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[statelady01]

Woo Hoo! After weeks and weeks of looking, we found a great Christmas Tree on QVC- with the easy pay thing so it will be nice on the budget too. Our old one looked like the Charlie Brown Christmas one- so it was definitely needed. Which brings me to another question for you guys..

How do you decorate your tree- the same each year or different themes, etc?

We always add new special ornaments every year but stick with bright reds, greens, purples, etc- very bright and festive. I do miss having a real one (always when I was growing up- but with 4 kids it's more practical- we can put it up earlier too.)

[Tara O'Hara]

We get a real tree and we always get a really fat one! We have a collection of ornaments that we add to it every year. This year, I am planning on picking my new stuff up at Disney Days of Christmas and maybe a couple from World Showcase!!

[DopeyGirl]

We got a fakie last year for the first time . . . seemed easier than shelling out a bunch of extra money at Christmas time for a real one!!!

When we first got married, we decorated mainly with the ornaments I had received as a child, then we supplemented with the shiny ball ornaments and things . . .

The past couple of years, we have used my (now) large selection of Disney ornaments (I have a few sets of the "Storybook" ornaments and some ceramic bells with Disney characters painted on them.)

[GoofyMom]

I've been decorating my tree pretty much the same for the last few years. We got a fibre optics tree so we don't have to light it anymore. Most of my ornaments are silver, blue and green - I love that combination at Christmas! I also have crystal and "nearly" crystal (ok, they're plastic!! ) icicles. The real crystal ones go up high where Goliath's tail can't break them. When he wags, it's like swinging a baseball bat!

[my2girls]

YEAH!!! I love getting things in the mail!!! We have a fake tree every year (allergies )

We broke down 2 years ago and got one of those trees with the lights already on it - boy is it nice. Every year we use the same ornaments (even the ones from when DH and I were kids) and always add to it every year. The girls get 1 new ornament each year, and well, I think I have at least 6 new ones for DH and myself to put up this year alone.

I Christmas!

[graygables]

For 25 years my Dad and I went Christmas tree shopping together, just he and I. We had white lights and all German ornaments.

When I married DH, he had a fake tree (*killed* me the 1st year!) that I learned how to "professionally" light working at a department store at Christmas, so I do that every year (DH calls it the Burning Bush and says we have to take our shoes off in our living room ) and I use ornaments we've collected over the years, mostly Hallmark/Disney now. I have a wax angel with a velvet dress from Nurnberg that we put on top. DDs help decorate (it's quite the party!), so it's pretty ornament lop-sided, but always special!

[loobyoxlip]

I've had the same thing for about 6 years now - cream colored pearls, cream and peach ornaments and a very pretty cream colored angel on top with feathers. We use white lights and it is sooooooooo pretty. I love it! Last year my parents gave us their old artificial tree, which I love. Before that, we always used live trees.

[MickeyMAC]

We have a fake one now (I like to put it up the weekend before Thanksgiving) and Rebekah's asthma is so bad we can't have the real one anymore. I do buy that beautiful Christmas wreath that QVC has by Valerie Parr Hill--it's absolutely beautiful we've been getting it for about 5 years now. The big tree in the living room is done with all the ornaments we've had for a long time--some hand made treasures and some blown glass that belonged to my Mother. The smaller tree in the family room will be all Disney this year--last year it was the teacher tree (decorated with ornaments given to me by former students--I'm going to use them somewhere else this year--I could never part with them!). One of my favorite trees is in my bedroom and it is decorated totally in snowmen--I collect snowmen and thanks to Kristine I have the Mickey Snowman (yeah!!!). I love that tree--in fact it is already up and at night I have the lights on until I'm ready to fall asleep. I'm a Christmas nut--I'm already playing Christmas music and I'm ready to address my Christmas cards. It is my favorite time of the year and this year I get to visit Mickey during the Christmas season---I'm so excited!!!!!!

[goofy4goofy]

We've always had a real tree, but this year, we're getting a really tall fake one. We usually decorate it differently every year, but this year it's going to be an all Disney ornament one! Woohoo!

Kelly

[DrDolphin]

I don't have a tree in my house - I am never here for Christmas -- I am usually at Mom and Dad's house. So they do all the decorating before I get there.

[Chrissi]

For the last five years, we've had this horribly ugly fake tree that I bought at Big Lots! for $20. We were newly weds and didn't know any better. The tree was covered with burgandy and gold bows and non-breakables that are kitty-friendly (and later, were baby-friendly, too ). The ornaments were all lake- and cottage-themed. We have ornaments that say things like An old fisherman and his best catch live here.

I've been slowly collecting star-shaped ornaments over the years and they will make their debut appearance on my brand-new tree this year! I bought it at Target at the end-of-season sale last year for 50% off! It's a prelit, 6 foot tree. It was only $35! <-- That's a very happy me!

I'm going to start collecting hand-blown glass beads and string my own garlands. I don't care about the colors anymore! I want a bright, eye-sore, unmatching, fun tree like we had when I was a kid!

[Belle*]

We always have a real tree and we decorate it the same every year. The lights are a soft pink, with wooden cranberry garlands and a beautiful quilted tree skirt. We use all our ornaments, I collect ornaments from "The Nutcracker" ballet and our new tradition is to buy the Adoption Ornament from Hallmark every year. ($$ goes to support the Dave Thomas Foundation.) We also have TONS of Disney Ornaments! In addition to the tree, DH collects the "Christmas in the City" series from Department 56 and I collect Nutcrackers. I can't wait to put everything up this year!

[MAria R]

Growing up we always had a real tree but when I moved out on my own a fake tree was just easier to handle. I really want the new pre-lit trees (talk about convience). I usually decorate with the same decorations. Multi-colored lights, colored balls, and an assortment of ornamnets. I usally buy new ones to add to the collection every year. I bought one from Disney in June and can't wait to add it to the tree.

[Wendyismyname]

I've never had a real tree. The way I forget to water things, it's a good thing.

I have the pre-lit type of tree. It's 4 feet tall. I hate it. Ben(dh)got tired of carrying in my 7.5 tree every year. I mean, really, all he had to do was carry it in, I put it up by myself and I took it down by myself. Anyway, that's neither here nor there.

Christmas day, I went online to disneystore.com and ordered a bunch of ornaments when they were better than half price. So this year, we will have a Disney tree!!

[Stephanie P.]

We always have a real one and I try to get 1 new ornament a year, which lately have been whatever Stephen has created! We don't have a themed tree - it's a hodge podge of all sorts of decorations!