Astrid we did that once as kids - it was our 'thing' to go and get the tree and we found The Perfect Tree one year but when we got it home it was bending over 2ft at the top
We have a plastic tree that isn't too bad... especially as it's already given us 15 Christmas's. But this year I'm thinking of buying a real one... so that the house fills up with the lovely smell of pine. I bought some essential pine oil last year but that didn't "cut it". We always had real trees when i was a kid. We also have high ceilings because this is an older home (I think 12 ft) so a nice big real tree would look lovely.... we also have mainly floorboards and I'm not that precious about the carpet so the pine needles won't bother me too much.
We do the outdoor light thing big time.....I love my sparkles at christmas time. maybe about 20,000 lights go up all told once you add up all the diff things....we also have an inflatable merry go round thing with reindeers and animals riding them, all sorts of stuff that decorate the front yard...we are one of those houses all the cars cruise past in the weeks before chrissy.
Inside my theme is red,green and gold. very traditional colours, no other coloured baubles or decos allowed.....lol. the tree also has a few thousand lights on it what with flashing ones and the candle lights as well....Nothing is more christmasy than sitting under the tree with just the tree lights on, on christmas eve, watching the Carols and wrapping presents (no egg nog for me this year!)....love love love christmas!!
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