Your Christmas Tree-2017

This is the tree I wanted you can put more presents under it.

 

Yes dear, Goes a long ways in marriage

 

For me, Christmas has been a secular celebration for many decades. Sometimes we have had a Christmas tree (when our children were very much younger), and sometimes not. The Inclusion of trees at Christmas time, is a relatively recent Christian tradition, preceded by the Norse and Roman celebrations of the winter solstice, and Saturnalia respectively. Christianity does, what Christianity does best....syncretise ancient pagan practices, and then attach Jesus to the appropriated traditions thus disguising and replacing the pagan elements of ancient traditional seasonal celebrations.

On occasion, we have settled for a Festivus pole....

I like @RightHand 's christmas tree. Colourful, artistic, and. with care....likely to serve for many years.

 

Sorry for slow reply as we had Christmas company. We always have a nicely decorated home and tree as both of us are Christmas activists. It's a family tradition and we really enjoy it.

Well...I guess I will not be uploading a photo because it continues to error out. I get to 62% or 69% and then an error message. The photo is perhaps too big? It is 1.6Mb...Hmmm. a smaller 200Kb photo seems to have worked...

 

In case you don't celebrate it this is what it is my nephews which some of them are only 3 years younger than I am wrestle around and some times it becomes a any thing goes garbage bag inside a pillow case choke down eye gouge fish hook rear naked choke triangle choke festives is not over until someone is pinned or pissed

 

My parents started a tradition of giving one Christmas ornament on Christmas eve to each child (me and 2 sisters). The idea being by the time we left home we would have 18-20 ornaments of our own. My wife and I kept this going with our son. It's fun to decorate the tree. Ever ornament has a special memory, the teenage mutant ninja turtle, the you might be a redneck if your Christmas tree has a deer stand, the moose cutout from our trip to New Hampshire ect.

 

Mine have started making and giving me home made ornaments, I like this.

 

Not a tree but figgure this thread is best place for it.

My holly wreath.

 

So the wife & I went delivering the Panettone fruit cake's ! It was Nice to see the locals & chatted for a we bit with all.
To My delight I did meet Mrs Santa , she is a good friend on ours & I had no idea .
Her husband Chris 89 go's the the post office daily in DEC to pickup children's letter's to Santa , Patricia is the one who answers them all in our village . All envelopes are custom made looking like the north pole sent & there are 3 different internal pre-printed letters if the house had sent in 3 different kid letters .
Pat reads them & custom leaves a written ending .

I NEVER KNEW SHE WAS MRS SANTA !!

If there is a letter sent that is sad & needs Salvation Army / food bank help , that's when were sent to help.

Not being in a kid world & no kids , I won't ever see them @ school / sports etc. Not that we play Santa , but food & gifts or what will feed a stomach & heart is delivered.
So here is our tree & the bird dog with her flock she looks after till we start hatching again .






The ducks are waiting to go to bed ..

I was lucky to know Mrs SC !!

Sloth

 

Man cave Christmas tree

 

Looks like a set up for 9 ladies dancing....