So who has their Christmas tree up?

**katie blue** · 12-05-2005, 10:13 AM

Originally Posted by Landlocked

About the tree, we took little man last night to look for one but they all looked like crappola. I guess we're going to wind up with the Charlie Brown style tree this year.

you can buy one here

**iwishiwasthere** · 12-05-2005, 10:16 AM

Originally Posted by Johnrudy

Our small dog, John, ate about 1/2 of one of those large, 1 lb. Hersey Kisses when he was a puppy. We had to rush him to the vet. e.r. and they pumped his stomach. They said he would have died otherwise!!
They say onions are toxic/deadly too.

Our oldest dog at a chocolate bar on Christmas, and we did not have to have her stomach pumped because it gave her HORRIBLE intestional problems. She is really a good dog and their would be piles by all the doors to the outside at she tried to get out. Never went on the carpet or hardwood, just other floors. Needless to say it was a very long miserable 5 days of Christmas. The worst was how sad she looked because her tummy was so upset.

**Miss Kitty** · 12-05-2005, 11:16 AM

Missy our first beloved sheltie loved chocolate as well. Twice she got into M & M bags and ate her fill. The emergency vet had us pour hydrogen peroxide down her until she vomited it all up! Worked like a charm!

P.S. Molly update....she and her purple bands have gone in today for their first adjustment. She has to have anesthesia every time, so I have to leave her. We are both doing much better with each trip.

**kathydwells** · 12-05-2005, 11:21 AM

Hallelujah!!! My tree is up and decorated!! I finished it yesterday, and I must say I am proud of it! I have enjoyed reading all of your posts about your trees and decorations! They give me inspiration!!! LL, you are just pitiful. Not only did the teens call you a dork, you are having tree issues. I am sorry. I bought a pre-lit last year, and it is so easy to put up. You should look into getting one, they are great!!!!

**kathydwells** · 12-05-2005, 11:22 AM

Originally Posted by Sueshore

P.S. Molly update....she and her purple bands have gone in today for their first adjustment. She has to have anesthesia every time, so I have to leave her. We are both doing much better with each trip.

I am glad that the Molly dog and Miss Kitty are doing better. Please keep us posted!!!

**dbuck** · 12-05-2005, 11:36 AM

Trees are up and the stockings are hung, but no presents under the tree. Is it just me, or is everyone getting harder to buy for?

**kathydwells** · 12-05-2005, 11:47 AM

Originally Posted by dbuck

Trees are up and the stockings are hung, but no presents under the tree. Is it just me, or is everyone getting harder to buy for?

It is not just you. I am having a hard time this year. I have to get in gear though. I love your 'tar!!!

**dbuck** · 12-05-2005, 12:07 PM

Originally Posted by kathydwells

It is not just you. I am having a hard time this year. I have to get in gear though. I love your 'tar!!!

Thanks, I have a Boston Terrier, so I thought it was pretty cute too. By the way, he has his own stocking also. He's the easiest on my Christmas list to buy for.

**kathydwells** · 12-05-2005, 12:09 PM

Originally Posted by dbuck

Thanks, I have a Boston Terrier, so I thought it was pretty cute too. By the way, he has his own stocking also. He's the easiest on my Christmas list to buy for.

I love Boston Terrier's they are so precious!! My two fur babies get their own stockings also, and they too are the easiest to buy for on my Christmas list!!!

**seagrovelover** · 12-05-2005, 12:34 PM

Originally Posted by Landlocked

On another note, I was doing my best Clark Griswald impression yesterday. I was on the roof, with a CL in hand, putting an absurd number of lights on the house. A car load of teeny boppers came rolling by and one of them yelled "DORK" out the window.

I'm getting old.

OMG that is priceless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm sure you didn't look like a dork

give those kids twenty more years........that will be them

**Smiling JOe** · 12-05-2005, 02:45 PM

Originally Posted by katie blue

you can buy one here

FYI they are sold out. I can go outside and make one of those in about 3 minutes with a saw (much less than $24).

"I don't like it...I love it!" --one of the Funn's

**Landlocked** · 12-05-2005, 02:48 PM

Originally Posted by Smiling JOe

FYI they are sold out. I can go outside and make one of those in about 3 minutes with a saw (much less than $24).

"I don't like it...I love it!" --one of the Funn's

Save your effort people. Don't listen to him. I'll make one for you and sell it to you for half price. $11.99 + shipping....

**Mermaid** · 12-05-2005, 03:10 PM

Charlie Brown Christmas Pathetic Tree? I am reminded of PT Barnum. What did he say? "There's a sucker born every minute."

**katie blue** · 12-05-2005, 03:11 PM

ah, but would yours have "bendable branches [that] allow you to make it look just how you want, super pathetic or just kind of pathetic.", as the ad says? Heh. Just kidding. Buying a commercially-produced Charlie Brown tree from a national chain store is pretty up there on the Irony meter.

SJ, I'm with you, any trees I've ever had were in pots, planted after the holiday. Call me a humbug, but nowadays I usually just decorate the largest house plant I have, and am quite happy with that.

However, when I get a moment I will post a pic of the dogwood tree that's in my house, that just so happens to have ornaments, decoration, lights and mementoes hanging from it. I found it down in the woods during the holidays last year, stripped the dead leaves and brought it in. I saw no reason to take it down as it's so beautiful and striking, especially with uplighting. Floor to ceiling with lots of branches. I hang different stuff on the tree depending on the season and my mood.

**Landlocked** · 12-05-2005, 03:14 PM

In college I had a big, old battery jar with some big crazy sticks in it that I'd decorate every year.

**CastlesOfSand** · 12-05-2005, 07:01 PM

I FINALLY finished the main tree today!!! The other trees will be a cinch, they are small and I don't have to do too much to them (just the lights and a little supervision), my kids will decorate them. I have a really small one I put in the office since I'm in here on the computer all the time (Sowalin)! Now, I think...................... I better start shopping!!!