Oh yes I forgot to mention that! Every soft draping branch was in fading to pale green colour - no one believed it wasn't real! Took HOURS to construct it and if you got a bit of the stem wrong you had to start again lol! But well worth the effort and at least 6 feet high.

Catrin, Hannuka is an eight day Festival and is not a holiday although schools are closed for the period - similar to the Christmas school holidays in the UK, but it is a normal working time.

The only public holidays are Holy Days and Yom Ha'Atzmaüt, Israel's Independence Day.

I didn't have a tree for 25 years. I didn't care. started two years ago as had a child

My christmas tree this year is my silver bell one hanging on the wall here next to me. But it's the first year I haven't had a tree even if a small artificial one. And I won't be here for Christmas anyway! (Actually since Lacey geed me up about it the eckindations are taking over the place lol!)

I like to see things 'christmassy' at Christmas - brightens up the middle of winter for me. Admit it doesn't hold any religious meaning for me. But I think any celebrations where it results in family and friends coming together and enjoying themselves are a good thing.

For a couple of years, when space was tight in our little cottage, Jen and I used one of these trees. We loved it. It's 'half a tree' in a basket pot (no backside) about 4ft tall and you hang it on the wall. Jen liked it so much she wouldn't take it down and on Valentine Day she hung hearts on it and then decorated it for Easter too with chicks and stuff lol! Gave it away when I moved here and often wished I'd brought it with me as I've never seen one here. Would look nice out on my verandah and couldn't get blown over.

Eventually got my Christmas lights up out the back here you go.
Well eventually got the lights up outside.
The back complete with lights Merry Christmas
The tree by the back door on the wall is 15 years old now.




Even the shed including tree No2

Overall (almost)
The lights in the planters on the wall are coloured lights the rest are blue.

All my outside lights have blown down in the wind

Mine too not bothering putting them back up tonite,Bloomin Monsoon out there

Fantastic Kazz!

Rotten luck jen and lacey after all your hard work in the cold to get them up

Maybe in future plastic cable ties would be stronger anchors?

Bluddy weather

Plastic cable tie's are you kidding me?? Mine have metal rods attached to them and pushed into the ground.Biggest tree has a concrete slab on top of the base All been uprooted,lying about but not going anyway cause there still attached to the socket
Really just hopeing nothing gets broken,easily put back up when dis hurricane is over