We sometimes have a tree, and sometimes just a wreath. We’re planning a tree this year, but since IT’S STILL NOVEMBER we naturally have not even considered where we will source our tree, as it will need to stay up through the Christmas season until Epiphany. We’ve just moved, so this year’s will be on the porch, safe from cats. (We don’t really do presents so much, so this should work.)
We try to get our tree the weekend after Thanksgiving and take it down after New Years. Sometimes life gets in the way and it gets put up later. Sometimes my wife wants the everything back to normal sooner and it comes down before New Years.
We cycle through three locations in our living room for the Christmas tree. One is my preferred spot and one my spouse’s. The third place is one that neither of us is entirely happy with because it is more “in the way” but probably looks best. In all three places the tree is at least mostly visible from all sides. We put it up the week before Christmas and take it down the day after Epiphany/Theophany.
I’m not sure what I put would be considered a Christmas tree by American standards, it’s a synthetic “tree” about a meter tall, but we do decorate it on all sides 
Size doesn’t matter it’s how you use it.
The fact that is not a real tree does matter? In any case here it would be nigh impossible to get a real tree.
In the US, artificial trees are a multi-million dollar industry. “Natural tree” purists look down their noses, but you have a lot of company.
We have two Christmas trees (both artificial), which we will likely put up by the end of this week.
The main tree goes up in a corner of the living room; we’ve put the trees in that same spot since we moved into this house in '96. It does get ornaments all over (we have a lot of ornaments), but far sparser in the back corner.
The secondary tree is smaller, and is nicknamed “the geek tree” – I have a bunch of nerdy ornaments (Star Wars, Star Trek, superheroes, etc.), and at some point, we decided to put all of those on their own tree, and have our main tree be dedicated to traditional ornaments. The geek tree goes in the corner of the dining room, and there, too, most of the ornaments are in the “outside” part of the tree.
We used to decorate my mum’s tree all round, because although it was
at the end of the room, it was in front of the patio/french doors, so
visible from the back garden. Sadly that is no longer necessary 
.
I just have a small simple picture of a christmas tree, about 6" x 6"
which I sometimes put on top of my TV. (a bit like this 
but
without the lights !).
I voted I didnt know about that so-called ‘alternate meaning" of Goon. But
Oxford does not list that as alternative meaning. So, it is not yet common by any means
I don’t know half of the sexual slang from my own generation. I’m not going to feel bad about not knowing one that’s a relative Johnny cum Lately.
In our last place the tree was kind of in a corner. In our new house it’s up against the wall by the front window. The back side is much more visible now. We try to have as many meaningful ornaments as possible. Ones that commemorate a special event or place that we went to. Those are up front. The back end has glass ornaments.
I voted for Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip cookies because it is the longest option given and therefore is the one I feel it was the least likely for Karen to have included as a “wrong” answer.
I voted for Millionaire’s Shortbread only because it sounds really, really good, and I want to try some. Then, after I snap out of a diabetic coma, I’ll have gingerbread.
I voted for millionaire shortbread because it’s freaking delicious, and i have no idea why Karen will cook. Millionaire shortbread is a lot of work, so i probably guessed wrong. But at least i guessed something delicious.
iswydt.
Well, I wanted to vote for millionaire shortbread, but as far as I can
make out, it doesn’t use eggs !.
So I voted for Chocolate Chocolate Chip cookies for obvious reasons.
He gets double credit since johnny was (and may still be) a British idiom for condom…
Ginger cookies are seasonal.
[mode = Homer Simpson]
Mmmm… ginger snaps… drool drool drool
[/mode]
Just piling on the applause for this one.
AI in my products doesn’t make me feel nervous, it makes me feel angry in a very passionate Down With the Man sort of way. I’m reading Enshittification. It’s really gotten out of hand, and having shitty features I don’t want pushed upon me by technolords who don’t give a shit about creating customer value just further fuels the flames of my rage.