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catbyte

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4. Nothing outside of the Christmas tree.

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Tue Dec 2, 2025, 12:10 PM

Dec 2

Dad would chop down a tree from the woods next to our house, then after attaching it to the stand, he'd tie ropes around the trunk and nail them to the baseboards so the tree didn't tip over after our two Siamese cats inevitably climbed it, usually in the middle of the night, lol.

Growing up in northern Michigan, I didn't have to stencil snow onto the windows. We had the real thing.

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As a kid , what did you make or do so the house or your room was festive? I made the spray snow stencils on the [View all] debm55 Dec 2 OP

Nothing. My mother was a decorating diva. Polly Hennessey Dec 2 #1

Oh , Polly Hennessey, not even a paper snowflake for the tree? debm55 Dec 2 #3

Helped mom tape the numerous Christmas cards around edge of huge mirror SheltieLover Dec 2 #2

hahahaqhhhahahahhaha. Thank you SheltieLover. I remember the cards. What ever happened to the aluminum tree? debm55 Dec 2 #5

No idea what they did with it. Only used it maybe 2 yrs, then back to real trees, SheltieLover Dec 2 #7

Thank you SheltieLover. debm55 Dec 2 #10

Nothing outside of the Christmas tree. catbyte Dec 2 #4

Thank you very much, catbyte.Did you make any ornaments? debm55 Dec 2 #6

This is one memory I have. Diamond_Dog Dec 2 #8

Thank you very much, Diamond-Dog. It sounds very interesting. debm55 Dec 2 #11

We did stencils, too, but with Glass Wax. rsdsharp Dec 2 #9

Thank you very much, rsdsharp. That's what it used and I still remember that stencil pack with the litttle girl peaking debm55 Dec 2 #12

Paper snowflakes on my bedroom window MustLoveBeagles Dec 2 #13

Thank you very much for sharing with us, MustLoveBeagles. debm55 Dec 2 #14

In elementary school, we had arts and crafts for various holidays Niagara Dec 2 #15

Thank you very much for sharing Niagara. How could I forget the paper chains? Made them every year because the debm55 Dec 2 #16

You're welcome, Debbie. My paper chains always got crushed Niagara Dec 2 #17

Yes , paper chains needed to be made every year. debm55 Dec 2 #18

I did the Glass Wax stencils too. boonecreek Dec 2 #19

HAHAHHAAHHAH. Thank you very much, boonecreek.. You are right. debm55 Dec 2 #21

Was not allowed. justaprogressive Dec 2 #20

That's a bummer. We kept our's up until Three Kings Day. debm55 Dec 2 #22

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