Christmas decorations and Christmas trees - want pics

JT · Post by JT » Wed Dec 10, 2008 8:19 am

Good Grief! What beautiful pics and homes!

Here's a tree from our simple abode from a couple of years back. It was a fun twist to the traditional.

Maryanne · Post by **Maryanne** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 8:50 am

oh my god, that is so great. ha !

Agent99 · Post by **Agent99** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 9:32 am

Love this thread. Here's my foyer and outdoor tree.....

Ok, so maybe that is the Pierre's lobby and the Palace's tree in Manhattan but mine will look just like that when I finally put them up. Honest!!

We're decorating this weekend and I'll post a few if they turn out. Meanwhile, I have a couple neat outdoor shots from last year that I'll dig up to post.

California Girl · Post by **California Girl** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 9:55 am

JT - That's a GREAT tree!

liamsaunt · Post by **liamsaunt** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 9:58 am

JT, that is awesome!

Agent99, even though it looked awfully formal, I believed you on the mantel, until I scrolled down to the tree! Ha!

Agent99 · Post by **Agent99** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:13 am

Heh! I thought about posting the Rockefeller Center tree but that would really have given it away!

I'm so late this year. Hopefully it will stay warm enough to get the outdoor decorations up this weekend. I don't think I'll get these lights up on our garden gate this year though. Last year it took me about 4 hours to string this whole thing. I only have a picture of half but it did look very cool in the dark.

flip-flop · Post by **flip-flop** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:37 am

JT - Love the tree and your home reminds me very much of my childhood home. Awwww...now I am missing the wood heat of my childhood ... the smell, the warmth (not the allergic reaction) but everything else!

linne · Post by **linne** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 3:00 pm

JT what a funny idea with your Santa Claus tree.
Made me smile.

And Agent 99, you really got my eyes wide opened, when I saw your pics, I was surprised and very impressed especially seeing your outdoor light show - in about 1 minute- then I saw the text

.

Linne

ms411 · Post by **ms411** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 7:23 pm

Last year I went to the VI governor's Christmas reception (it was open to the public, so anybody can go - even nobodys like me!)

I was very disappointed with his USA Stateside-looking tree. Shortly thereafter on tv (can't remember program) I saw a tree that had incorporated flags into the decorations.

So I googled flags christmas tree (or something like that), and was directed to a site, I thought, in one of the Scandinativan countries, that said flags were a popular tree decoration.

Is that true? I would LOVE to see the governor's tree with VI flags and other tropical decorations.

So, opinions please. What do you think of incorporating flags into your tree decorations? Is this a popular theme in other areas/countries?

Hopefully, with everybody's help, we can get a more culturally appropriate tree for the VI!

Terry · Post by **Terry** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:13 pm

What incredible photos. Please keep them coming as they are giving me some great ideas. We are decorating all over this year as it will be the first time in 5 years we will have everyone "home" for the holidays.

Beautiful homes with many wonderful memories and decorations...Thank you!

linne · Post by **linne** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 8:46 am

hello, I miss some more pictures of your decorations

- maggy, I was looking forward to see some Swedish decorations too

ms411: you asked about flags on the tree. I can tell that in my childhood and youth we always had long rows of small Danish paper flags on the Christmas tree together with "fairy hair".
But fashion changes, and today I don’t think it’s common. Perhaps it’s something to do with the fire risk, many still have real candlelight on the tree.

Linne

sea-nile · Post by **sea-nile** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 9:19 am

I found it very difficult to get a good picture of our tree! It is really a lot prettier than in the picture.

Before:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sea-nile/3104029239/" title="Dec 2008 001 by jtmmrut, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3256/310 ... fa2041.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Dec 2008 001"></a>

After:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sea-nile/3104860902/" title="Dec 2008 009 by jtmmrut, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3182/310 ... e1dd92.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Dec 2008 009"></a>

Agent99 · Post by **Agent99** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 9:25 am

So pretty. I love this thread. It's getting me in the spirit. We finally are going to get started today. I'm thinking I'll try to make something new for the fireplace. That could spell trouble. If you Boston folks know Jacobson's by the Flower Market it's chock full of posibilities. Hopefully I'll have something to share soon.

Maryanne · Post by **Maryanne** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 12:40 pm

I have never put the tree up quite this late before....We haven't even bought it yet.

sea-nile · Post by **sea-nile** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 1:58 pm

We have friends who lives on "Christmas Lane", and the homes on their street are very well decorated this time of year. Here is me next their Santa:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sea-nile/3104854800/" title="Dec 2008 018 by jtmmrut, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3007/310 ... ec5c56.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Dec 2008 018"></a>

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