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Re: Fake Christmas Trees

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Originally Posted by MillieF (Post 10393275)

There speaks a person with easy access to an Ikea!!! Bitter! No, not I! ...except for the odd day and the months with a consonant in them.

Hehe, yep just 10 mins down the road! Sorry :)
And they're doing renovations atm to become the biggest in North America.

Re: Fake Christmas Trees

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Originally Posted by MillieF (Post 10393275)

There speaks a person with easy access to an Ikea!!! Bitter! No, not I! ...except for the odd day and the months with a consonant in them.

Even Ikea has a consonant.... Oh, I see what you mean. ;)

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Screw the rules...those bastards gouge you for everything with all those apartment fees and what do you get in return? ***** em. ;)

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Originally Posted by Novocastrian (Post 10393271)

Can you get Walpurgisnacht trinkets, maybe a nice Baba Yaga, at Walpurgismarkt?

Baba Yaga, now that is a blast from the past :rofl:

Re: Fake Christmas Trees

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Originally Posted by mandymoochops (Post 10393214)

I had an arguement wth my tree yesterday (pre lit crappy tire jobby) and obviously the last 3 years of throwing it up into the shed for storage and hauling it down without a great deal of care - caused the middle section to be un-pre-lit, therefore after f****g 3 hours of trying to sort out the problem I picked the whole thing up and threw it as far as I could. (not too far its 7ft tall and quite heavy)

Obviously it broke some more but god it felt good :thumbsup:

Pffft.....what a crock eh? So, with this post in mind I bought a non-pre-lit from Walmart....a six footer for $65. I also bought a box of 300 lights $23. Seems reasonable. They didn't have the one I bought out on display but the box piccie looked okay. It's not quite up to the standard of the box piccie.....but what could I expect for that price.

I was REALLY tempted by the pre-lits but after what you said Mandy, it put me off a bit. How hard can it be to put lights on a tree? Granted they don't look as neatly done but once all the frippery is on, who would know. i'd say from looking around, Sears had the best tree (pre lit, nice quality, I think it was $179 - but they'd sold out).....so Walmart was the best other option.

Don't expect gorgeous though....I may even be tempted to take it back and get the next one up....but compared to others I've seen at $400+ I'd say it's a bargain(but I'm just a fussy whatsit when it comes to trees :sneaky:).

Re: Fake Christmas Trees

Get real or go home ;)

Just kidding, I am against deforestation

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Originally Posted by Dotty P (Post 10394517)

Don't expect gorgeous though....I may even be tempted to take it back and get the next one up....but compared to others I've seen at $400+ I'd say it's a bargain(but I'm just a fussy whatsit when it comes to trees :sneaky:).

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Originally Posted by Dotty P (Post 10394517)

How hard can it be to put lights on a tree?
:).

It's nearly brought my marriage to the divorce courts on a number of occasions:eek:

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Have you tried mediation? :D

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Originally Posted by MillieF (Post 10398474)

It's nearly brought my marriage to the divorce courts on a number of occasions:eek:

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Originally Posted by MillieF (Post 10398474)

It's nearly brought my marriage to the divorce courts on a number of occasions:eek:

I'm the only one in my house that deals with the 'joy' of putting up the Christmas decs. OH would rather stick rusty nails in his eyes and seventeen year old son is too lazy to be bothered :sneaky:

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Originally Posted by Dotty P (Post 10398695)

I'm the only one in my house that deals with the 'joy' of putting up the Christmas decs. OH would rather stick rusty nails in his eyes and seventeen year old son is too lazy to be bothered :sneaky:

Ah the joys of the holiday season. At my house in Canada I had a younger sister who morphed into Clark Griswold as the annual hunt for the family tree began, a Dad who preferred to behave like Scrooge and a Mam who was just plain worn out with playing referee every December. It was fun though.:rofl:

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Originally Posted by ultrarunner (Post 10398504)

Have you tried mediation? :D

Probably better trying meditation.