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Went up day after Thanksgiving. We have four ankle biters that get into the holidays pretty good.
Yup.
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Sure did. We get into the holiday deal pretty solidly. I'm 71, and there isn't a kid anywhere that gets into it more than I do.
Not a real member - just an ordinary guy who appreciates being able to hang around and say something once in awhile.
Happily Trapped In the Past (Thanks, Joe)
Not only a less than minimally educated person, but stupid and out of touch as well.
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Its all right to be white!!
Stupidity left unattended will run rampant
Don't argue with stupid people, They will drag you down to their level and then win by experience
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Absolutely. Right after Thanksgiving.
Thankfully, no more live trees.
That was a real pain. The wife couldn’t make up her mind and we would wander around the place for two hours.
Four years ago she went and bought an artificial tree with the lights already on it. It has pine cones, berries, and a white frosting on the needles that looks like snow…..it’s a beautiful tree and we enjoy it immensely.
No more wandering around the Christmas tree farm.
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I love a real tree. Frazier fir.
We have a tradition of getting everyone an ornament for Christmas that is special to them/the year so it’s fun decorating the tree and telling the family story as we go.
It’s a tradition handed to me by my parents. I still have their ornaments and many from my childhood. Pretty cool cuz both my parents are gone.
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Campfire Ranger
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Oh Joy! Got it home a couple days ago. Lights are on with the balance of the decorations going on today. Permits cost us $5 to take one out of the forest. Probably burned $50 of diesel though plowing around in the snow and arguing about their relative merits. Too tall, fat, crooked, skinny, lopsided, split top, and on and on and on, until we get to the "whatever you want."
Best story though is a buddy with twin daughters that they dragged out into the elements every year for the hunt. Always an excuse to stay at home but they were forced to go every year. First year at college and the girls came home to find a tree in place and decorated. They were absolutely livid as they'd had no say in the selection process. A guy just can't win.
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Used to... Not any more... First one in this house was 14' tall - a yuge Scotch Pine.. Sorta like the Griswalds tree...  Never again. Got a high ceiling, put up a tall tree. We're 75 and still have a great time finding one to fill our forest service permit and getting it put up. I feel sorry for the Humbug family. ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/1EbZVSi.jpg)
Hunt with Class and Classics
Religion: A founder of The Church of Spray and Pray
Acquit v. t. To render a judgment in a murder case in San Francisco... EQUAL, adj. As bad as something else. Ambrose Bierce “The Devil's Dictionary”
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Every years since I was born, always a real tree!
"The 375HH is the greatest level of power you can get for the investment in recoil." (JJHack)
79s and losttrail, biggest waste of air.
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I don’t put one in the house any longer…but I just Finished selling 300 plus trees at the firehouse…. the house, detached garage get outlined with White lights every year as well as a lit cross I made that hangs in a tree in the yard.
Patron member, NRA, Life Member SCI,
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![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/yNMpJzDV/IMG-9315.jpg) <a href='https://postimages.org/' target='_blank'><img src='https://i.postimg.cc/NfQsy3X7/IMG-9317.jpg' border='0' alt='IMG-9317'/></a> ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/PqYzRvqj/IMG-9316.jpg) I don’t put one in the house any longer…but I just Finished selling 300 plus trees at the firehouse…. the house, detached garage get outlined with White lights every year as well as a lit cross I made that hangs in a tree in the yard.
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Yes and a Nativity scene as well.
Merry Christmas everyone!
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It'd take you a half hour to look my wife's all over.
Jake bought a real tree for five bucks.
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