Holiday Traditions

[goosehd]

Every year I swear that I’m done with big trees and every year I do it again.  Really don’t know how much longer I can do it, but the oldest helped tremendously this year.  Took three of us to wrestle with it…

Plans are to put lights on this evening, move it to the corner and fill the reservoir with water, and decorations will be placed tomorrow.

[Chap]

@goosehd:

Every year I swear that I’m done with big trees and every year I do it again….

yes, me too. Interesting to see you starting to decorate the tree that eary. We usually do it the night before Christmas.

This living room definitely needs a big tree!

[Matt]

The night before!?!?  We get our tree the day after TG and it’s Xmas until Jan 2, hard stop.

We also start making LOTS of cookies…

[twin]

Twins getting the tree today, Next week it's the outside lights.

Twin A cutting down the tree.

Ready to take it home.

[Twistlock]

Speaking of making cookies, we had our annual christmas cookie baking with the family today. Some of our production.

[Chap]

@Matt:

The night before!?!?  We get our tree the day after TG and it’s Xmas until Jan 2, hard stop.

You must have different trees over there… ours would have lost its needles

[neph93]

@Chap:

@Matt:

The night before!?!?  We get our tree the day after TG and it’s Xmas until Jan 2, hard stop.

You must have different trees over there… ours would have lost its needles

Two types of fir are normally used as xmas trees,  noble and fraser. The fraser has the shorter, spikier, needles, the noble has longer, softer ones. The fraser loses its needles easily and the noble does not with watering.

[Chap]

@neph93:

@Chap:

@Matt:

The night before!?!?  We get our tree the day after TG and it’s Xmas until Jan 2, hard stop.

You must have different trees over there… ours would have lost its needles

Two types of fir are normally used as xmas trees,  noble and fraser. The fraser has the shorter, spikier, needles, the noble has longer, softer ones. The fraser loses its needles easily and the noble does not with watering.

Not sure about the English name but I think it’s called caucasian fir that is commonly here as a christmas tree

[goosehd]

Lights are on thanks to my better half.

[Giles]

Jesus, did you warn the power company there was likely to be a spike in demand before you threw the switch?

[goosehd]

We like to think of it as a service to the boating community in case the local lighthouse fails…

…and I didn’t say it yesterday, outstanding pictures from everyone!  Thank you for sharing 

[Oaktavia]

[steelworker]

lovely tree topper @Oaktavia

[Oaktavia]

@steelworker:

lovely tree topper @Oaktavia

[mclaincausey]

Nice dude!

I got a King Gizzard ornament a friend 3D printed for me

I would die 4 u

And of course a little child torturing demon action

[Oaktavia]

Nice! Love it…

[Oaktavia]

[neph93]

Advent sunday dinner with the fam. This is a Neph tradition as opposed to a Norwegian tradition and was born from my need to master Norwegian xmas cooking through practice. Pork ribs, with white sausage, sauerkraut and other stuff…

[Chap]

I can already see the schnaps… you will need more then one 
reminds me of choucroute in Alsace

[DrPat]

Nothing says Christmas like a suburban New Jersey mall.