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So real or fake, that is the question I'm often asked:SayWhat?:......about trees:)!!!!!! I prefer real, so which lasts the longest? For those wondering here is a bit of info......
It's pine and fir. Also these species produce the most aroma. Did you know that the Douglas fir isn't a fir at all, that adding glycerin to the water, 1 part glycerine to one part water, will keep needles and branches shiny and pliable. Make sure when picking a tree you bump it on the ground to see how many needles fall. Fresh trees shouldn't drop many and should have lots of color.Always recut your tree straight across before standing it. Spruce, cedar and hemlock tend to last the least longest. Spruces come in blue or green and the Colorado spruce are better for hanging heavy ornaments.For garlands and bows, after you buy them soak them over night in a tub, then recut, they'll last longer. Most last easily 7-10 days. spritzing them helps. Two products that can be used are cloud cover, or wilt pruf.
Enjoy:biggrin2:...here's an article with more info

 
Sounds like a lot of work. And what about the poor tree's feelings? Think it likes all that treatment? Ethical treatment for trees, I say....let the trees live!
 
oldguyzer said:
Sounds like a lot of work. And what about the poor tree's feelings? Think it likes all that treatment? Ethical treatment for trees, I say....let the trees live!
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:rofl!: I was waiting for that:)...do you think a tree feels when it falls in the forestHmmmmmm or is chopped, well.... you being a man of science should have that answer:biggrin2::wink:I think it doesn't and feel perfectly fine knowing they're warm and cozy in doors and don't they look pretty all decorated,lol.
 
cristycurves said:
I think it doesn't and feel perfectly fine knowing they're warm and cozy in doors and don't they look pretty all decorated
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That line doesn't work with women, I have learned...
 
cristycurves said:
lol!! you are on this morning, love it:):good:
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I wish I was on....instead I'm sitting at my desk. Damn Madman Travel Inc...I asked for Hafilax and they got me a ticket to Hamilton.
 
oldguyzer said:
I wish I was on....instead I'm sitting at my desk. Damn Madman Travel Inc...I asked for Hafilax and they got me a ticket to Hamilton.
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Hamilton!

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Artificial for me. Allergies, you see.

Sure the real thing looks nice. But when you're sick for the two weeks it's in the house, it's not worth it.
 
Thanks Cristy,
Nice of you to post all that good season-appropriate info. Grew up with mostly spruce or fir xmas trees and even with all the needles to deal with they r still my favourite. Usually cut our own at a tree farm, make a day of it, family tradition.
Gntlmn

cristycurves said:
So real or fake, that is the question I'm often asked:SayWhat?:......about trees:)!!!!!! I prefer real, so which lasts the longest? For those wondering here is a bit of info......
It's pine and fir. Also these species produce the most aroma. Did you know that the Douglas fir isn't a fir at all, that adding glycerin to the water, 1 part glycerine to one part water, will keep needles and branches shiny and pliable. Make sure when picking a tree you bump it on the ground to see how many needles fall. Fresh trees shouldn't drop many and should have lots of color.Always recut your tree straight across before standing it. Spruce, cedar and hemlock tend to last the least longest. Spruces come in blue or green and the Colorado spruce are better for hanging heavy ornaments.For garlands and bows, after you buy them soak them over night in a tub, then recut, they'll last longer. Most last easily 7-10 days. spritzing them helps. Two products that can be used are cloud cover, or wilt pruf.
Enjoy:biggrin2:...here's an article with more info
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Real live tree

Real live tree

cristycurves said:
So real or fake, that is the question I'm often asked:SayWhat?:......about trees:)!!!!!! I prefer real, so which lasts the longest? For those wondering here is a bit of info......
It's pine and fir. Also these species produce the most aroma. Did you know that the Douglas fir isn't a fir at all, that adding glycerin to the water, 1 part glycerine to one part water, will keep needles and branches shiny and pliable. Make sure when picking a tree you bump it on the ground to see how many needles fall. Fresh trees shouldn't drop many and should have lots of color.Always recut your tree straight across before standing it. Spruce, cedar and hemlock tend to last the least longest. Spruces come in blue or green and the Colorado spruce are better for hanging heavy ornaments.For garlands and bows, after you buy them soak them over night in a tub, then recut, they'll last longer. Most last easily 7-10 days. spritzing them helps. Two products that can be used are cloud cover, or wilt pruf.
Enjoy:biggrin2:...here's an article with more info
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This year I bought an Austrian Pine a 4 foot tree and left it in the pot
and mounted it in my front porch urn and decorated that
next spring I will have a tree to plant instead of throwing the tree out to be recycled
 
Charlie Brown has a real one.

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50 years later, Charlie Brown turns out to be a 'Christmas' winner after all

When they finished making "A Charlie Brown Christmas" 50 years ago, the producers sat back and looked at their work. And they thought: Good grief.

"We just thought it was a little slow, and it was certainly not a traditional Christmas show," said Lee Mendelson, the producer who persuaded "Peanuts" cartoonist Charles M. Schulz to adapt his popular strip about lovable loser Charlie Brown and his childhood friends into an animated holiday offering. "When you're too close to something, you get a little worried."

A week before the December 1965 premiere, they screened it in New York for CBS, where two executives watched in stony silence. When the lights came up, one of the bosses told Mendelson, "Well, you gave it a good try."

That humbly received TV special is now marking an unbroken half-century of annual telecasts, becoming a leading part of pop culture's holiday canon. In a world filled with memes, "Charlie Brown Christmas" offers a number of its own, from Linus' blanket-improvised shepherd's headpiece during the school play rehearsal to Snoopy's gaudily decorated doghouse to the gang's inimitable dance moves during the jazzy theme, "Linus and Lucy."

ABC, which acquired the rights to "A Charlie Brown Christmas" in 2001, will precede this year's golden-anniversary telecast on Monday, Nov. 30, with an hourlong special, "It's Your 50th Christmas, Charlie Brown," hosted by Kristen Bell and including original music and guest appearances by Kristin Chenoweth, Matthew Morrison, Sarah McLachlan and others.

Read more here: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-charlie-brown-20151125-story.html
 
escapefromstress said:
Charlie Brown has a real one.

550x309


50 years later, Charlie Brown turns out to be a 'Christmas' winner after all

When they finished making "A Charlie Brown Christmas" 50 years ago, the producers sat back and looked at their work. And they thought: Good grief.

"We just thought it was a little slow, and it was certainly not a traditional Christmas show," said Lee Mendelson, the producer who persuaded "Peanuts" cartoonist Charles M. Schulz to adapt his popular strip about lovable loser Charlie Brown and his childhood friends into an animated holiday offering. "When you're too close to something, you get a little worried."

A week before the December 1965 premiere, they screened it in New York for CBS, where two executives watched in stony silence. When the lights came up, one of the bosses told Mendelson, "Well, you gave it a good try."

That humbly received TV special is now marking an unbroken half-century of annual telecasts, becoming a leading part of pop culture's holiday canon. In a world filled with memes, "Charlie Brown Christmas" offers a number of its own, from Linus' blanket-improvised shepherd's headpiece during the school play rehearsal to Snoopy's gaudily decorated doghouse to the gang's inimitable dance moves during the jazzy theme, "Linus and Lucy."

ABC, which acquired the rights to "A Charlie Brown Christmas" in 2001, will precede this year's golden-anniversary telecast on Monday, Nov. 30, with an hourlong special, "It's Your 50th Christmas, Charlie Brown," hosted by Kristen Bell and including original music and guest appearances by Kristin Chenoweth, Matthew Morrison, Sarah McLachlan and others.

Read more here: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-charlie-brown-20151125-story.html
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