Post a picture of your holiday icon.
I was playing with my camera and this year’s Christmas tree, but still don’t know how to use the manual settings properly with the tree lights. One of these days I’ll finally understand them.
Here’s a collage of the tree with some ornaments…
The one in the lower left hand corner is my favorite because of the way it casts the reindeer shadow on the window shade from the item in Santa’s hands.
That’s a nice setup, Bill, nice ornaments too.
I’ll try to get a shot of ours. I was away at school when everything got put up, so I wasn’t able to participate, but it still looks nice.
How Green Is a Fake Christmas Tree?
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
By Meg Shannon
Treetopia’s ‘Pretty in Pink’ artificial tree, one of the company’s top-selling models. 'Tis the season to haul out those decorations, hang those stockings and gather around that fragrant evergreen.
More and more often, however, that green tree being celebrated is fabricated. The debate rages on: Is a real Christmas tree or a fake one better for the environment?
“I’m not the greenest person in the world, but the thought of cutting down trees each year doesn’t seem right,” says Margaret Petrucelli, a mother of three young children who purchased an artificial tree last year.
Petrucelli isn’t alone. With authentic-looking, pre-lit trees being offered at reasonable prices, many are opting for the convenience of an artificial tree.
There are no needles to vacuum up, no roots that need frequent watering. There’s less of a fire hazard to contend with.
It’s also nice to know that you can haul that aluminum or plastic baby out of the box in the back of the basement and quickly set it up rather than schlepping down to the local tree stand in the freezing cold, tying the fallen timber atop your SUV and struggling to get it through your front door.
Those factors help explain the ever-stronger performance at Tree Classics Inc., an artificial-tree company based in Lake Barrington, Ill. President Leon Gamze says the firm’s enjoyed a steady 20- to 25-percent increase in sales each year for the past 7 years
heh. damned if we do and damned if we don’t. seems to be the case with just about everything lately.
your tree looks sweet fone. i like the Wizard of Oz decoration.
Without fail, for as long as I can remember, as a family (now at my Dad’s since my parents’ divorce in '01) we gather after dinner/presents to watch this:
“Shitter’s full!”
Real tree all the way.
Those fake ones probably cause the cancer.
feast your eyes on this bad boy.
it’s almost overwhelming.
That’s the Stephen Baldwin of Christmas trees.
yeah she’s a skinny, sad looking little whore, but i dress 'er up nice once a year or so.