I love the smell and scent of a natueral tree.When the lights heat up the branches after dark, it's enhanced even more.

Natural for me, since forever.
But as I age, artificial is sounding better.
I do things for myself and natural is getting harder....

This was my tree solution this year.
Not natueral but
Lightweight
Easy on lights and balls

DD and SIL will put up a tree from a farm.

ge1836 said:This was my tree solution this year.
Not natueral but
Lightweight
Easy on lights and balls

DD and SIL will put up a tree from a farm.

I like that!

One year, I stacked my still-unpacked moving boxes into a pyramid against one wall (my apt didn't have room for all my stuff, and i didnt' have storage), and strung lights and garland on them.

We've always had real trees and cedar or fir trimmings, love the smell. Last year and this, I've moved the tree outside on the deck and decorated it for the birds - lights, popcorn, bird seed, flower heads, and berries.

All natural here. There will not be fake trees, flowers or anything in my house ever!

Bonehead said:We've always had real trees and cedar or fir trimmings, love the smell. Last year and this, I've moved the tree outside on the deck and decorated it for the birds - lights, popcorn, bird seed, flower heads, and berries.

I love this!!!

Hetty- I hear you, although I do bend that rule from time to time.

Bonehead, I hope you post a photo of your outside tree - How kind and wonderful of you to feed the critters

Trish said:

Hetty- I hear you, although I do bend that rule from time to time.

hmmmm well, ok I guess I do o c c a s i o n a l l y bend that rule....

Jo Ann, I like your tree solution and Bonehead I love what you are doing for the birds. I hang apples slathered in peanut butter and seeds in my trees, too.

I have a son who has allergies and though we had real trees and natural swags and wreaths for a few years, he spent every one of those holidays sick with asthma. Poor little guy began to dread Christmas until it was all finally resolved. No more dried nature inside. So now I have reasonable facsimiles. Close as I can get to real, the tree is full of them.

That's beautiful Sharon

I just bought that butterfly a few days ago.

I love the creative solutions to the tree problem.Stacked boxes sounds wonderful

ge1836 said:I love the creative solutions to the tree problem.Stacked boxes sounds wonderful

We cut our own tree with the grandkids in tow. They really look forward to it each year. But have a little bit of artificial garlands - they go bad so easily and drop needles everywhere, and are so hard to get her in Texas.
Mary

We made "ground pine" garlands one year.We gathered it in the woods on country property.
Only once. They do make a mess.