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3. silver, and we always put the branches back in their original paper sleeves

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Fri Nov 28, 2025, 10:15 AM

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As a youngster, what kind of Christmas tree did you have. fake. or that silver metallic one with the light spinner [View all] debm55 Nov 2025 OP

I was never True Dough Nov 2025 #1

Thank you for sharing that information with us, True Dough. debm55 Nov 2025 #11

We had a fake silver one for a few years, then a fake green one BlueWaveNeverEnd Nov 2025 #2

BlueWaveNeverEnd. We had that one too, The trunk had holes with paint and you had to match the color coded branches. I debm55 Nov 2025 #14

silver, and we always put the branches back in their original paper sleeves bigtree Nov 2025 #3

HAHAHAHAHHAH. Thank you very much, bigtree. That is funny. debm55 Nov 2025 #15

live trees lapfog_1 Nov 2025 #4

That sounds beautiful, lapfog_1 and very earth friendly. debm55 Nov 2025 #16

How lovely! electric_blue68 Nov 2025 #37

Real ones when I was young House of Roberts Nov 2025 #5

Thank you very much, House of Roberts. Do you remember stepping on the real pine needles? The artificial was easier to debm55 Nov 2025 #17

We had a vinyl floor in the den so they were easy to sweep up. House of Roberts Nov 2025 #23

HAHAHAHHAA. Thank you House of Roberts. We had a rug where the needles would get caught. Mother had a Hoover. debm55 Nov 2025 #24

Real tree every Christmas when a youngster 🎄 anciano Nov 2025 #6

Thank you anciano for sharing--the needles, the smell. was great.from a real tree. debm55 Nov 2025 #18

Real ones as a kid. As an adult only fake green ones. Polly Hennessey Nov 2025 #7

Yes, and driving to relatives homes to see trees in the tree lots that no one wanted. It was sad. Thank you debm55 Nov 2025 #19

My mom loved the silver tree with the rotating color spindle that squeaked..we hated it and to this day.. Deuxcents Nov 2025 #8

thank you very much Deuxcents, My cousins had one. After awhile they stopped using the color spindle and just added blue debm55 Nov 2025 #21

Always real; fir or spruce, never pine. Pine needles are too long to hold ornaments properly. Ocelot II Nov 2025 #9

Thank you Ocelot II , Your tree sounds absolutly beautiful. I also loved the bubble lights. The tinsels with lead --who debm55 Nov 2025 #22

That same aunt & uncle with the bubble lights ALSO had the angel hair! electric_blue68 Nov 2025 #39

I hated the angel hair. If you weren't careful it would make cuts on you as it was spun glass. debm55 Nov 2025 #45

We probably had those glass ornaments. My favorite were the... electric_blue68 Nov 2025 #40

Yes, they passed down from family to family. Very beautiful. Thank you, electric_blue68 debm55 Nov 2025 #46

One of my aunts & uncles had those bubble lights! electric_blue68 Nov 2025 #38

Started out with real, went artificial, also had a small aluminum tree. 50 Shades Of Blue Nov 2025 #10

Thank you very much, 50 Shades Of Blue. I thought the tree looked better without the light spinner and with one color of debm55 Nov 2025 #25

I feel better now, LOL! Our had blue ornaments. 50 Shades Of Blue Nov 2025 #36

Blue ornamnets looked very nice on it. debm55 Nov 2025 #47

We always had a real tree. Diamond_Dog Nov 2025 #12

Sounds just like our Christmas tree procedures. Ocelot II Nov 2025 #28

Sure does sound similar, Ocelot! Diamond_Dog Nov 2025 #31

Thank you very much, Diamond_Dog for your wonderful post and sharing the delight of a child seeing the Christmas tree in debm55 Nov 2025 #48

artificial Eugene Nov 2025 #13

Thank you Eugene, we had the same tree with the colored coded branches to fit in the trunk. Worked fine until the as the debm55 Nov 2025 #49

Traditional cut tree. patphil Nov 2025 #20

Thank sounds beautiful. patphil. I loved those glass antique ornaments. Your tree of your youth sounds beautiful . Thank debm55 Nov 2025 #26

My mother was the first on the block to get an artificial tree & they didn't look all that great back then. CrispyQ Nov 2025 #27

Thank you CrispyQ, Arm still sore , but it will get better. We put our tree up the Sunday before Christmas and kept it debm55 Nov 2025 #50

Sometimes real ones until my dad bought an aluminum tree with the colored light wheel SheltieLover Nov 2025 #29

Thank you very much, SheltieLover. That's funny. I use to have a tree with a different theme in my house. I have 8 rooms debm55 Nov 2025 #52

That alum tree was an embarrassment to my mom, much like the leg lamp SheltieLover Nov 2025 #55

HAHAHAHAHAH, that is funny, Thank you SheltieLover. debm55 Nov 2025 #88

Real live ones mostly (and I continued to insist even when the silver monstrosity appeared--sans spinner) hlthe2b Nov 2025 #30

I agree with you hithe2b. I have the artificial table top tree. and get a pine or balsam wreath for the living room. debm55 Nov 2025 #64

My parents had real trees until my brother and I were teenagers. My wife and I have always had live or real trees. NNadir Nov 2025 #32

"Just when I think I couldn't possibly love her more, I do." 3catwoman3 Nov 2025 #61

Thank you NNadir, you are a very sweet person. You and your wife are very lucky to have the love of each other. debm55 Nov 2025 #65

Taken to a justaprogressive Nov 2025 #33

Thank you very much, justaprogressive. Beautiful large tree. debm55 Nov 2025 #66

As a kid, always real. Always a floor tree, except when Dad broke his hip in '61. rsdsharp Nov 2025 #34

Thank you very much for sharing with us, rsdsharp. It was a hassle to have all the trees in my home. But as a youth , debm55 Nov 2025 #67

We had real trees. madamesilverspurs Nov 2025 #35

Very well said, madamesilverspurs. Thank you for sharing your feelings with us. debm55 Nov 2025 #68

Always live cut trees. Fir or ?spruce.... electric_blue68 Nov 2025 #41

Thank you for sharing your wonderful memories with us, electric_blue68. I enjoyed reading them debm55 Nov 2025 #69

My parents came from the country that had the first recorded Christmas tree Wicked Blue Nov 2025 #42

Thank you very much for sharing with us, Wicked Blue. debm55 Nov 2025 #70

We had a real tree LogDog75 Nov 2025 #43

Thank you very much, LogDog75. The sense of smell is most connect to memories. Thank you for sharing those memories. debm55 Nov 2025 #72

We had real trees until ... Dorothy V Nov 2025 #44

HAHHAHHAAHA. love you Dorothy V debm55 Nov 2025 #57

We always had a real tree, loved the smell and decorating them... wcmagumba Nov 2025 #51

Thank you very much, wcmagumba. The smell of a real tree is wonderful and the delight in decorating is magical to a debm55 Nov 2025 #56

After I left home, my folks decided they wanted a more orderly tree. They bought an atificial tree (a very good one)... marble falls Nov 2025 #53

Thank you very much, marble falls. What a wonderful post. They are treasures of years past. debm55 Nov 2025 #54

Thankfully we had an artificial tree growing up Niagara Nov 2025 #58

Thank you very much for your compassion for putting the real tree up even though it would make you sick. You are an debm55 Nov 2025 #79

Real. My mother would never have a fake tree in her house. MIButterfly Nov 2025 #59

Thank you very much MIButterfly. Cats are like that. debm55 Nov 2025 #80

Always a real tree. buzzycrumbhunger Nov 2025 #60

Thank you very much, buzzycrumbhunger. Sounds like your ex was an ass. I had the Charlie Brown Christmas tree too-bent, debm55 Nov 2025 #90

Always real when I was a kid. 3catwoman3 Nov 2025 #62

Thank you so much 3catwoman3. Your tree sounds wonderful. I do the same with moving the ornaments around so they are the debm55 Nov 2025 #89

It's not quite true that only God can make a tree PikaBlue Nov 2025 #63

HAHHAAHHAHHA. Thank you very much. PikaBlue, for sharing your sharing your funny Christmas memory. debm55 Nov 2025 #87

LIVE Chanukah Bush elleng Nov 2025 #71

Sounds wonderful, elleng. debm55 Nov 2025 #86

Silver Tip planted on a table Brother Buzz Nov 2025 #73

Thank you, Brother Buzz for sharing your Christmas tree memories with us. debm55 Nov 2025 #85

When I was little we got real ones MustLoveBeagles Nov 2025 #74

Thank you very much for sharing with us, MustLoveBeagles. debm55 Nov 2025 #84

We had a fake tree for my entire childhood. Aristus Nov 2025 #75

Thank you so much for sharing your memories with us. Aristus. debm55 Nov 2025 #83

We always had live ones. Mad_Dem_X Nov 2025 #76

HAHAHA. Thank you Mad_Dem_X. Cutting down your own tree sounds like so much fun.I have never done it , but I wish I had. debm55 Nov 2025 #77

LOL! That reminds me of one of the last times my mother and I went out to get a Christmas tree. MIButterfly Nov 2025 #82

real. AllaN01Bear Nov 2025 #78

Thank you very much, AllaN01Bear. for sharing your memories. debm55 Nov 2025 #81

I remember dad tying down the Christmas tree on top Emile Nov 2025 #91

HAHAHAHAHAH. Thank you very much for the memories, Emile debm55 Nov 2025 #92