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I'll be buggered if I have found any for sale in Montreal! Seems like it's real or nothing...

Anyone know where I could get a small artificial tree by any chance? My house looks sad without one :P

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Walmart, Canadian Tire all those kind of places....but why not get a real one, they are just so lovely!

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The Bay has some nice ones. Get an artificial one. The investment will pay off if you're going to stay in Canada for more than a couple of seasons. We got a really nice one from the Bay for about $70 on sale, about five years ago, so made our money on that, and it came with lights that still work. Considering how much real trees cost and what hassle they are to put up, go with fake all the way. I'm sure the baby Jesus won't mind.

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Totally agree. Real ones are such a pain to get out of the house after xmas with shedding etc.
Artiificial ones now are such good quality and some look real -ish!

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Costco.

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Pine needles and dogs feet do not good bed fellows make.

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We got an absolutely beautiful, very realistic one from The Bay at a bargain price. It has lights already attached, was in 3 parts that you just slot together and very, very simple to set up... has lasted us 3 years so far and still looks good.

Otherwise, Canadian Tire has loads, as does Home Depot, Walmart and Sears.

Heck, even Superstore has loads of trees as well, so try them too.

Next year, we are going to have a real one in the sitting-room and use the fake one in the family room, cos by then the reno's we are having done on the house will be finished and we will actually have a family room to use as well.

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What is the difference between a sitting-room and a family room? And why do you need both?

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Sitting room: Where you entertain guests. Family room: Where you and the family watch telly an' stuff.;) You don't need both but if the house was built that way that's what you do with 'em.:p

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Most don't put the tree in the bed though.

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Why is the dog "in" bed as well? :confused:

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Entertain guests? Sounds a bit 19th century. :)
It just seems redundant. If you had a spare room wouldn't make it an office, a gym or put in a pool table?

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Isn't a sitting room where you sit?

The names for different rooms have always amused me. We had a front room and a back room. Now I call them living room and dining room but still lapse and call them front room and back room. I cringe when I hear people say "lounge" especially when they pronounce it Lee-ounge. Yuck.

The family room descriptor is up there with 'doing things as a family'. ?? What is wrong with saying 'together'. As a family, what does that mean anyway? Maybe that every one argues, someone sulks, another cries, and at least 2 of you aren't talking

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What can I say, I'm old. :p
What's wrong with a nice comfy room with fireplace and the telly where I can sit back in my lazy boy and enjoy some decent TV shows.

We've already converted two of the bedrooms to offices don't need another. Not big enough for a gym or a pool table, they could go into the basement if someone really wanted them.:)

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No, that's called Christmas.

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I can't believe how many of you have fake trees and love them. Why why why why WHY!

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I just told you. Please pay attention.

I prefer real ones but ....

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Get your dog some slippers.

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We always had real trees and yes they are gorgeous but when you have redecorated it 4 times in one year because our cats loved being "in" it, the novelty of the lovely smell etc. wore off.
We bought an artificial one and they never bothered with it.
We did consider it this year with being here but we had to stop the romanticised vision of a real tree and I'm afraid, just be practical.

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why not leave the real ones in the ground?

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Fair point.

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Agreed. But why not leave the artificial ones in the store?

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Go out in woods. Cut top off larger tree or complete small tree*. Take home, decorate. Alternatively, go to bloke just around the corner who does same and buy one for $20. Either way, real tree bought and no more than $20 spent. Sorted!

*For Novo, there are a gabillion smallish evergreens in Newfoundland. If every house cut one every Christmas, there would still be a gabillion of them.

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My definition...

sitting room = room with TV, comfy chairs/sofa etc that the adults use to hide from the kids.

Family room = room with TV, computer, kids toys, Wii, assorted other kids crap where we can hopefully corral the kids so us adults can sit in the sitting room in peace and quiet.

Why do we need both?

Well we have 4 kids under 12... nuff said!

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Because we have a zillion in the garden and I WANT ONE IN MY HOUSE...:rofl:

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I don't follow. Why for me?

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Maybe it's an invite to fly over and chop one down ;)

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You being an ecowarrior and all.;)

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Paul's house at bedtime.;):lol:

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There's not much time left to get a tree, artificial or real.

http://bellsouthpwp.net/h/o/holm5215...mas/Index.html

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They are also a fire hazard if not tended properly, messy when the needles start to fall off at the end of the holiday and if you have a cat they want to climb.

I compensate for the lack of pine scent by putting a real wreath in the window. Quick and easy to dispose of without needles shedding all over the floor.

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How about renting a live tree?

http://www.evergrowchristmastrees.ca/about.htm :thumbup:

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You think a cat will leave a fake tree alone? Think again.

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You don't get more BC than that. Presumably one goes by bicycle to collect the thing and then later take it back?

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But of course! :D

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For the lack of scent you could always nip down to Canadian Tire buy a couple of these and hang them in the tree.;):lol:

http://www.little-trees.com/us/uploa...yalPine130.png

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On a similar note, I'm quite impressed with Thymes Frasier Fir candles. They're not a bad plan B, honestly! We keep them one of them on our coffee table at Christmas time. They're just stupidly expensive!

http://www.monarchsheaven.com/site/l...FrasierFir.jpg

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I am so glad that someone said this... I swear, if I find one more tree ornament on the floor I will have a nice new pair of fur gloves!

One of my cats seems to think that our tree is a feline entertainment device!

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Our five won't climb the artifical tree but they will snooze under it. The real tree they have climbed in the past.

Post #19 Albertabound made the same comment as myself. Should they be thinking again as well?

Not talking of playing with ornaments but climbing ... little buggers they are.

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Hard to hang lights on those :blink: