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    Old 12-08-2014, 02:19 PM
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    Originally Posted by Judith1005
    Billi, I love the cute ornaments on your kitchen tree. I would have a hard time taking it down each year.
    This is my favorite tree it's the first one up and the last one down evey year. The big family tree got decorated yesterday I still need to get my outdoor and bathroom trees up done.......and my village I need to get my village out.
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    Old 12-08-2014, 05:52 PM
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    billi, love your tress and your backsplash is awesome too
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    Old 12-08-2014, 06:50 PM
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    We quit doing trees several years ago. Hubby is a truck driver and all the kids are grown & gone. We don't have people over but we do have 2 inside cats. I don't want to have a tree up to tease the cats all day and don't enjoy just looking at it by myself so we gave most everything away.

    I did decorate my office at work --- way over the top for every holiday- but decided 20 totes of various holiday decorations in the garage was a bit excessive, especially when one of the boxes tumbled down and I had to clean up the mess. I got mad and decided to give everything to my DIL as she decorates for the grand daughters and this would save her a ton of money. Rule was, what you take can not come back here, sell it or give it away.

    This will be the first undecorated Christmas at the office and I'm waiting for comments to start rolling in. But no one else helped put up or clean up so tough pattooties to them.

    We (me and hubby) celebrate every day -- we don't need a special "date" or "reason" to cherish what has been bestowed upon us. Works for us and that's my story and I'm sticking with it
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    Old 12-09-2014, 08:03 AM
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    Thanks lynnie
    This is the family tree my oldest daughter and her boyfriend helping and all lit up
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    Old 12-10-2014, 07:17 AM
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    Originally Posted by misspriss
    We don't put a tree up until after the 18th of December because we didn't want to combine Christmas with our granddaughters God given day. She is a grown woman now and mother of two great guys and the tradition still goes. No tree till after the birthday.

    With both my kids born in Dec. ( uhggg, right) we did Christmas in the house, except for kitchen and dining room. They were decorated for birthday on each birthday.
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    Old 12-10-2014, 03:40 PM
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    Billi, I love the picture of your daughter on her love's shoulders -- what a perfect way to top the tree! It's beautiful all lit up, too!

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    Old 12-10-2014, 06:00 PM
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    Great Christmas tree pictures! Mine is bare on the bottom......all of the ornaments have to be put out of my toddler's reach....they tend to cluster in the middle of the tree. lol I don't mind. I think its kind of funny.
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    Old 12-19-2014, 09:48 AM
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    I love seeing and reading about the decorations every body displays. It's all wonderful. . Usually I put out a huge Christmas village I just didn't have it in me this year. This tree is in my guest bathroom and is mostly vintage ornaments. The pearls are new this year the thread on my vintage set broke :-(
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    Old 12-19-2014, 04:39 PM
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    Originally Posted by mermaid
    That has got to be the cutest machine cover I've ever seen! Was there a pattern, or are you just so creative!??

    Thank you! I bought the downloadable pattern from the Etsy shop RainbowHare. Wish that I had thought of this myself! I am not a designer nor do I play one on TV.

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