniture chain saw covered in blood), up and down when the mood strikes us.

we also have an antique wheelchair with a creepy doll in it that we sometimes string with colored lights.

:)

anne altman said...

love it! especially the creepy doll and skeleton tree topper.

nice!

Just Dave said...

Real, tall, angel, no tinsel, white lights, everything decorations,up on Christmas Eve, down on New Years day. This is the norm. This year, a fake tiny tree may be used.

Anonymous said...

Oh, you've just got to post your dad's version of the Baby Jesus story while getting the Christmas Tree through the door...

Jen said...

Fake
Tall
No Star No Angel
No Tinsel
White Lights
but I like colored too

Everything Decorations
Up the day after Thanksgiving
Down on New Years day or whenevs

Some Guy said...

Ours was the same as yours, except we took ours down at Easter.

The bulk of our ornaments were kid-made class project ones. I'd purposely find the ugliest ones that featured a pic of me and hang them prominently in front. In fact, I still rearrange them when I'm at my mom's. You see, I'm very funny.

whipcreamy said...

then:
Real
Tall
Star
Whatever decor
big fat colored lights
up week b4 xmas
down day after xmas

now:
real
tall
bubble light topper
everything decor
up early
down early
color lights


and you didnt ask about xmas tree skirt.


xmas tree skirt

Leon1234 said...

Real Vs Fake...

Anonymous said...

Real

Fat

either Star or Angel

No Tinsel

either Colored Lights or White Lights

a little of both Designer Decorations and Everything Decorations (even the macaroni/popsicle sticks/felt n' glitter stuff from Kindergarten)

When I was a kid we would put it up Christmas Eve and take it down....

on New Years day

anne altman said...

very nice! i'm enjoying learning about everyone's xmas tree. my sister wants me to add the xmas tree skirt option----

ours wasn't an official xmas tree skirt but more of a traditional white sheet.

for the pine needle collection and snow drift effect, of course.

newbluebaby said...

Real, tall, star, no tinsel, colored lights, everything decorations, up whenevs, down sometime in January.

anne altman said...

oooooooh, new blue. we're quite compatible...as trees go, no?