Xmas trees...traditional, stylish or trendy

I also have baubles from all over the world along with handmade ones by the children and grandchildren when they were little.

These are still displayed on shelves around the house, just not on the trees. After forty plus years of children and then grandchildren decorating our trees I have reclaimed the job and like them my way

Green with lots of.twinkly little.led lights and some meaningful s creations.
For anyone who does different it's their choice to have what colour and what decorations they want.

When my children lived at home, I had a tree in the living room which had proper decorations and one upstairs which they could decorate with their homemade stuff, pasta santas etc. After my marriage broke down, I had an artificial tree and each year, me and my children bought three decorations for it to symbolise our wee unit.
Now I have an artificial tree in the living room, a fibre optic tree in the kitchen and I'm going to buy a small pot grown tree for besides the front door.

LOUISA1523

We have baubles collected over 38 years .....one when each of AC were born and GC born....baubles from loads of countries we've visited....certainly not colour co ordinated.....but a lovely trip down memory lane every time we dress the tree ....we have coloured lights ... no tinsel on tree

I could have written this myself! We do exactly the same but I add to the collection every year so that it looks current. This means that some of the decs get ‘retired’ but I still keep them as a reminder. We have a 7’ tree - which looked smaller in John Lewis!🫤

We have real trees and one fake tree (our eldest granddaughter brought us a fake tree for the children's playroom). Outside we have real trees.

We have two artificial green trees these days, one in the bay window in the front room, one in the sitting room. Much regretted giving up real trees about five years ago. I got round the problem of the children’s and grandchildren’s wonky Chinese lanterns and felt donkeys by giving them back to put on their own trees 😂. Now gradually collecting new ones that I like.
The sitting room tree has some ancient rainbow fairy lights beloved by DH, the other one has led white lights and nothing else.

I have a 'twig' tree which I decorate with teardrop shape crystals and a string of led fairylights which I can change the colour of etc. I really like it.

2 years ago I decided to get an artificial tree that actually looked artificial, lol! It is gold and silver and I only put red decorations on it. I love it!

I decorate my big potted weeping fig with decorations collected over the years. I think the tree enjoys its moment in the limelight!
I have a red velvet cloth underneath with a gold charger on it. That is where the chocolates go. We used to tie Quality Street chics to the branches but can’t do that with the new wrappings so have to make do with Lindor ones around the base, such a shame. 😂

Our fake tree must be well over 40 years old. Bought from Woolworths for £30, a fortune then.
It still looks good but there have been times these last few years when I thought I just can’t be bothered with the fuss, but so far we have done it, even if it’s just Mr S and me at home to see it.

We can’t have a real tree DH allergic to pine needles. We have a new pre-lit tree for this year. My baubles are a collection built up over 45 years. I have several Swarovski snowflakes, baubles and bells given to me by my eldest DS and DH, but won’t be using them this year as our DGD, will be 21 months come Christmas and gets into everything, which is what I expect and love about her she’s so curious.

Chocolatelovinggran

Quite right, too , Cabbie!
I enjoy the tasteful coordinated trees in hotels, but like the happy chaos of collected- over- years stuff on my tree.
A friend is planning to buy all new baubles this year to match her newly decorated sitting room. This astonishes me.

Why? That's exactly what I did a couple of years ago when we re-decorated in blue and silver. Bought blue and silver baubles. Previously I'd had gold or gold and pink, but they would have bothered me big time not matching. Nothing wrong with that.

We've had the same decorations for years, including some shiny red apples which look jolly.
Usually we buy a real Nordmann Fir which shouldn't shed needles too badly. I do miss the scent of a Norway Spruce and wonder if I could find something like aromatherapy oil to simulate it?

Traditional I suppose. Some old , very tatty decorations, some over 60 years old
. But new ones also that the GDs made. Love putting it all up. Also like it gone .

Has to be a real tree (dug up from the garden), decorated with things I've collected on every holiday or made by the grandchildren

A real tree, always, with assorted decorations collected over many decades, inc. a few I remember from my own childhood.

Chocolatelovinggran

Quite right, too , Cabbie!
I enjoy the tasteful coordinated trees in hotels, but like the happy chaos of collected- over- years stuff on my tree.
A friend is planning to buy all new baubles this year to match her newly decorated sitting room. This astonishes me.

An ex neighbour of mine - who would often complain about being hard up - used to buy a whole new set of decorations in a different colour - all e.g. blue or silver - every year. Before I realised this, she once asked me what colour tree we were having that year.
‘Er, green?’ 🎄

When it comes to Christmas trees, love traditional ones, each decoration has a meaning to it collected over many decades and always coloured lights, lots of things the children and grandchildren have made and sometimes some chocolate 'picks', really quite magical and has soul. Either a silver or gold star to top or a pretty Angel and always a wooden Nativity scene nearby. Don't go in for trends or colour schemes.

Prior to 2020 we’d always get a real one far too big for the room and have to sidle round it to get upstairs - a bit National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. As the space we needed for grandchildren increased we had to lower our sights a bit. For the last three years we’ve had the same tree, planted out in the garden again after each tour of duty. Always decorated traditionally with loads of lights. I just wish it would grow a bit faster.

The little twinkly led twig tree we had in the kitchen died on us last year so I must get another. I absolutely love Christmas.

I don't have a tree now days but in the past when we had big family christmas's we would have a real tree with German clip on candleholders and real candles.. It had to to watched obviously, but it looked spectacular

BeneathTheHowlingStars

I have a 'twig' tree which I decorate with teardrop shape crystals and a string of led fairylights which I can change the colour of etc. I really like it.

I’ve bought one too. Decorations on it for Christmas time and just the lights for the month of January.

I like to decorate the front and back garden with mainly baubles , tinsel and lights - sometimes bows .
It takes ages !
Every year , I say never again or perhaps I should start earlier.
I prefer a real Christmas tree to a fake one .
I do have a colour theme .
This year it will be mainly green shades with some red and silver with gold .

I do like a real tree, have had large ones and smaller ones in pots over the years but for practical purposes we have had a very real-looking artificial one for a few years.

However, I might just buy a small growing one in a pot this year.

Decorations are an eclectic mix both bought and inherited.
Fairy is a rather elderly Sindy but I must say she is looking very good for her age.

Maggiemaybe

Prior to 2020 we’d always get a real one far too big for the room and have to sidle round it to get upstairs - a bit National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. As the space we needed for grandchildren increased we had to lower our sights a bit. For the last three years we’ve had the same tree, planted out in the garden again after each tour of duty. Always decorated traditionally with loads of lights. I just wish it would grow a bit faster.

The little twinkly led twig tree we had in the kitchen died on us last year so I must get another. I absolutely love Christmas.

Our neighbours have one which started life as a tiny one in a pot; they planted it in the garden and it must be 70 ft now.

Our tree gets delivered along with a wreath every year about 7-10 days before Christmas. It gets bunged in a bucketful of water for a day or two then decorated.

Comes down on 12 th night.

If I live long enough, I guess I might be less ambitious, but we will see.