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Chicago Fest Fan
11-30-2008, 05:23 PM
Christmas trees!
Which do you prefer?
My wife and I both grew up in families that had fake Xmas trees. Ever since we got married almost 24 years ago we have always had real trees.
First we would get the tree from a corner lot then about 12 years ago we started the tradition of going out to cut down our own tree.
We always go Thanksgiving weekend to get the best selection. It's a great family outing and keeps a tradition in our family.
Delta
11-30-2008, 05:37 PM
We always had real ones with the kids, and did the chop-your-own thing too, until about 3 years ago. After an argument with my husband about taking the tree down, stubborness and hardheadedness kicked in, and it stayed up until April. (THAT is apparently a family tradition with us since we had one up for over 3 years when I was a kid for the same reason.) After that, I got a fake one that lives in the bathroom closet now since we went back to real ones so I'd have a trunk for my bottle tree. My Christmas lights stay up year-round though, and my pink flamingos are always well-dressed in Santa hats and little knitted scarves! I usually put a little wreath around the gargoyles necks too.
I'd be perfectly happy with a stick with a star on it or a candycane painted on the front window.
Carolina Beadhead
11-30-2008, 05:58 PM
Fake here. :(
The hubby developed an allergy to the real ones 5 or so years ago.
The good news is I can put it up and take it down anytime I want to without worrying about whether it is a fire hazard. :)
ibjamn
11-30-2008, 06:30 PM
When we lived in New England, we went out & cut our own tree. (I had never done that before.) But Louisiana only grows shrubs like pines & cedars. (Branches too flimsy, IMAO.) We went out Friday to a nursery and bought an already cut frasier fir and it smells great in here! I love real trees and this is our first one in a few years.
Lostcajun
11-30-2008, 06:44 PM
Prefer the smell of real, but go for fake due to the fire hazard issue. You can't put out a burning Christmas tree easily. It's all fuel.
jolie
11-30-2008, 06:55 PM
We always had real trees growing up
I continued that tradition with my son
He's been out the house for a few years now
This year we're gonna decorate a BIG ficus tree!:)
festivalgirl
11-30-2008, 07:16 PM
real or nothing for us. our current place is really too small for a tree so i buy a potted rosemary "tree". looks pretty, smells great & goes into the spice rack in january!
festbabe
11-30-2008, 07:35 PM
real or nothing for us. our current place is really too small for a tree so i buy a potted rosemary "tree". looks pretty, smells great & goes into the spice rack in january!
Love that - did it one year and tried to transplant it on the side of the house outside after the holiday. It died. Seems they need to be watered on occasion (on occasion > once).
I LOVE live trees, but by the time I get to decoration around the 20th or so, it doesn't seem worth it. We rarely put a tree up at all :o
trixie
11-30-2008, 07:53 PM
Real live tree. We started buying it potted last year and then planted it in the spring. It wasn't as big as the other years trees but with a little staging it worked really well and felt good not to toss it out like garbage after Christmas.
Although I do believe everyone should try the search and cut trip at least once, makes for good memories. Most of mine are of fighting over which tree to go with, ahhh good times. :)
festivalgirl
11-30-2008, 07:54 PM
Love that - did it one year and tried to transplant it on the side of the house outside after the holiday. It died. Seems they need to be watered on occasion (on occasion > once).
I LOVE live trees, but by the time I get to decoration around the 20th or so, it doesn't seem worth it. We rarely put a tree up at all :o
we've decorated one of these before:
http://reneeashleybaker.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/a-charlie-brown-christmas.jpg
festbabe
11-30-2008, 08:00 PM
Hee hee - when I was in college in West Texas, we brought in a tumble weed from the side of the road (hey-it was about 4') and decorated it with paper cut-out snow flakes. Charlie Brown would've been proud.
denideadhead
11-30-2008, 08:46 PM
Both...in the bay window in the living room is a prelit fake mostly for the aesthic look from outside the house.
In the family room/kitchen is an alberta fir in a pot...this year it is about 4 ft tall and year four of it's service ...we bring it in decorate it then put it back outside for the other 11 and change months... We have been married for 21 years and think this is the sixth? Alberta Fir...three have made it to actually growing successfully in the ground..(two not so much)
If it was up to me decorations would be a wreath on the front door and done!! But the better half is a deck the halls falalalala fool!! So I try to oblige him but try to cut back a little every year,,bah humbug!
rosetree
11-30-2008, 09:03 PM
Well I must say that we are in the minority here....fake for us!
We used to get real when the kids were young, but now with the fake one we know exactly what we are getting year after year. There is no maintenance. We can spray evergreen scent if we want it to smell. .....and if I do say so. with all of the Rosetree ornaments on it, it's a damn good-looking tree!!!! ;) :D
festivalgirl
11-30-2008, 09:04 PM
Well I must say that we are in the minority here....fake for us!
We used to get real when the kids were young, but now with the fake one we know exactly what we are getting year after year. There is no maintenance. We can spray evergreen scent if we want it to smell. .....and if I do say so. with all of the Rosetree ornaments on it, it's a damn good-looking tree!!!! ;) :D
might be good marketing to post a picture here & on your website!!
festivalgirl
11-30-2008, 09:08 PM
Hee hee - when I was in college in West Texas, we brought in a tumble weed from the side of the road (hey-it was about 4') and decorated it with paper cut-out snow flakes. Charlie Brown would've been proud.
For Steve's & my first xmas together we still had two apartments & he said he never had a tree in his own place. So I got him a Charlie Brown tree but the only receptacle small enough was a glass measuring cup. I had to tie it down with ribbon.
rosetree
11-30-2008, 09:10 PM
might be good marketing to post a picture here & on your website!!
It's hard to get the feeling of the tree in a photo. To get the whole tree in, the ornaments lose a bit. I'll probably do close-ups for my site when it calms down a bit here. :D
Amyloves...
11-30-2008, 09:15 PM
Only real for us and that's all I ever had growing up. It was a family tradition to go out on the nastiest coldest wettest day to pick it out too. This wasn't done on purpose but I swear 90% of the time my dad would say we were going to get the tree that weekend, the weather would suddenly suck on that day. It happened so much that it was hilarious. He still talks about it.
rosetree
11-30-2008, 09:18 PM
Only real for us and that's all I ever had growing up. It was a family tradition to go out on the nastiest coldest wettest day to pick it out too. This wasn't done on purpose but I swear 90% of the time my dad would say we were going to get the tree that weekend, the weather would suddenly suck on that day. It happened so much that it was hilarious. He still talks about it.
You must have gotten your tree yesterday....;)
glinda
11-30-2008, 09:23 PM
LOVE real trees but I finally figured out I was allergic after years of getting bronchitis for New Year's. So I have a nice prelit tree that looks real, and I decorate with some live evergreen branches around the house. And there is a potpourri called "Smell of the Tree" that PERFECTLY captures the natural fresh tree scent and keeps it in the house for weeks.
Amyloves...
11-30-2008, 09:27 PM
You must have gotten your tree yesterday....;)
Not cold enough! Plus I'm trying not to continue that particular childhood tradition.
ozzie
11-30-2008, 09:35 PM
I LOVE live trees, but by the time I get to decoration around the 20th or so, it doesn't seem worth it. We rarely put a tree up at all :o
Oh no! I don't decorate until Christmas Eve and we are going away on Boxing Day (26th), but it's just not Christmas without a tree!
We never get a cut tree, but use a real one if there's something appropriate and portable enough in the garden (things grow fast, wild and woolly in the tropics). We have a back-up fake one and use it sometimes. Ken just got a gorgeous frangipani for his birthday so we might try that this year!
On the candle front, I always go real. The electric ones just never seemed right.
Amyloves...
11-30-2008, 09:46 PM
Oh no! I don't decorate until Christmas Eve and we are going away on Boxing Day (26th), but it's just not Christmas without a tree!
We never get a cut tree, but use a real one if there's something appropriate and portable enough in the garden (things grow fast, wild and woolly in the tropics). We have a back-up fake one and use it sometimes. Ken just got a gorgeous frangipani for his birthday so we might try that this year!
Why do you wait till Christmas Eve to decorate? Is that a tradition there? Do you put the tree up before that but leave it undecorated? I must learn. I like to do mine asap after thanksgiving....this weekend (which didn't happen) or next.
ozzie
11-30-2008, 09:54 PM
Why do you wait till Christmas Eve to decorate? Is that a tradition there? Do you put the tree up before that but leave it undecorated? I must learn. I like to do mine asap after thanksgiving....this weekend (which didn't happen) or next.
Not a national tradition... just at our joint! That's the way my folks did it so it might have been something my mother brought over from the land of clogs and cheese. I like it and do everything on Christmas Eve... decorate, drink, wrap presents, drink, play carols, drink, get food organised and drink! Really, I won't even play a Christmas CD until the night before.
Amyloves...
11-30-2008, 10:02 PM
I love you Ozzie!
funkkjunkie
11-30-2008, 11:19 PM
Cool, Oz. :) My tree goes up and the christmas tunes go in the player the day after Thanksgiving. We had a real flocked tree several years when i was growing up. Do yall remember those?! The first few years I was married, our "tree" was the bamboo shade at the window. Worked great. I used to be a Chrismas Freak but have downsized the Christmas colllections a lot and I'm down to about 8 boxes. One of my friends was horrified the years I didn't have a tree so she would give me a rosemary tree or a little pine to make herself feel better. When my grandkids came along, I had to have a tree. I've had my fake three footer for about 5 years now. I leave the lights, garland and the unbreakable ornaments on it. It fits perfectly in a box I have and I cover the top with plastic. Instant storage. :)
I've always said homes should have a christmas tree storage compartment in the ceiling above its place of honor. The tree stays decorated and remains dustfree. Use a pulley system or automatic lift to lower and raise it.
Happy holidaze, yall!!!!!!!!!!
festivalgirl
12-01-2008, 12:58 AM
It's usually too warm and dry here so if we got a tree now it'll be all dried up by xmas. Weekend before for us - Winter Solstice seems appropriate.
ozzie
12-01-2008, 04:13 AM
Cool, Oz. :) My tree goes up and the christmas tunes go in the player the day after Thanksgiving. We had a real flocked tree several years when i was growing up. Do yall remember those?! The first few years I was married, our "tree" was the bamboo shade at the window. Worked great. I used to be a Chrismas Freak but have downsized the Christmas colllections a lot and I'm down to about 8 boxes. One of my friends was horrified the years I didn't have a tree so she would give me a rosemary tree or a little pine to make herself feel better. When my grandkids came along, I had to have a tree. I've had my fake three footer for about 5 years now. I leave the lights, garland and the unbreakable ornaments on it. It fits perfectly in a box I have and I cover the top with plastic. Instant storage. :)
I've always said homes should have a christmas tree storage compartment in the ceiling above its place of honor. The tree stays decorated and remains dustfree. Use a pulley system or automatic lift to lower and raise it.
Happy holidaze, yall!!!!!!!!!!
:D
ozzie
12-01-2008, 04:37 AM
I love you Ozzie!
You look pretty good in tinsel yer good self!
Carolina Beadhead
12-01-2008, 08:01 AM
My mother-in-law says that, growing up, Santa brought their tree. She'd get up on Christmas morning and there would be the decorated tree with gifts underneath. Magical!
Amyloves...
12-01-2008, 08:40 AM
My mother-in-law says that, growing up, Santa brought their tree. She'd get up on Christmas morning and there would be the decorated tree with gifts underneath. Magical!
Well I am very thankful that Santa didn't start that shit when I had kids!
Well I am very thankful that Santa didn't start that shit when I had kids!
LMAO....
I believe the original custom was to put the tree up on Christmas Eve. Then the presents would magically appear on Christmas morn. Ours goes up depending on our plans for the holiday. This year we're not leaving till Christmas day so I expect we'll put the tree up this weekend. Ours is very untraditional with party lights and all kinds of weird ornaments.
Still, mine is bush league compared to Neen's. She has, without a doubt, the coolest, wackiest Christmas tree anybody has ever seen The only thing I have that competes with Neen's tree is my action figure nativity scene that pretty much guarantees an express lane to hell. I love Christmas.
And, for the record, fake trees are an abomination. The only way I'd ever have one is if I lived in Saudi Arabia. Fuck that, I'd decorate a date palm.
denideadhead
12-01-2008, 09:03 AM
I've always said homes should have a christmas tree storage compartment in the ceiling above its place of honor. The tree stays decorated and remains dustfree. Use a pulley system or automatic lift to lower and raise it.
Happy holidaze, yall!!!!!!!!!!
KNOW THAT IS AN IDEA I COULD WHOLLY SUPPORT!!!!
O and re the Santa brings the tree idea. My Grandfather also held to that tradition but later I realized he was just frugal. He would typically bring home a very Charlie Brown looking tree on Christmas Eve that I am certian he got at some last minute just take it deep discount.
My Grandmother was the godess of throw more tinsel on it we need to cover to up the holes. Those were good times!!!
Muffaletta Diver
12-01-2008, 09:29 AM
The well done fake ones can look pretty nice but there's no comparison when it comes to feel...I'll take real any day.
The only thing I have that competes with Neen's tree is my action figure nativity scene that pretty much guarantees an express lane to hell. I love Christmas.
So what figures do you use for the wise men? Heck, give us the whole cast! (Is Darth Vader involved at all?)
mdfest
12-01-2008, 10:13 AM
Real or fake, doesnt matter.
"tree" is a code word, right?
festbabe
12-01-2008, 10:31 AM
I believe the original custom was to put the tree up on Christmas Eve. Then the presents would magically appear on Christmas morn. Ours goes up depending on our plans for the holiday. This year we're not leaving till Christmas day so I expect we'll put the tree up this weekend. Ours is very untraditional with party lights and all kinds of weird ornaments.
Still, mine is bush league compared to Neen's. She has, without a doubt, the coolest, wackiest Christmas tree anybody has ever seen The only thing I have that competes with Neen's tree is my action figure nativity scene that pretty much guarantees an express lane to hell. I love Christmas.
And, for the record, fake trees are an abomination. The only way I'd ever have one is if I lived in Saudi Arabia. Fuck that, I'd decorate a date palm.
We want pictures!
ibjamn
12-01-2008, 10:39 AM
Not a national tradition... just at our joint! That's the way my folks did it so it might have been something my mother brought over from the land of clogs and cheese. I like it and do everything on Christmas Eve... decorate, drink, wrap presents, drink, play carols, drink, get food organised and drink! Really, I won't even play a Christmas CD until the night before.
I do all that, but for about a month. Why wait. :) We always always get the tree the day after Thanksgiving.
We do have a 6' fake tree on the front porch. :)
So what figures do you use for the wise men? Heck, give us the whole cast! (Is Darth Vader involved at all?)
Whatever is available at yard sales or Big Lots. No Darth Vader but I did use Boba Fett one year. The only constant is Godzilla standing over the stable protecting the baby Stewie... I mean Jesus.
ibjamn
12-01-2008, 10:49 AM
Whatever is available at yard sales or Big Lots. No Darth Vader but I did use Boba Fett one year. The only constant is Godzilla standing over the stable protecting the baby Stewie... I mean Jesus.
I would love to see a picture of that!
Here's a couple. Google Image is an amazing thing: what a great time to be alive.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/37/78495892_b6fdb97f77.jpg
http://www.mwctoys.com/images/xmas_2005_web.jpg
Here's a couple. Google Image is an amazing thing: what a great time to be alive.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/37/78495892_b6fdb97f77.jpg
http://www.mwctoys.com/images/xmas_2005_web.jpg
That's the idea. See how easy it is. Chef, Cleveland Brown, and Mace Windu have all been one of the wise men.
Why didn't the wise men wrap their presents? Because they were wise and they were men.
Belle
12-01-2008, 01:37 PM
Switched to fake last year. Ours always turned into a fire hazard and then the needles would expode as we drag the big ass tree out the doors for the peanut buttered pine cone decoration that fed the hungry birds and gave them shelter. I do miss playing hide and seek on the Christmas tree farm finding the biggest tree and the birds on the deck but since we aren't together as often anymore we switched to fake. Thanksgiving day it went up with everyone at home and it will come down when I get around to it sometime before February!
I do like how the heavy ornaments hang on the artificial one though. Sure didn't miss the mess everywhere either.
trixie
12-01-2008, 01:49 PM
The well done fake ones can look pretty nice but there's no comparison when it comes to feel...I'll take real any day.
I can't believe it took so long for you to post this! :D
I have to admit I wasn't thinking trees when I clicked on this thread. :o
Muffaletta Diver
12-01-2008, 01:50 PM
I can't believe it took so long for you to post this! :D
I have to admit I wasn't thinking trees when I clicked on this thread. :o
I WAS talking about trees...
Real or fake, doesnt matter.
"tree" is a code word, right?
Riiiight...well, my "trees" are real , and they're spectacular!
Muffaletta Diver
12-01-2008, 01:58 PM
Riiiight...well, my "trees" are real , and they're spectacular!
It's not bragging if you prove it. ;)
It's not bragging if you prove it. ;)
Please see the oldest profession thread for my rates, then triple that. ;)
Muffaletta Diver
12-01-2008, 02:02 PM
Please see the oldest profession thread for my rates, then triple that. ;)
Then I guess I'll just take your normal suite of services for your standard rate.
Phatpapa
12-01-2008, 02:09 PM
I have never had a fake tree. For the past 14 years I have taken my boys out to cut our own. I love the smell, feel and look of a real tree. We've had some big ones too. I have high ceilings so the tallest has probably been
12' to 13'
They can be a bit of a challenge to decorate though.
Frosty
12-01-2008, 02:10 PM
I much prefer fake trees. Nothing says Christmas like PVC and cellophane. And I try to skip real Christmas food as well and stick to the plastic food they use to decorate stores. And I throw packing popcorn around the yard.
Then I guess I'll just take your normal suite of services for your standard rate.
Unfortunatly, I won't be taking on any new clients from now until the end of time, but I can put you on the waitlist!
Belle
12-01-2008, 02:55 PM
I much prefer fake trees. Nothing says Christmas like PVC and cellophane. And I try to skip real Christmas food as well and stick to the plastic food they use to decorate stores. And I throw packing popcorn around the yard.
:D
chicagomike
12-01-2008, 10:10 PM
I always keep it real.
Chicago Fest Fan
12-01-2008, 10:57 PM
Does anyone else have the pickle ornament tradition. I'm not sure when we started this or how it began but...
Each year on Xmas eve my wife or I hide a pickle ornament in the tree and the first one who finds it in the morning gets a special present.
I believe this is a German tradition.
Last year our pickle ornament broke and it took me a long time to replace it.
rosetree
12-01-2008, 11:01 PM
Does anyone else have the pickle ornament tradition. I'm not sure when we started this or how it began but...
Each year on Xmas eve my wife or I hide a pickle ornament in the tree and the first one who finds it in the morning gets a special present.
I believe this is a German tradition.
Last year our pickle ornament broke and it took me a long time to replace it.
One of my glassblowers makes pickle ornaments.....I'm just sayin';)
It is a German tradition and you have it right.
Amyloves...
12-02-2008, 12:09 AM
Hey I'm German....I gotta look into this. I'll ask my dad tomorrow too.
One of my glassblowers makes pickle ornaments.....I'm just sayin';)
It is a German tradition and you have it right.
My tree could use a pickle. How does one score such a thing?
jerseygirl67
12-02-2008, 09:03 AM
One of my glassblowers makes pickle ornaments.....I'm just sayin';)
It is a German tradition and you have it right.
That is correct. I have one also. My sis-in-law is from Germany and she told me about it.
And, REAL tree! And BIG! at least 7.5 - 8 ft. I've enough ornaments to do three trees. I just keep collecting them from places I go, when friends go away, they bring them home for me....England, Amsterdam, Germany, New Orleans, Florida, Texas ...etc. Got to get the tree this weekend. And, no matter if it dries out or stays somewhat intact, it stays up till 3 Kings Day.
rosetree
12-02-2008, 10:22 AM
My tree could use a pickle. How does one score such a thing?
My guy sells his pickles for $20 plus shipping....(keep it clean):D
Belle
12-02-2008, 10:28 AM
My guy sells his pickles for $20 plus shipping....(keep it clean):D
Does it come with batteries?
jerseygirl67
12-02-2008, 10:30 AM
Does it come with batteries?
Is it a curved or straight pickle? This matters for positioning on the tree of course
rosetree
12-02-2008, 10:33 AM
Does it come with batteries?
It only took you 6 minutes to respond! ;)
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Put a new ink cartridge in my pen. Took out a piece of paper. I sat back and I thought awhile. Then I started writin':
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Frosty
12-02-2008, 10:43 AM
Does anyone else have the pickle ornament tradition. I'm not sure when we started this or how it began but...
Each year on Xmas eve my wife or I hide a pickle ornament in the tree and the first one who finds it in the morning gets a special present.
I believe this is a German tradition.
Last year our pickle ornament broke and it took me a long time to replace it.
We're so German we even open gifts Christmas Eve (Santa always came Christmas Eve when I was growing up) but I've never heard of this. The only association of pickle and Christmas is the pickled herring. We do give a small gift for St. Nicholas Day though. Usually an ornament or something.
Frosty
12-02-2008, 10:45 AM
Does it come with batteries?
The pickle or you?
Belle
12-02-2008, 10:45 AM
Is it a curved or straight pickle? This matters for positioning on the tree of courseSmooth or nubby!
Chicago Fest Fan
12-02-2008, 11:30 AM
My guy sells his pickles for $20 plus shipping....(keep it clean):D
Hey Rosie,
Can I getthe ornament on the website? I just purchased one last year but I could use a back up... and not for the same reason that Belle may need some back up batteries.
Besides I would much rather use a Rose tree pickle.
jerseygirl67
12-02-2008, 11:33 AM
Hey Rosie,
Can I getthe ornament on the website? I just purchased one last year but I could use a back up... and not for the same reason that Belle may need some back up batteries.
Besides I would much rather use a Rose tree pickle.
I remember going to the Renaissance Festival years ago....they had the Pickle Guys...selling their "pickles...nice big juicy pickles, get yer pickles here" OH, and they had no shirts on also.......:)
ibjamn
12-02-2008, 12:07 PM
Does anyone else have the pickle ornament tradition. I'm not sure when we started this or how it began but...
Each year on Xmas eve my wife or I hide a pickle ornament in the tree and the first one who finds it in the morning gets a special present.
I believe this is a German tradition.
Last year our pickle ornament broke and it took me a long time to replace it.
We lived in Germany when I was a kid and picked up this tradition. I had one for a long time, but need to replace it with a Rosie glass pickle.
Phatpapa
12-02-2008, 12:18 PM
We're so German we even open gifts Christmas Eve (Santa always came Christmas Eve when I was growing up) but I've never heard of this. The only association of pickle and Christmas is the pickled herring. We do give a small gift for St. Nicholas Day though. Usually an ornament or something.
I'm half Swedish and per tradition, we open on Christmas Eve as well
Delta
12-02-2008, 12:20 PM
One of our German exchange students brought us a cute little Christmas gherkin (the other student only brought a bad attitude and headaches) but we had no idea what the significance of it was.
I saw the one at Rosie's and he stopped what he was doing to go ask the guy who made it what the details of the tradition were when I asked about it.
ibjamn
12-02-2008, 12:20 PM
We're so German we even open gifts Christmas Eve (Santa always came Christmas Eve when I was growing up) but I've never heard of this. The only association of pickle and Christmas is the pickled herring. We do give a small gift for St. Nicholas Day though. Usually an ornament or something.
We lived in a German Hotel when we first moved over there and St. Nicholas day was a big deal. We lined our shoes up outside the door & they were filled by St. Nick with small toys & candy (or switches & coal if you were bad.) We loved it, because then we got to have Christmas too!
festbabe
12-02-2008, 01:00 PM
We lived in a German Hotel when we first moved over there and St. Nicholas day was a big deal. We lined our shoes up outside the door & they were filled by St. Nick with small toys & candy (or switches & coal if you were bad.) We loved it, because then we got to have Christmas too!
So - which did you get, toys/candy or switches/coal? ;)
Frosty
12-02-2008, 01:00 PM
I'm half Swedish and per tradition, we open on Christmas Eve as well
Yes, my other side is mostly Swedish. With about 1/8th Danish in there is well. Thank goodness. That's where I get my height.
Delta
12-02-2008, 01:24 PM
Yes, my other side is mostly Swedish. With about 1/8th Danish in there is well. Thank goodness. That's where I get my height.
Only 1/8th of you is tall?
My tree could use a pickle. How does one score such a thing?
Cost Plus World Market always has them!
jerseygirl67
12-02-2008, 01:59 PM
Cost Plus World Market always has them!
On Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Famous-German-Christmas-Pickle-Ornament/dp/B000MMTNLS
Surla Table
This one is $3. less
http://www.surlatable.com/product/housewares/pickle+ornament.do
Frosty
12-02-2008, 02:22 PM
Only 1/8th of you is tall?
Yes, but it's the top 1/8th.
ibjamn
12-02-2008, 02:31 PM
So - which did you get, toys/candy or switches/coal? ;)
ummmmm.....yes. ;)
Carolina Beadhead
12-02-2008, 02:59 PM
This thread is the perfect example of Threadhead discourse: Someone asks a question; We all learn something about each other; It gets a little off color; Someone help someone else out; We all order something from RT and we're left smiling.
Maybe I shoulda waited on this til someone mentioned something about music... :D
jerseygirl67
12-02-2008, 03:09 PM
This thread is the perfect example of Threadhead discourse: Someone asks a question; We all learn something about each other; It gets a little off color; Someone help someone else out; We all order something from RT and we're left smiling.
Maybe I shoulda waited on this til someone mentioned something about music... :D
Maybe there's a musical pickle????
Maybe I shoulda waited on this til someone mentioned something about music... :D
Music, check!
Swag posted the pickle song.
festivalgirl
12-02-2008, 03:24 PM
This song is about the time that I was ridin' my motorcycle. Going down a mountain road, at 150 miles an hour, playin' my guitar. On one side of the mountain road there was a mountain, and on the other side there was nothin' - there was a cliff in the air.
Now, when you're going down a mountain road at I50 miles an hour you gotta be very careful, especially if you're playin' a guitar. Especially if that guitar is an acoustic guitar. Because if it's an acoustic guitar, the wind pressure is greater on the box side than on the neck side, because there's more guitar on the box side. I wasn't payin' attention ..
Luckily I didn't go into the mountain - I went over the cliff.
I was goin' at 150 miles an hour sideways and 500 feet down at the same time.
I knew it was the end. I looked down, I said ''Wow! Some trip". I thought it...well I knew it was...I knew it was my last trip, and in my last remaining seconds in world, I decided to write one last farewell song to the world.
Put a new ink cartridge in my pen. Took out a piece of paper. I sat back and I thought awhile. Then I started writin':
I don't want a pickle
Just want to ride on my motorsickle
And I don't want a tickle
'Cause I'd rather ride on my motorsickle
And I don't want to die
Just want to ride on my motorcy ...cle."
- Arlo
I also thought Arlo!! And a Pastrami Sammich w/a nice cold beer.
Pickles = Deli.
breambob
12-02-2008, 04:52 PM
Here is a real "tree" :) Trying hard not to say Pole. Makes me laugh too hard...
http://www.festivuspoles.com/pages/Festivuspoles.htm
festbabe
12-02-2008, 05:25 PM
ummmmm.....yes. ;)
Good - as expected and all is right in the world ;)
festbabe
12-02-2008, 05:28 PM
This thread is the perfect example of Threadhead discourse: Someone asks a question; We all learn something about each other; It gets a little off color; Someone help someone else out; We all order something from RT and we're left smiling.
Maybe I shoulda waited on this til someone mentioned something about music... :D
I didn't realize we were so....predictable :rolleyes:
rosetree
12-02-2008, 05:51 PM
I didn't realize we were so....predictable :rolleyes:
Congrats Heather...2001 posts!!!;)
festbabe
12-02-2008, 05:52 PM
Congrats Heather...2001 posts!!!;)
Nice! I didn't even notice. I still gots a looooooong way to catch you!
Voodoohead
12-02-2008, 05:56 PM
Not everybody likes pickles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2x4_-as0rv4
Chicago Fest Fan
12-02-2008, 09:34 PM
I remember going to the Renaissance Festival years ago....they had the Pickle Guys...selling their "pickles...nice big juicy pickles, get yer pickles here" OH, and they had no shirts on also.......:)
The Pickle guys are still thriving at the ren faire. This year when we saw the pickle guy he would pick up up a pickle and throw it into a crowd and yell "run away pickle, run away pickle". Then he would chase it down and club it to death with a big stick. Poor pickle.
Amyloves...
12-02-2008, 10:10 PM
This thread is the perfect example of Threadhead discourse: Someone asks a question; We all learn something about each other; It gets a little off color; Someone help someone else out; We all order something from RT and we're left smiling.
Maybe I shoulda waited on this til someone mentioned something about music... :D
Too funny CBH...and true!
glinda
12-02-2008, 10:25 PM
This thread is the perfect example of Threadhead discourse: Someone asks a question; We all learn something about each other; It gets a little off color; Someone help someone else out; We all order something from RT and we're left smiling.
Maybe I shoulda waited on this til someone mentioned something about music... :D
Reading the last page - I had to scroll back to the top to see what the original subject was. hehehe
festivalgirl
12-03-2008, 05:35 PM
Man Accused of Christmas Tree Attack
AP
PARRISH, Fla. (Dec. 3) - Authorities say a Florida man who lives with his parents has been charged with attacking his father with a Christmas tree and its metal stand.
According to the Manatee County sheriff's report, 37-year-old Thomas Edward Lackie was arrested and charged with felony assault last week.
Authorities say he threw the 3-foot Christmas tree at his father but missed. They say he then tried to use its steel base to strike him. His father and mother subdued him.
The Sarasota Herald-Tribune reports that he denied trying to strike his father.
Authorities didn't immediately return a call by The Associated Press seeking information on the incident and whether Lackie has a lawyer.
jerseygirl67
12-04-2008, 07:40 AM
Man Accused of Christmas Tree Attack
AP
PARRISH, Fla. (Dec. 3) - Authorities say a Florida man who lives with his parents has been charged with attacking his father with a Christmas tree and its metal stand.
According to the Manatee County sheriff's report, 37-year-old Thomas Edward Lackie was arrested and charged with felony assault last week.
Authorities say he threw the 3-foot Christmas tree at his father but missed. They say he then tried to use its steel base to strike him. His father and mother subdued him.
The Sarasota Herald-Tribune reports that he denied trying to strike his father.
Authorities didn't immediately return a call by The Associated Press seeking information on the incident and whether Lackie has a lawyer.
Must have been fake....and too short for him!