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In reply to the discussion: Does Your Family Have A Holiday Tree? [View all]LittleBlue
(10,362 posts)58. I do
Only a fake one, can't have my place burned down. Christmas is my wife's favorite holiday because it doesn't involve anything patriotic, she doesn't feel left out.
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thank god (no pun intended) that we at DU won't get flamed for having a tree ! nt
Laura PourMeADrink
Nov 2013
#24
Yeah, I find really irritating when people want to rename Halloween "harvest" this or that.
lunamagica
Nov 2013
#105
Festivus, for the rest of us. ha ha that was the first thing I thought of too. nt
Snotcicles
Nov 2013
#141
Real trees are much more environmentally than fake ones with all the plastic and chemicals (nt)
Nye Bevan
Nov 2013
#23
I actually don't feel bad about it -- Xmas trees here in Oregon are grown as a crop.
Arugula Latte
Nov 2013
#55
Well, I'm not sure. I know a lot of the land used for Xmas trees is very hilly.
Arugula Latte
Nov 2013
#88
It's nice to have something that reminds you of the good times with your family,
LuvNewcastle
Nov 2013
#33
I have learned to tune them out, and celebrate this holiday with gusto in my own way.
Big Blue Marble
Nov 2013
#98
One day your plastic tree will be in a landfill, leaching chemicals into the water table.
Nye Bevan
Nov 2013
#54
I spent an incredible amount of money to buy a real tree with root ball to plant afterwards
hlthe2b
Nov 2013
#43
Jim Gaffigan got it right--the tree tradition is the behavior of a drunk man
NuclearDem
Nov 2013
#34
Yep, I love Christmas, despite the fact that I'm very likely allergic to the trees.
a la izquierda
Nov 2013
#47
Yes. Our atheist family has a tree honoring the Reason for the Season -- the solstice.
Arugula Latte
Nov 2013
#53
I say yes even though I've skipped a few times over the years due to extenuating circumstances.
IrishAyes
Nov 2013
#76
Yes, our family has a Christmas tree, even though my wife and I are both agnostics.
aristocles
Nov 2013
#84
There are thousands of trees all around me - why kill one and drag it indoors? n/t
Scootaloo
Nov 2013
#92
I said no but we do have a ceramic tree my M-I-L made us over 45 years ago.
appleannie1
Nov 2013
#101
I am shocked you haven't heard of at least one Holiday Tree. The Christmas Tree, for example.
ieoeja
Nov 2013
#118
Not yet, but we'll be putting up the Christmas tree in the next couple of weeks or so.
11 Bravo
Nov 2013
#119
Everyone in my house loves Christmas decorations even my two atheist children.
liberal_at_heart
Nov 2013
#136
People should be able to call it whatever they want to call it, especially since
liberal_at_heart
Nov 2013
#148
Nnnnnnope. But in a few weeks, my house will have a Christmas Tree.
cherokeeprogressive
Nov 2013
#145