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11-30-2008, 05:52 AM #3
I had one like that when I lived in Littleton...a townhouse with v-e-e-e-ry high ceilings. I had a 14' tree!
Did you go and cut it in the forest? Looks great! I like those types of trees - lots of room for decorations and everything hangs nicely...versus some of the pine trees where they are so bushy, the ornaments look like lint stuck to the tree.
Are you a tinsel or no tinsel guy?
If I am home for Christmas and I do a tree, it is an old fashioned type with lots of figural ornaments:
German and Polish glass ornaments (fruit, bears, birds, fish, interesting geometric shapes, houses, Santas, angels, decorated balls, spirals, etc.)
porcelain Santas from various countries
a decorative bird's nest in the top branches
Stars
beads
an icon of the Madonna and Child at the top under the tree topper
white lights
long electrified "candles" that plug in to the light string and clip on the branches
candy canes
paper cones filled with chocolate coins
gingerbread cookies
clusters of gilt walnuts on red ribbons
plain glass balls of red, green, gold, silver, purple, clear glass, blue, orange
crosses
small stuffed birds (cardinals, robins)
carved wood ornaments (toys, nutcrackers, etc.)
"spikes" (these are thin sticks with wires at the end covered in glitter and on the end of the wires are foil stars...they look like fireworks when the tree lights reflect off of them)
lots of tinsel
no garland
I can take me 3 hours to finish the tree...so I only do it if I am hosting.