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Christmas trees...what colour?

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hildajenniJ Fri 25-Nov-16 12:13:04

We've just bought a new green artificial tree. The choice is huge. I rather fancied a frosted tree, but DH put his foot down.?

Jane10 Fri 25-Nov-16 11:27:25

Why bother having a tree shaped object if it is so very far removed from anything natural?

ninathenana Fri 25-Nov-16 11:26:51

KateK the best time to buy is in the January sales. That's when we bought ours, about 10 yrs ago.

LadyGracie Fri 25-Nov-16 11:24:26

I have a green fibre optic about 2 feet tall that was my mother's and a skinny black one

ninathenana Fri 25-Nov-16 11:23:07

Tree has to be green but it is a very realistic artificial one.
I have red beads rather than tinsle (hate the stuff) and white lights. Baubles are an eclectic mix collected over the years including some from my childhood.
This year I've bought a polar bear shaped one.

Jane10 Fri 25-Nov-16 11:22:04

There's no substitute for a real one. Sadly we had to give up on real ones when we moved here. Not really feasible in a 4th floor flat.
We do have an artificial one but its depressing.

Thingmajig Fri 25-Nov-16 11:17:01

I have a nice skinny black artificial tree up in the loft. It came from our previous house where there wasn't much tree space.
I always had artificial until DH came on the scene and insisted on a real tree.

With a bit of furniture shifting we can have a tree in the corner of the living room here, so it'll probably be a real one again, but fairly small.
Decorations have been collected over the years with DD so no real colour scheme. smile

A new criteria for our planned new house search next year is space for the Christmas tree!!!

Katek Fri 25-Nov-16 11:12:22

We used to have two-a traditional green tree dressed in gold in the sitting room, and a white one dressed in a lime green, pink and turquoise in the dining room. We only have room for the white one since downsizing, but I really would like a green tree again with the snowy looking branches. Black Friday sales???

rosesarered Fri 25-Nov-16 10:58:52

What colour Christmas trees will you have this year? Must it always be green, or always be a real one? Do you ring the changes now and then and have a white or silver one?
When you have decided that , what colours will you dress the tree with: a colour combination, a theme or any old thing that comes to hand?

We gave up real Christmas trees a few years ago as DH found them difficult to set up,and cats kept getting needles stuck in their paw pads.Last year I dressed an all white tree in pink and silver ( it looked wonderful) and this year it will be in purple and gold. tchsmile