Christmas decorations and Christmas trees - want pics
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.


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.
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.

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.

Scandinavian/European Trees
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!
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!
I Like to KIS (Keep It Simple)
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


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