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Re: ALUMINUM TREE
By: Hmmm Date: October 25, 2021, 10:10 am
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We had an aluminum tree until I was around 7 (early 1970s). I
loved it but not really sure how long they had it before I was
born. We dismantled and stored it away each year. Then we went
back to real trees and would go out to either our farm or a
neighbors and cut one down. Then we went back to a green
artificial because we had a cat that decided it needed to climb
it.
I still remember the first time as an adult in my own apartment
going to buy a Christmas tree. Over the last 30 years, we've
gone back and forth between real and artificial.
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Re: ALUMINUM TREE
By: Amara Date: October 25, 2021, 12:29 pm
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Even during their most popular time, my parents eschewed those
aluminum trees for real ones each year. I guess they wanted us,
their children, to see and smell the real thing.
But if I was into MCM decor, I'd definitely buy one now. Since
I'm not, I stick with faux ones. I gave it to my favorite thrift
store for their annual Holiday Boutique coming up in November
but for the last three or four years I had a lipstick red one
about six feet tall with red lights. It was gorgeous, but having
moved into my new, first home (and gotten older) I wanted to go
less flashy. My new home is white and green so I am eyeing a
white (not flocked) tree. But I now also have three very
rambunctious cats, two of whom I suspect would instantly try to
climb it. Money is tight anyway because of the purchase so I may
just hold off on the six-foot white tree for another year. i can
get a couple of white tabletop trees--not that they'll ignore
those but at least I can move them into the guest bathroom when
I am going out or for the night. Thinking of what they'd do to
an expensive aluminum tree gives me the willies.
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Re: ALUMINUM TREE
By: TootsNYC Date: October 25, 2021, 4:39 pm
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[quote author=holly firestorm link=topic=2192.msg71137#msg71137
date=1634972679]
I remember those aluminum and all white trees. We had artificial
trees for most of my childhood, but they were green and looked
real...or at least realish.
I currently live in a small apartment and have a 4' artificial
green tree that I take out of storage, unfold, and decorate
every December and un-decorate, take down, tie up and put in
storage every January. It's safer and a whole lot less expensive
than buying a real tree every year.
[/quote]
We are about to switch to that sort of artificial tree. I love
the romance of a real tree; a fake tree feels like cheating
somehow. But my husband is tired of the mess.
We've used a craft tree (my DD made a coat-hanger tree in
elementary school, so we've made one of those for the last 3
years running. That doesn't feel like cheating to me.
We just have to find a tree that's small and big enough, and
stores in the least amount of space possible.
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Re: ALUMINUM TREE
By: jpcher Date: October 27, 2021, 4:08 pm
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I remember those Aluminum Trees from when I was a child and went
to other peoples homes that had them. I always thought they were
beautiful with all the lights and colors shimmering.
But we never had one in our home. Our live tree was always
decorated to perfection by my mother. As in us children were put
in other places of the house so that we couldn't see or partake
in the decorating on Christmas eve day.
Then there was the big reveal right before Christmas eve dinner.
I remember walking into the living room with wide open eyes
thinking that is the most beautiful tree ever!
Mom always decorated the tree the same every year. Red glass
balls of different sizes reflecting the white lights along with
tons of tinsel that looked like icicles.
Mom told me that when she was a child in Germany the children
didn't get to see the tree until that magical moment. Way back
then the lights were lit candles.
Fast forward to when I had my own home with my own children. At
first I tried to emulate Mom's tree. But it never looked quite
right. Hanging tinsel is a royal pain and the cats really loved
the glass balls ::).
Then, when the DDs were in day care (and later years, school),
they started bringing home ornaments that they made. Of course
they had to hang them on the tree themselves! So much for the
beautiful, eye-popping tree reveal!
As the years went on our own tradition came to hanging all of
the hand-made ornaments. We would laugh and tell stories
"remember when I made this one?" etc. Decorating our tree was
always so much fun, and a wonderful get-together time.
My mom was with us one year while we were decorating our tree.
She said "I wish I would have done that with you when you were
growing up!" I told her "Don't say that! The tree reveal was
always a magical moment for me. I loved it and looked forward to
it every year!"
Anyway, that's my Christmas tree story. ;D
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