# Christmas tree, or not? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 14, 2010, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-tree-or-not/564088 "2010-12-14T04:29:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-tree-or-not/564088/1 "2010-12-14T04:29:28Z")
Poll to follow. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-tree-or-not/564088/2 "2010-12-14T04:41:15Z")
For the third year in a row, I’ll be out of town over Christmas. On top of that, I’ll be moving about four days after I get back into town. Consequently, no Christmas tree this year. ---
**Author:** ![RedWood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f08c70/32.png) [@RedWood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedWood)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-tree-or-not/564088/3 "2010-12-14T05:01:55Z")
I _just_ put up my tree. (like, 10 minutes ago!) It is filling my house with lovely pine smells. MMMMMMMMMM ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-tree-or-not/564088/4 "2010-12-14T05:04:05Z")
I put mine up on Black Friday. . . I found disco ball ornaments at Big Lots and decided to go a lil’ crazy. [Lady Gaga Christmas](http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1201.snc4/155368_518387411705_139400322_30547664_1458338_n.jpg)! I’m a single 24 year old. WHY WONT ANYONE MARRY ME? :(:(☹ 😛 ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-tree-or-not/564088/5 "2010-12-14T05:16:14Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > I put mine up on Black Friday. . . I found disco ball ornaments at Big Lots and decided to go a lil’ crazy. [Lady Gaga Christmas](http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1201.snc4/155368_518387411705_139400322_30547664_1458338_n.jpg)! > > I’m a single 24 year old. WHY WONT ANYONE MARRY ME? :(:(☹ > 😛 I’ll marry you! Well, okay, I’ll civil union you, but only in 11 states, or something… Seriously, that tree is made of awesome. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-tree-or-not/564088/6 "2010-12-14T06:16:56Z")
Mine’s been up for a few days now. A few years ago I bought a gorgeous artificial tree with hundreds of steady white lights. I have added four strings of randomly blinking white lights and it’s gorgeous. I’m still in the process of putting on all the ornaments. I’m very anal, and it takes forever. My female kitty always steals the little furry ornaments, and carries them around like her kittens. They eventually wind up in bed with us. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-tree-or-not/564088/7 "2010-12-14T07:58:12Z")
We bought ours on Sunday, and put it up in its stand yesterday (Monday). We won’t decorate it until the 23rd, though; my two older daughters will be home for Christmas on the 23rd, and my middle daughter has requested we wait to decorate the tree, so we can do it as a family. However, in the meantime, we _do_ get to enjoy that lovely pine scent! P.S., I’m _really_ glad we bought the tree when we did, instead of waiting a bit longer. The first place we went to was completely out of trees. Then, I knew of a place where I happened to know they had _plenty_ of trees, so we went there, and found out _why_ they still have plenty: their prices _started_ at $50.00 (for the, like, 4’ ones) and went up to $80.00 or so for the ‘nice’ ones! Yikes. Then we hit Lowe’s, and they had _one_ tree left! Finally, Home Depot, where even though the inventory was low, the prices were decent, and they had enough left for us to really have a selection. That’s where we got our tree. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-tree-or-not/564088/8 "2010-12-14T08:38:43Z")
I put mine up 30 November. As always, my tree’s theme colours are red and gold, and the bird infestation continues to grow (I think there are about 140 birds in my Christmas tree this year). I also have a [Flying Spaghetti Monster](http://www.nifnaks.com/creations-shop/geek/flying-spaghetti-monster-ornament/detailed-product-flyer.html) front and centre! _love_ ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-tree-or-not/564088/9 "2010-12-14T12:17:29Z")
I think it’s been 7 years since I put up a tree. Mostly because we’re never home, and now because I have 2 cats and I’m thinking a tree would be a Bad Idea. ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-tree-or-not/564088/10 "2010-12-14T12:33:03Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > I put mine up on Black Friday. . . I found disco ball ornaments at Big Lots and decided to go a lil’ crazy. [Lady Gaga Christmas](http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1201.snc4/155368_518387411705_139400322_30547664_1458338_n.jpg)! Love it! We decided No Tree this year because I’m having a baby in January and the thought of taking the tree DOWN nearly gave me the vapors. So I went with “lazy” in the poll. Now that we don’t have one, I’m a little sad about it … but then I think about the clean-up again, and feel a little better. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-tree-or-not/564088/11 "2010-12-14T13:09:36Z")
I guess the closest is I’m too lazy. But that \*really \*isn’t it. It is only me here, and I don’t see the point for just me. But lazy is part of it, I guess: me being me, taking it down would be put off for so long, it would be in danger of being there \*next \*Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-tree-or-not/564088/12 "2010-12-14T13:10:38Z")
For the first time, I put up the tree myself, and all by myself. You see, it’s generally not my job to do the Christmas tree, but mo was getting upset that it wasn’t already up. I was feeling better for the first time in a couple weeks, went over to the new tree Sis gave us, and thought I’d at least get started. The thing took 5 minutes, tops. And it already had lights on it–the part I normally do. Oh, and there’s no way we’d have a real tree, due to allergies. Heck, that’s another poll waiting to happen. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-tree-or-not/564088/13 "2010-12-14T14:22:59Z")
I’ll be getting and decorating a tree this Saturday. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-tree-or-not/564088/14 "2010-12-14T14:34:03Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > I put mine up on Black Friday. . . I found disco ball ornaments at Big Lots and decided to go a lil’ crazy. [Lady Gaga Christmas](http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1201.snc4/155368_518387411705_139400322_30547664_1458338_n.jpg)! > > I’m a single 24 year old. WHY WONT ANYONE MARRY ME? :(:(☹ > 😛 That’s full of awesome. I didn’t vote in the poll, because there was no option for me. I would have voted for “I’d love to put up a tree, but I live in a matchbox and I barely have room to stretch out horizontally.” ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-tree-or-not/564088/15 "2010-12-14T14:34:27Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > I put mine up on Black Friday. . . I found disco ball ornaments at Big Lots and decided to go a lil’ crazy. [Lady Gaga Christmas](http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1201.snc4/155368_518387411705_139400322_30547664_1458338_n.jpg)! That tree needs a mirror just so it can look at itself! Ours is up since Black Friday too. I finally convinced my wife not to decorate it with so many feathers. It used to look like some well-used roost or that we’d bought it at a D.U. rally. ---
**Author:** ![Hawkeyeop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/958977/32.png) [@Hawkeyeop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hawkeyeop)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-tree-or-not/564088/16 "2010-12-14T14:35:53Z")
We don’t have a Christmas tree. We have a nondenominational holiday shrub. ---
**Author:** ![FuzzyOgre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@FuzzyOgre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FuzzyOgre)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-tree-or-not/564088/17 "2010-12-14T14:52:25Z")
Heck no! Atheistmas trees are a huge fire hazard. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-tree-or-not/564088/18 "2010-12-14T15:06:54Z")
We’ve got a 3.5 ft tree this year. I put ornaments and lights on it and it is beautiful and smells fabulous. One of our cats noms it like it is a cure for cancer and the other avoids it as though he is afraid it will eat him in the night. So far neither of them have removed the ornaments and tossed them around the apartment or anything. I like having the tree up but our apartment is a wee bit small and I can’t imagine having a full sized tree in there. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-tree-or-not/564088/19 "2010-12-14T15:39:54Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > That’s full of awesome. > > I didn’t vote in the poll, because there was no option for me. > > I would have voted for “I’d love to put up a tree, but I live in a matchbox and I barely have room to stretch out horizontally.” Something I read in a non-fiction book once (written by a funny guy) was: “Our apartment was so small that if we bought celery, we had to stand it upright so it wouldn’t be out the window”. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-tree-or-not/564088/20 "2010-12-14T15:40:47Z")
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