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When do you put up your Christmas Tree? |
Thanksgiving Weekend |
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First part of December |
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Right before Christmas |
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No Christmas Tree |
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Suz
Joined: 27 Nov 2005 Posts: 3186
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Posted: 11/14/2007, 5:55 am Post subject: Christmas Tree |
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When do you put up your Christmas Tree? |
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Hikngrl Canyoneering is my 'Happy Place'
Joined: 27 May 2003 Posts: 5578 Location: Peoria, AZ
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Posted: 11/14/2007, 6:01 am Post subject: |
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I put mine up after the first week in December some time..... some times the week before Christmas some times two weeks before.... depends on my schedule and my mood....I start playing Christmas music the day after Thanks Giving! _________________ ~~~Diane~~~
I want to shine! |
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IGO
Joined: 08 Feb 2005 Posts: 4144 Location: Las Vegas
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Posted: 11/14/2007, 6:28 am Post subject: |
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I haven't had a Christmas Tree in 20 years but Mom used to bring one in anytime after Thanksgiving.
There are lights on one house on the way to work already. I hate it when stores do that but can't fault people who have the spirit. |
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Suz
Joined: 27 Nov 2005 Posts: 3186
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Posted: 11/14/2007, 6:43 am Post subject: |
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My plan is always to put it up after I clean up the Thanksgiving dishes and the last dinner guest leaves............unless I'm loading up my pack and heading off for a chance of seeing blue |
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Hnak
Joined: 06 Jan 2003 Posts: 1766 Location: Prescott, AZ
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Posted: 11/14/2007, 8:09 am Post subject: |
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I'm never home on Christmas, so I don't put up a tree. Besides, the fake ones look so, well, fake, and I don't feel like killing a live one. But that's just me... _________________ The world is older and bigger than we are. This is a hard truth for some folks to swallow. —EDWARD ABBEY |
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Suz
Joined: 27 Nov 2005 Posts: 3186
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Posted: 11/14/2007, 8:11 am Post subject: |
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Hey don't you have a tree in your front yard that could be decorated and plugged in? |
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Hnak
Joined: 06 Jan 2003 Posts: 1766 Location: Prescott, AZ
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Posted: 11/14/2007, 8:15 am Post subject: |
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Well, yea, I s'pose I could try that..... But lights on a Manzanita bush might look kinda weird, and the branches on the Ponderosas are way too high. Maybe the scrub oaks.... _________________ The world is older and bigger than we are. This is a hard truth for some folks to swallow. —EDWARD ABBEY |
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evenstar
Joined: 03 Jan 2003 Posts: 5548 Location: SCW by way of CA
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Posted: 11/14/2007, 8:56 am Post subject: |
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Last time I put up a tree my daughter was still living at home. _________________ John Richardson and Richie Rich, El Perro de Playero
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When the Man waked up he said, "What is Wild Dog doing here?" And the Woman said, "His name is not Wild Dog anymore, but the First Friend, because he will be our friend for always and always and always. Take him with you when you go hunting."
--Rudyard Kipling, from Just So Stories, 1902 |
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beckett
Joined: 14 Feb 2005 Posts: 1066
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Posted: 11/14/2007, 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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When the kids were little we had real trees, then we went to the fake ones for a few years. Last year we used one from our backyard that needed to be removed anyways. It was so nice to have a real tree again...the smells and all. I will probably get another real one this year...but just a small one. It's much harder to get in the mood to put up a tree when there are no small children around.
Linda _________________ "A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out."
-- Walter Winchell, American newspaper commentator |
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IGO
Joined: 08 Feb 2005 Posts: 4144 Location: Las Vegas
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Posted: 11/14/2007, 8:27 pm Post subject: |
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I used to buy the Charley Brown trees. Everybody needs a chance. |
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jdahling
Joined: 19 Jul 2007 Posts: 233 Location: East Valley
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Posted: 11/15/2007, 3:39 pm Post subject: |
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No tree for me ... I am rarely home over the holidays, and decorating becomes a hassle. I do enjoy, though, going for a run at night and seeing all the decorating that everyone else does.
it's lovely! _________________ Cheers,
Jeannine
"Life is an adventure ... Made for an adventurer ..." |
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Arizonaheat Got Supes Juice?
Joined: 04 Jan 2003 Posts: 1741 Location: Mesa, AZ
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Posted: 11/15/2007, 3:58 pm Post subject: |
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I am rarely home over the holidays, and decorating becomes a hassle. I do enjoy, though, going for a run at night and seeing all the decorating that everyone else does.
it's lovely! |
Ditto that, this year it is Grand Canyon again for Thanksgiving and Anza Borrego again for Christmas. I love them both.
Speaking of running I need to do a 20 miler tomorrow. Running the Grand Cayman Marathon, Dec 2, my daughter is currently living and working there. Might do the Lost Dutchman in February, will be doing the Old Pueblo 50 Endurance run again in March, then possibly the Zane Grey 50. Was signed up for Zane Grey last year but went to the canyons of the Escalante for two weeks instead.
Do you run any ultras? This will be my first marathon. The humidity in Cayman is my main concern. |
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desertgirl
Joined: 19 Jan 2003 Posts: 3350 Location: Chandler, AZ
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Posted: 11/15/2007, 4:15 pm Post subject: |
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Arizonaheat wrote: |
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I am rarely home over the holidays, and decorating becomes a hassle. I do enjoy, though, going for a run at night and seeing all the decorating that everyone else does.
it's lovely! |
Ditto that, this year it is Grand Canyon again for Thanksgiving and Anza Borrego again for Christmas. I love them both.
Speaking of running I need to do a 20 miler tomorrow. Running the Grand Cayman Marathon, Dec 2, my daughter is currently living and working there. Might do the Lost Dutchman in February, will be doing the Old Pueblo 50 Endurance run again in March, then possibly the Zane Grey 50. Was signed up for Zane Grey last year but went to the canyons of the Escalante for two weeks instead.
Do you run any ultras? This will be my first marathon. The humidity in Cayman is my main concern. |
Best of luck to get a kick butt time .... You sure picked a fine place to start! We could start a watch Heat run thread to hear about your exploits...I am sure you will have some stories to tell... _________________ Photos: http://www.pbase.com/desertgirl/galleries
Life is but a dream ...there is no end to what you can dream! |
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