As you know, I am something of a ‘Bah Humbug’ when it comes to Christmas. However, my wife loves the season.
So this is now in the far corner of our living room, in front of the side window.
It is an artificial tree. We wouldn’t have a real one, as the pine needles would get into Ollie’s paws. It is pre-lit, so just plugs in. There are various coloured lights available, including flashing options. But we choose to have the white lights, and no flashing.
Julie has collected the baubles for the past eight years, and many have special meaning for her. Some are also ‘personalised’.
So despite my seasonal ‘Grinch’ impersonation, we are finally festive in Beetley.
What a wonderful Christmas tree! Congratulations!I hope Ollie will not test out the possibilities getting in friendship with the angel, on the top? Michael
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Ollie ignores it completely, Michael. Probably because it is not real. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Wow, he is a true realist, and this way very different to our former cat.During his lifetime we had lost a lot of bubbles.;-)
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My favorite part of the lovely decorations is what appears to be a photo in a frame of you and Julie dancing! Thank goodness for her balancing the grinch tendency that shows up in you from time to time.
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That is one of our wedding photos, Elizabeth. Our ‘first dance’. 🙂
If you look to the left, there is a better one of us signing the register.
(My Grinch isn’t from time to time. It’s permanent!)
Best wishes, Pete.
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Thanks. I missed that one the first time.
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That’s a lovely tree!
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Thanks very much, Abbi. I will tell Julie you like it. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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You are not a grinch at all, Pete. I know better. Your tree is lovely!
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Thanks, Jennie. All my wife’s work of course. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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And you love it. That’s why you posted it. Hats off to Julie. Best to you, Pete.
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Well done, Julie. I have never yet found a Julie who wasn’t positive and easy to get on with. I couldn’t cope with flashing lights either. We have a tiny tree that was predecorated but I use the old lights from the previous, bigger, one. I can’t put it in the window because of the radiator but I have decorated the window with a snowy scene instead. I stick cards on the internal door to cheer the place up but don’t use garlands or balloons any more. Perhaps I’m half a grinch!
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We turn off that radiator behind the tree, Julie. Glad you like it.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Your tree is lovely. We put ours🎄 up early. I just love Christmas and I want to enjoy the sight of the tree and its’
ornaments as much as possible. 😊🎆
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Thanks, Ngozi. I am not a Christmas person, but my wife did all this. Glad you like it.
Best wishes, Pete.
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You have made me feel guilty.. we haven’t put a tree up this year but I have a small ornament tree up in the office with the first of our Christmas cards around it… yours is lovely and I promise to do better next year…Happy Christmas…
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Sally, if it was up to me, there woud be no tree. I have to thank my wife for her efforts, and for her undying love of the Christmas season.
A very Happy Christmas to you, and to all your family.
Pete. xx
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Thanks Pete..x
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I don’t know if you would’ve preferred a real live tree, but there are certain types that don’t shed their needles. I live in the desert, so as you can imagine, needle shedding is a real concern. I avoid the ubiquitous Douglas firs in favor of a Nordic. You won’t get the lovely scent, at least not much of one, but the rounded needles aren’t pokey and they stay on the tree for the most part. But I won’t lie, out here I have to check the water every day and mist the tree to keep it moist. I also get a smaller one—about four to five feet tall—and set it up on a table so that it appears taller if you’re looking in through the window. Just makes it easy for me to deal with the tree before and after.
Well, I know you’re not the most enthusiastic about it, but happy Christmas!
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Thanks for the information, and the much-appreciated Christmas wishes. I wish you and yours a very Happy Christmas too.
As for the tree, that is my wife’s domain. She likes having the pre-lit tree, and not having to have to untangle and string a conventional bulb set. I leave her to it! 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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A lovely tree and decorations…..chuq
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Thanks, chuq. All my wife’s handiwork. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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That’s lovely, the same colour scheme as our tree. Last year I got out the retro purple baubles but I’ve gone traditional this year. We put our tree up early this year as something to do during lockdown but it is in the conservatory so not in the way.
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Thanks, Lizanne. Our tree is in the corner at the back of a fairly long room. Other than when closing the curtains at the small window, it is not in the way of anything. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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I don’t get the axe out until a few days before, but I’m happy to see some festive cheer in Beetley 🙂
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Lots of it around mate, just not in me. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Great post 🙂 That is indeed a very gorgeous Christmas tree and your wife decorated it beautifully 🙂 Based on all of the comments on here, I am sure she is flattered by all the praise 🙂 Regardless of what you think about the season, the tree is very beautiful to look at – especially when sitting down on a couch or a chair with or without a beverage 🙂 Anyway, keep up the great work as always 🙂
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Thanks for your kind words, John.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Maybe she’ll soften you up yet, Pete. Happy holidays and all that good stuff.
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I doubt that, but I won’t spoil it for anyone. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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So nice Pete! I am getting into the spirit!
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Glad to hear you are feeling it, Lara.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Lovely Christmas tree Pete. Very festive-looking. We didn’t put one up this year. It would be a disaster with the two doggy pets around.
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Ollie never goes near the tree, Arlene. He doesn’t take any notice of it at all.
Best wishes, Pete.
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It looks lovely and festive. Well done, Julie not only for the beautiful tree but for ignoring your ‘Bah Humbug’ tendencies. I have almost got ours done – seems to have taken a lot longer this year – and like you, we prefer the white, non-flashing lights. The coloured flashing ones would drive me nuts.
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I never understood why so many people like flashing lights on decorations. I can’t think of anything more annoying. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Bravo Julie, the tree is beautiful, and oh so merry, C
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Thanks, Cheryl. It is all her work.
(I wouldn’t even bother to have one)
Best wishes, Pete.
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Well done you! I’m unfestive this year
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Oh so am I, Sue. This was all my wife’s doing. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Okey doke
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Every year, as I get older (or should I say, just plain old), I keep trying to cut back on the decorations. In some ways I have, but then there are newer items out this year – so …. what can I say, I love the season!!
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I am happy for you, GP. Carry on loving the season.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Baubles can hold a lot of memories. I have given my family ones to my daughter and I used to buy her a new one each year. My favourite was a glass bird with a tail, that clipped to the branch. Must be even older than me! And I always had a real tree, for the smell. But now I don’t bother. Just some lights wrapped around the bannister.
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Julie loves her ‘significant’ baubles, Jude. I don’t have any of course. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete. x
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Festive and fun, Pete….celebrate the season and remember: 2020 is almost over!
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I can’t wait until the 27th, John! 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Pete, the most upsetting thing you have said recently is that you were out of wine!
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I was at the shop the next day though, John. 🙂
Restocked for this week!
Best wishes, Pete.
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Having an artificial Christmas tree sounds convenient, it is a lot of work to set up a traditional Christmas tree!
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We have to have it, because of our dog. Traditional trees shed pine needles, and he would get them in his paws.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Yes, I read it in your post 😦
If you do not mind me asking, what breed is your dog?
Best wishes!
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He is a Sharpei. The breed is originally from China. 🙂
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(1) What do you call a Santa Claus bauble with a spring-mounted head, a baublehead?
(2) Are baubles on an artificial tree called artificial sweeteners?
(3) In Roman times, the Appian Way was decorated at Christmas. During the season, it was dubbed Bauble Stone Street. (Not to be confused with Kabul Stone Street in Afghanistan.)
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I once had some ‘bobbleheads’ on the dashboard of my car. I have no idea what happened to them.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I could never keep mine awake. They kept nodding off…
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Lovely and traditional! It will surely bring you cheer for the season. 🙂
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It’s very nice to have lit up, Susanne.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Looks lovely. Yes, I’ve had to give in as well and decorate an artificial tree because my daughters-in-law will moan if I don’t! If we go to them at Christmas then I don’t bother, but this year they are coming to ours…
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I didn’t have to do a thing for this tree, except to get it down from the loft. 🙂
Thanks, Stevie.
Best wishes, Pete.
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It looks lovely, Pete. Enjoy the season – even if it is not your favorite, hopefully there will be good tidings in your house.
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I’m sure it will be a nice day, Maggie. At least my wife enjoys all that stuff, so I’m pleased for her.
Best wishes, Pete.
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We got our artificial Christmas tree down from the garage attic yesterday, and will put it up sometime this week. We’ll also get – as has been tradition since we moved here – a live one for outside, which we’ll plant in the garden next year. We have one for each Christmas we have had here so far.
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That’s a good plan, Pit. Most of our front space is taken up by a driveway and our parked cars, so a tree would hardly be noticed. But many houses around here do have real trees outside too.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Our live tree will not be in the fron of the house, but in the back, on the patio, because tghere we have plugs for the electrical lights.
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Ah, understood. 🙂
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I hope loads of happiness comes your way this Christmas and forever!
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Thanks for your kind words, dear Shaily.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I think that’s like ours, comes in 3 parts and plugs in for the lights. Haven’t put ours up yet though, am pretty sure Winnie will wreck it when I do 🤣 very nicely decorated tree, well done Julie.
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Thanks, FR. Yes, 3 parts, and a simple plug. We have had it for years now, and it lives in its original box in the loft until needed.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Yep same here. I’m putting mine up at the weekend when I can police Winnie!
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Bravo! Very festive.🎄
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Thanks, Kim. I will tell Julie. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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