# My tree is UP! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 1, 2002, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tree-is-up/139837 "2002-12-01T22:06:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tree-is-up/139837/1 "2002-12-01T22:06:20Z")
I know some of you are thinking this is some sort of sex thread but you are wrong! Nope! My Christmas tree is up! First weekend in December it goes up so we did it today. (we have an artifical tree due to my allergies) We have Multicolored lights that do not flash. Tinsmith tinsel that you reuse from year to year. A wide varitey of ornaments from both my and Mrs. Z’s childhood and also a Enterprise E and 4 Star Wars ornaments (Luke, Leia, Han and the RotJ Falcon) All of this is topped off with a angle that lights up. I put some lights in our windows. We live in an apt and normally I put some outside on our building but this year new porch light fixtures were put up and I don’t have a plug to use outside. So I don’t know if those lights will go up or not. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tree-is-up/139837/2 "2002-12-01T22:26:36Z")
Hooray! I don’t put up a tree, as I live alone and it seems like a lot of work, but when I was living with a woman, that was one of my very favorite rituals to do with her. (Carving pumpkins at Halloween was one too.) ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tree-is-up/139837/3 "2002-12-01T23:00:06Z")
Not gonna have a tree in my home this year ☹ We don’t really have the space and don’t have a fake tree already with no money to spare to even get one. Maybe if I get some extra cash I’ll make one of those tinsel trees out of coat hangers, those tinsel strands (y’know the shiny tinsel strings that are loooong and wrap around the tree?) and some small lights. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tree-is-up/139837/4 "2002-12-01T23:36:51Z")
My tree is up, but it’s not decorated yet. It’s pre-lit (plain white lights, no twinkling), which is a big time saver. **Obsidian** , you might want to consider getting either a table-top size artificial tree, or a potted real tree of some kind. I know stores sell tiny ornaments, or you can just string popcorn and hang jingle bells on hooks off of it. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Wrong\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b782af/32.png) [@The\_Wrong\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Wrong_Girl)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tree-is-up/139837/5 "2002-12-01T23:38:17Z")
Yay for trees! Be careful with the tinsel if you have a pet, though. I’ve heard it can be toxic (and my cat can’t resist how it dangles, so we have to put it up high.) ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tree-is-up/139837/6 "2002-12-01T23:58:02Z")
_Ferret_ I could do that but as I said not much money. Plus I’m the crafty type and I love those tinsel trees. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BobbySuezQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@BobbySuezQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobbySuezQ)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tree-is-up/139837/7 "2002-12-02T01:42:30Z")
Weee! Yay! Mine’s up too, but I guess it doesn’t really count since I never take it down. 🙂 FWIW, it’s a blue and silver aluminum tree, with pink satin balls and white lights. Boy oh boy I hope santa leaves some presents under it. I’ve been relatively good, and when I haven’t been, I have a note! ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tree-is-up/139837/8 "2002-12-02T01:57:35Z")
One of my cats uses the tree to blackmail me into playing with her. If I’m in the living room and for some reason I don’t have all my attention focused on her then she starts to climb the tree. Then I yell **PENELOPE!** And she’ll come trotting over to me with a “yes, you want to adore me now” look on her face. ---
**Author:** ![JessEnigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cdc98d/32.png) [@JessEnigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JessEnigma)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tree-is-up/139837/9 "2002-12-02T02:22:51Z")
You are all better people than me. I was supposed to set up our Christmas tree today. (It’s also artificial…my mom hates the hassle of a real tree) Half of it’s up, with strings of lights scattered about the living room. Little did I know, as I was pulling the lights off the tree so I could fluff out the branches, that my mom had some great system of wiring only she could understand. So I’m leaving it to her to put the lights back on. I now understand why my parents always hated putting the lights on the trees when I was little. ---
**Author:** ![Witch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Witch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Witch)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tree-is-up/139837/10 "2002-12-02T03:06:06Z")
_Both_ of my trees are up. I’m out of control 😃