Christmas trees - real or placky?

[rich p]

Inspired by Teef, again, I'm going to make a plastic one (@nickyboy )

 

[KneesUp]

I don't wish to indulge in oneupmanship, but our real Nordmann (i.e. non drop) tree (7ft, £9.99 i.e. total bargain) went up on November 29th as doing so kept a very snot-ridden and coughing kid from asking if she could go to the park every 10 minutes

 

[Crackle]

Placcy and placcy. We're a two tree house. Still in the loft though.

 

[nickyboy]

Inspired by Teef, again, I'm going to make a plastic one (@nickyboy )

Good effort. "Placcy" is only one letter less than "plastic" so why abbreviate it? Same folk who who use "Jun" for June

 

[Crackle]

Good effort. "Placcy" is only one letter less than "plastic" so why abbreviate it? Same folk who who use "Jun" for June

It's only four keys though, not 6.

 

[Crackle]

[QUOTE 3409601, member: 259"]Five, Shirley?[/QUOTE]

 

[raleighnut]

Good effort. "Placcy" is only one letter less than "plastic" so why abbreviate it? Same folk who who use "Jun" for June

Its a lot less than Artificial though

 

[nickyboy]

Its a lot less than Artificial though

"faux" could work though

 

[Chromatic]

I don't wish to indulge in oneupmanship, but our real Nordmann (i.e. non drop) tree (7ft, £9.99 i.e. total bargain) went up on November 29th as doing so kept a very snot-ridden and coughing kid from asking if she could go to the park every 10 minutes

Where??

 

[Stephenite]

I live in Norway so no guessing which i voted. It'll be going up this weekend, or as soon as the local garden centre gets them in.

But as so many of you prefer an artificial tree i'll put it to the norwegian government to send a plastic one this year. And that'll be it. Won't have to bother again. Thanks for the help in the war. You won't have to sweep up the needles, and i'll pay less tax. Everyone's a winner.

 

[Archie_tect]

Bought our artificial tree in 1983, when we got married and it's been used ever since. Every year at some point we get an ornament that reminds us of a holiday so that the tree is full of happy memories.
I like the 6 Norwegian terracotta hearts hung from red ribbons that we bought in Voss the most, closely followed by the miniature alpine cowbell from Westendorf... my life on a tree!

 

[winjim]

Real. It's a midwinter festival, the whole point is to have something evergreen and alive in the house to remind you that life exists even in the depths of winter and that spring is on the way. Symbolism, innit.

 

[KneesUp]

Where??

http://www.jtf.com/mailerflip/panel3/brochure.html#p=1

It says 5-6ft on the leaflet, but we went early so we grabbed a tall one.

 

[Aperitif]

Last year the Christmas tree in our town centre was replaced by some monstrosity built from a local fisherman's crab pots complete with a hoarding advertising his fish shop!!

Needles to say, I didn't attend the grand switching on ceremony!

And this year's effort is..? (And don't say 'The Twelve Dabs of Christmas' etc ) 10/10 for needles.

 

[KneesUp]

[QUOTE 3409668, member: 259"]I forgot to add a question about whether or not tinsel is common. But I've got some on the bike, so there![/QUOTE]
We have tinsel this year. The kid chose it.

Turns out that the smell of the decorations when I was a kid wasn't because they were kept in the loft all year: that's just what tinsel smells like.