Comments on: The Pink Tree Dilemma http://manolohome.com/2008/09/23/the-pink-tree-dilemma/ Practical Lifestyle Advice for Homemakers and Home Owners Wed, 07 Sep 2011 17:37:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: xmas tree http://manolohome.com/2008/09/23/the-pink-tree-dilemma/comment-page-1/#comment-48422 xmas tree Mon, 22 Nov 2010 18:22:26 +0000 http://manolohome.com/2008/09/23/the-pink-tree-dilemma/#comment-48422 We love having a Christmas tree up the entire month of December! The holiday season is so much fun. We love having a Christmas tree up the entire month of December! The holiday season is so much fun.

]]> By: class-factotum http://manolohome.com/2008/09/23/the-pink-tree-dilemma/comment-page-1/#comment-3038 class-factotum Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:49:35 +0000 http://manolohome.com/2008/09/23/the-pink-tree-dilemma/#comment-3038 That tree is TOO cute! Go for it! That tree is TOO cute! Go for it!

]]> By: Never teh Bride http://manolohome.com/2008/09/23/the-pink-tree-dilemma/comment-page-1/#comment-3030 Never teh Bride Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:33:06 +0000 http://manolohome.com/2008/09/23/the-pink-tree-dilemma/#comment-3030 Twistie: Don't get m wrong -- I looove real trees. They smell lovely and really call up the holiday spirit! the downsides for me are the expense, the sap/needles, and the maintenance. Then again, I would rather someone else do the decorating! Jo: Ooh, that sounds awesome! Jennie: We're not exactly starting from scratch, but we have never done any tree other than a very small live tree, and our collection of ornaments is incredibly varied. We may be buying all new ones because of the incoming baby and the five cat...we're thinking no glass and lots of tin. Twistie: Don’t get m wrong — I looove real trees. They smell lovely and really call up the holiday spirit! the downsides for me are the expense, the sap/needles, and the maintenance. Then again, I would rather someone else do the decorating!

Jo: Ooh, that sounds awesome!

Jennie: We’re not exactly starting from scratch, but we have never done any tree other than a very small live tree, and our collection of ornaments is incredibly varied. We may be buying all new ones because of the incoming baby and the five cat…we’re thinking no glass and lots of tin.

]]> By: Jennie http://manolohome.com/2008/09/23/the-pink-tree-dilemma/comment-page-1/#comment-3003 Jennie Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:16:08 +0000 http://manolohome.com/2008/09/23/the-pink-tree-dilemma/#comment-3003 If you are starting from the beginning and are really kitschy, rock it! I've been collecting ornaments since I was 15 and have a very eclectic mix that would look stupid on a shiny tree. If you are starting from the beginning and are really kitschy, rock it! I’ve been collecting ornaments since I was 15 and have a very eclectic mix that would look stupid on a shiny tree.

]]> By: Jo http://manolohome.com/2008/09/23/the-pink-tree-dilemma/comment-page-1/#comment-2981 Jo Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:32:26 +0000 http://manolohome.com/2008/09/23/the-pink-tree-dilemma/#comment-2981 A buddy of mine has a vintage silver tree that came with the thingamajig that turns and shines different-colored lights on it. The thingamajig broke, so her husband hacked an old stoplight they had to work as the tree-color-er. Brilliant. A buddy of mine has a vintage silver tree that came with the thingamajig that turns and shines different-colored lights on it. The thingamajig broke, so her husband hacked an old stoplight they had to work as the tree-color-er.

Brilliant.

]]> By: Twistie http://manolohome.com/2008/09/23/the-pink-tree-dilemma/comment-page-1/#comment-2958 Twistie Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:56:15 +0000 http://manolohome.com/2008/09/23/the-pink-tree-dilemma/#comment-2958 Your decision is entirely your own and I wouldn't dream of attempting to tell you what it should be, but in my home it will ALWAYS be fresh Douglas Fir. For me the smell of Christmas is just as important as the look, and the smell includes: cookies and/or bread baking, spices in the air, and Douglas Fir. So long as I have those scents, a little bit of good holiday music, and my family around me, Christmas is good. Watching any of the following is the whipped cream on top (I don't like cherries): A Charlie Brown Christmas, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas (the proper animated one, not the live action version with Jim Carrey), The Nightmare Before Christmas, Monty Python's Life of Brian, The Lion in Winter. Presents and whatnot are great, but not I can also live without them...and have once or twice. What I need is Mr. Twistie and some good smells of childhood. It just wouldn't be the same with a pink tree that doesn't smell like anything. And don't even get me started on those 'pine scent' sprays. Your decision is entirely your own and I wouldn’t dream of attempting to tell you what it should be, but in my home it will ALWAYS be fresh Douglas Fir.

For me the smell of Christmas is just as important as the look, and the smell includes: cookies and/or bread baking, spices in the air, and Douglas Fir. So long as I have those scents, a little bit of good holiday music, and my family around me, Christmas is good. Watching any of the following is the whipped cream on top (I don’t like cherries): A Charlie Brown Christmas, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas (the proper animated one, not the live action version with Jim Carrey), The Nightmare Before Christmas, Monty Python’s Life of Brian, The Lion in Winter.

Presents and whatnot are great, but not I can also live without them…and have once or twice. What I need is Mr. Twistie and some good smells of childhood.

It just wouldn’t be the same with a pink tree that doesn’t smell like anything.

And don’t even get me started on those ‘pine scent’ sprays.

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