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  • toad67
    You should ask such a question before T-day?? It's no wonder that you're no longer a moderator...[;)]
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  • montanajoe
    • Community moderator
    quote:Originally posted by forgemonkey


    Does it count if you didn't take down 'last years'. .??? [:o)]
    as long as it roots are in the ground,,
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  • montanajoe
    • Community moderator
    [:0][:0]
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  • grumpygy
    0 Just like the Lbs for my Turkey.
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  • mrmike08075
    Ours will go up this coming Friday - the girls thinks it's a significant and important event...

    Makaila did not expect to be able to celebrate this Christmas with me - she has already been widowed once - and sees it as an important milestone

    Mackenzie finally feels she is in and belongs to a family with both mother and father figures playing their correct nuclear family traditional rolls - with love and stability and warmth of embrace

    They are for their own reasons seeing this holiday season as one replete with miracles and significant markers

    I am somewhat ambivalent about my mortality but I know they need me to play the roles of partner and father figure to the hilt - I must give a command performance

    This afternoon Mackenzie called from campus and reached that she wanted to be involved in the tree selection and pick up and set up and decoration...

    She ended the conversation with "I love you dad" and I have been a wreck for hours - I try my best to support and mentor her - I took the adoption seriously. I can never have my own children and twice now the has called me dad or referred to me as her father - and I am at a loss to describe how that feels - because I do my best but am not worthy.

    I am blessed to have them - I have been a burden and cannot fathom why they still love me.mike
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  • redneckandy
    Bah Humbug!!
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  • Ditch-Runner
    its been about 10 years since we had one put up .
    wife use to go all out on all holidays but after the kids grew up and no grand kids, not so much

    I do miss seeing the kids ours nieces and nephews ( when much much younger ) opening presents on Christmas morning when Santa clause was still real to them [^]
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  • pulsarnc
    Mike , it is easy to be a parent , takes no special talent to breed . Being a ? dad ?!and being acknowledged as such by a step child or adopted child is an honor of the highest magnitude . It shows you have reached a high plateau in their eyes . I am luckily enough to be in that rank myself and I am thankful for the chance to do so God bless you and enjoy it . From what I have gleaned from your writing over the past several years sounds like you are worthy of the honor so just bow your head and accept it
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  • Old-Colts
    Ours goes up the weekend following Thanksgiving and comes down on New Years day.
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  • shilowar
    Usually we buy our on Black Friday, but this year we're going to get it on Wednesdays before since we're out of town on Black Friday. I used to buy potted/root ball trees so that I could plant them, but only two out of seven have survived...but someday those Norway Spruce will be yuge!!
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  • He Dog
    Big Sky Redneck still has the lights on the eves of the house, does that count?[}:)]
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  • mjrfd99
    Wife will decorate and put up the fake tree.
    Been adding $100 to our St Jude Christmas donation in lieu of live tree purchase Since '04
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  • select-fire
    It's been in the attic all year.
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  • Locust Fork
    I got mine up around Halloween....I forget exactly what day it went up, but I felt like doing it and saw a bit of free time.....so its DONE! YAY!
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  • montanajoe
    • Community moderator
    quote:Originally posted by Locust Fork
    I got mine up around Halloween....I forget exactly what day it went up, but I felt like doing it and saw a bit of free time.....so its DONE! YAY!
    [:D][:D][:D]
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  • Mr. Perfect
    My festivus pole will be erected on schedule.
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  • remingtonoaks
    The last Christmas tree I had up was back in 1997. my dearly departed wife passed away in August of 1998, I have not seen I need to put another one up since...
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  • Old-Colts
    quote:Originally posted by Old-Colts
    Ours goes up the weekend following Thanksgiving and comes down on New Years day.Well, the tree has been up for about 2 hours now!!!!!!! [:D]
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  • BikerBob
    About 4 hours now. Littlest one we?ve ever had, about 7.5?. Went with my daughter and her family, hauled them back on my roof rack. Was kind of nice, my grandson wanted to and did cut both!
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  • yoshmyster
    I was flipping through Khols monthly and I saw a Charlie Brown tree. Kind a want it but it's not for my people. Maybe after Christmas if they still have it [:D].
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  • austin20
    quote:Originally posted by Mr. Perfect
    My festivus pole will be erected on schedule.
    and then The Airing of Grievances
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  • He Dog
    I believe the new kitten will mean ours stays in the loft in the garage until next year. Or we could put guy wires in the floor...
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  • spasmcreek
    survived stupidity of a real tree fire hazard to many years without torching the house...soooooo....NO MORE....about the time ya got all the needles out of everything it was time to stick another one up.... wife had a fit when i brought in a charlie brown tree so we had plastic one for some years and not sure if that will fly this year or not
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  • Navybat
    Mine will go up next week...December 1st or 2nd.
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  • dbain99
    Yesterday
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  • dunbarboyz
    Cut it down black friday finished decorating today.
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  • Laredo Lefty
    About a week ago.
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  • ChrisStreett
    ...about 5 min now.
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  • allen griggs
    Haven't put it up yet, maybe in a few days.
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