# My Christmas Erection. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 5, 2005, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-christmas-erection/334144 "2005-12-05T06:57:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-christmas-erection/334144/21 "2005-12-05T23:48:02Z")
**Anaamika** : I love that penguin! Pengy pengy pengy! He’s so cute! Beautiful tree! Also, I apologise for laughing like a loon to the “reinforcements” remark. I hadn’t noticed it until **NurseCarmen** pointed it out, and now I’m gasping for breath. Awesome. 😃 **taxi78cab** : Clever with the boxes. 😉 I wish mine looked nearly as decorative, but mine are all clear plastic. The sad thing is, I actually have wrapped gifts this year - about\* two dozen \* of them - but they’re all packed in a box to be shipped back home to family. Damn. Also, I love the ribbon - that’s what I originally wanted to do with my blue organza one, but it wasn’t quite long enough, no matter how I stretched or draped it. So I cut mine into bite sized bits and tied them into branches. **Bookkeeper** : HA! I love how they sit in there so casually, looking like that’s where they’re _supposed_ to be! My two cats, every year, tear the tree to bits. I also have some of that red beaded garland, and that attracted them like a magnet. The first day I put my tree up this year, I finished, felt tired, so went to take a nap. An hour later, I come back out, and find all but two branches were left on the tree! The little one would climb, pull a branch out, drop it down to the oldest one, waiting on the floor, then _she_ would take the branches and drag them to all corners of the house. Oh, yeah, it’s funny now, but at the time I was screaming bloody murder. Eventually, I reassembled the tree, with parts left over that I couldn’t figure out where they belonged. I ended up taking a light, chemical free orange oil spray product, and misting the tree and the floor around it with it. I read that cats hate citrus - so far, so good - not a branch has been taken since. They still wander near the tree, but I wonder if the orange oil leaves a nasty flavour in their mouth. The worst I’ve had since the “two branch” incident is two of the lower ornaments were knocked on the floor. I reapplied the orange spray, and there hasn’t been an ornament lost since. Ahhhh. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-christmas-erection/334144/22 "2005-12-06T00:15:42Z")
> [@Anastasaeon](#): > > **Anaamika** : I love that penguin! Pengy pengy pengy! He’s so cute! Beautiful tree! > > Also, I apologise for laughing like a loon to the “reinforcements” remark. I hadn’t noticed it until **NurseCarmen** pointed it out, and now I’m gasping for breath. Awesome. 😃 I love penguins…I have three penguin ornaments. And don’t worry about laughing, I did too. It was a very witty remark. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-christmas-erection/334144/23 "2005-12-06T01:38:18Z")
I took one or two full shots and they didn’t look so hot (stupid blurry digital camera), so here are some close ones … [Little snowman.](http://www.image4u.org/interface2x/snowman_xmas.JPG) [Little bear guy.](http://www.image4u.org/interface2x/littlebear_xmas.JPG) [Little moon guy.](http://www.image4u.org/interface2x/moon_xmas.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-christmas-erection/334144/24 "2005-12-06T02:33:15Z")
Now [with ornaments](http://www.flickr.com/photos/misnomer971/sets/1517246/). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-christmas-erection/334144/25 "2005-12-06T04:57:01Z")
Ok, here’s my unimpressive erection… A whole whopping [12 inch tree.](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v654/MachTurtle/Twee.jpg) I don’t have kids, and can’t be bothered to put up anything bigger. The chicken on skis at the base of the tree and the green dreamcatcher were given to me by **laina\_f** for the ornament exchange last year. I think the chicken is probably my favorite ornament. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-christmas-erection/334144/26 "2005-12-06T05:35:35Z")
I’m afraid I won’t be getting an erection this year.☹ If I do, it won’t be big, or up for long. ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-christmas-erection/334144/27 "2005-12-06T18:04:20Z")
> [@Anastasaeon](#): > > **Bookkeeper** : HA! I love how they sit in there so casually, looking like that’s where they’re _supposed_ to be! Our cats mostly ignore the tree, with the worst problem being an occasional ornament knocked off by a passing tail, but Peach, the cat in the picture, sees it as her personal crusade to alternate removing every ornament and garland she can reach with climbing as high as she can get on the inner branches. We normally keep a spray bottle handy at Christmas time, as she hates getting wet, although sometimes she is dripping before she gets discouraged. She doesn’t much bother it when there’s no-one around - it’s mostly an attention getting device (she’s a very neurotic cat). I think we might just try your orange oil trick this year. ---
**Author:** ![Ludy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-christmas-erection/334144/28 "2005-12-06T18:30:02Z")
Mine right now is just two stockings (that I made 🙂 ) hanging from the shelf, but I am going home for Christmas and [here](http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/bsolly/detail?.dir=/9cfb&.dnm=a46cscd.jpg&.src=ph) is part of my Mom’s from two years ago. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-christmas-erection/334144/29 "2005-12-07T01:42:56Z")
_sigh_ I just couldn’t NOT put up a tree. I am feeling a little more Christmas-y. Ready to kill the cats tho , they seem to think I put it up strictly for their fun and enjoyment. :rolleyes: Anyway… It’s not much , but here it is: [![](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v20/PapSett/Stuff/thekids2031.jpg) ](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v20/PapSett/Stuff/thekids2031.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-christmas-erection/334144/30 "2005-12-07T02:03:59Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > [Full tree.](http://photobucket.com/albums/v713/Elenia25/?action=view¤t=Img_0508.jpg) Ignore all the mess in the bookshelf! Hoping we wouldn’t notice the _Dungeons and Dragons: Monstrous Compendium_ binder, were we? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2005, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-christmas-erection/334144/31 "2005-12-18T06:36:33Z")
I finally got a chance to take pictures of our tree. Well, it’s my girlfriend’s tree, I only helped a little: [Full tree](http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b86/kkobayashi1/2005-12-17-21h46m10.jpg) [Closeup 1](http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b86/kkobayashi1/2005-12-17-21h48m45.jpg) [Closeup 2](http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b86/kkobayashi1/2005-12-17-21h52m39.jpg) [Closeup 3](http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b86/kkobayashi1/2005-12-17-21h54m10.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Liz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/liz/32/17737_2.png) [@Liz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liz)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2005, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-christmas-erection/334144/32 "2005-12-18T12:55:40Z")
> [@CanvasShoes](#): > > GORGEOUS!! I’ve always preferred trees that were nicely coordinated and pretty Totally agreed. When my wife and I had our first tree, she was **very** dubious about my choice of decorations – dark purple and gold metallic bulbs, white lights, sheer gold ribbons, and a gold filigree fairy topper. I remember her standing with me in whatever store it was, looking completely appalled at the things I had in the basket – where was the red and green?! The tinsel?! The icicles?! The teddy bear ornaments?! The star?! Had I never celebrated Christmas, for fuck’s sake?! When I got it all pulled together and flicked the lights on for her, her jaw literally dropped and she declared I’d pick out anything and everything for any trees we had from then on out. I still smile remembering her reaction. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2005, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-christmas-erection/334144/33 "2005-12-18T16:03:17Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > From the thread title I was imagining it was something you only had once a year… 😉 From the thread title, I was expecting a [Snow Penis](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=349596). ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-christmas-erection/334144/34 "2005-12-19T05:41:18Z")
Now that is an impressive erection! I’ll bet you could easily “hit the ceiling” with that rascal, eh? Eh? Eh? ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-christmas-erection/334144/35 "2005-12-19T05:45:44Z")
> [@scr4](#): > > I finally got a chance to take pictures of our tree. Well, it’s my girlfriend’s tree, I only helped a little: > > [Full tree](http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b86/kkobayashi1/2005-12-17-21h46m10.jpg) > [Closeup 1](http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b86/kkobayashi1/2005-12-17-21h48m45.jpg) > [Closeup 2](http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b86/kkobayashi1/2005-12-17-21h52m39.jpg) > [Closeup 3](http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b86/kkobayashi1/2005-12-17-21h54m10.jpg) Oooooooooooohhhoooooooooooohhh! Nice! That’s a nice, full tree! Mine is so skimpy! 😃 That thing is gorgeous. And to everyone else, I love your trees, too - I’ve been meaning to ressurrect this thread when I got back from vacation so others could show off their trees, as well, but YAY, it’s been bumped for me! 😉 More, more! Don’t be shy! Show me your erections! Be proud! We take 'em all, the big, fat ones, and the wee, skinny ones, and everything in between! No one is turned away. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-christmas-erection/334144/36 "2005-12-19T07:59:58Z")
> [@Mr Bus Guy](#): > > The little lady always does our tree because I spend the month in full Scrooge mode. > > Once it’s up though, and fully decorated, I will proudly post her erection. That sounds awfully familiar. [Here’s](http://tinypic.com/ir83mf.jpg) her erection for this year. (there’s an edge of a nude painting visible in the background. Unless you work with the prudiest of prudes, it shouldn’t be a problem, but I might as well warn you ahead of time). ---
**Author:** ![sj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@sj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sj2)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-christmas-erection/334144/37 "2005-12-19T19:56:15Z")
But I think it’s just [spiffy](http://photobucket.com/albums/c248/catfoundtoday/?action=view¤t=tree5.jpg)… We normally get a larger one, but this year, we just didn’t have the space. I love Santa!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-christmas-erection/334144.md?page=1)