tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806671613875975371.post851403562209425879..comments2024-03-27T05:18:44.187-04:00Comments on pORTcITYdAILYpHOTO: Lighted TreeBirdmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16634185585147630883noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806671613875975371.post-11851428222617858612011-12-18T22:45:03.382-05:002011-12-18T22:45:03.382-05:00perfect! makes me almost want to run out and get a...perfect! makes me almost want to run out and get a tree too. and to smell it... :)CaThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15448120621150624576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806671613875975371.post-2802637754455793162011-12-18T11:52:19.292-05:002011-12-18T11:52:19.292-05:00Peace to you, Birdman. It's a lovely picture y...Peace to you, Birdman. It's a lovely picture you paint.Dinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03461925401870320466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806671613875975371.post-53824380267391897402011-12-18T06:38:22.634-05:002011-12-18T06:38:22.634-05:00Peace and love to you too (and I'm too young f...Peace and love to you too (and I'm too young for it to mean something hippyesque). <br /><br />My tree is blue today.cieldequimperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04541298876304462514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806671613875975371.post-12399208035546962002011-12-18T06:20:12.572-05:002011-12-18T06:20:12.572-05:00and the same to you, dear birdman.and the same to you, dear birdman.brattcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10382428477056833533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806671613875975371.post-11725252757295487062011-12-18T01:09:20.804-05:002011-12-18T01:09:20.804-05:00We have a real a live tree. Small enough to transp...We have a real a live tree. Small enough to transport it so that we can plant it somewhere when Christmas is over. Love that wonderful Pine smell.Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14324315351283229508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806671613875975371.post-6296269323976817322011-12-17T22:03:25.487-05:002011-12-17T22:03:25.487-05:00I can't remember the last time we had a Christ...I can't remember the last time we had a Christmas tree - we're too overloaded by our frenetic lives and too unsentimental. My father and I had a parallel tradition to yours. It would get to the 22nd or 23rd and we still didn't have a tree. My mother would start to lose it. On the 23rd or sometimes Christmas Eve my father and I would drive from Queens to the questionably legal tree lots under the elevated portion of the West Side Highway (the part that later collapsed). Shady-looking guys would huddle around 55 gallon drums of burning scrap wood, hustling deals. My father was quite a negotiator and we'd always come come with - the perfect tree. Christmas was saved, and not by Jimmy Stewart.Bob Crowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276510331824603844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806671613875975371.post-50357335019864967052011-12-17T21:36:43.467-05:002011-12-17T21:36:43.467-05:00We always put up a real tree, purchased from a loc...We always put up a real tree, purchased from a local nursery. Personally, I would buy a nice artificial tree with lights already strung, but the rest of the family won't hear of it. They like the tradition. I don't like the mess, and it doesn't seem that many decades of putting dead trees in landfills is especially sustainable.<br /><br />The part I DO love is putting all of those old ornaments on the tree, and remembering where we got each one.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03323811980627840654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806671613875975371.post-87541297457520825742011-12-17T18:39:21.586-05:002011-12-17T18:39:21.586-05:00Ah... the softly snowing outside and a real tree, ...Ah... the softly snowing outside and a real tree, what could be better??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806671613875975371.post-51288273346644467692011-12-17T18:16:15.419-05:002011-12-17T18:16:15.419-05:00I love the Smell when I walk in the house.I love the Smell when I walk in the house.Memphis MOJOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12653631347560307425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806671613875975371.post-19192159088689792692011-12-17T15:22:31.937-05:002011-12-17T15:22:31.937-05:00What a nice, Christmasy scene you've set for u...What a nice, Christmasy scene you've set for us . . .merci, Birdman.Sharon Creechhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01297551991159941966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806671613875975371.post-43788009961680475802011-12-17T13:02:05.855-05:002011-12-17T13:02:05.855-05:00A glass of wine would make it perfect!A glass of wine would make it perfect!RedPathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06980471119229896414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806671613875975371.post-87606113460722836702011-12-17T10:26:22.130-05:002011-12-17T10:26:22.130-05:00I just put mine up last night and you are so right...I just put mine up last night and you are so right, once you start looking at it, all the little stresses seem to melt away. I love to play Christmas music while I'm decorating the tree. It just seems like the right thing to do.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07645915869786296771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806671613875975371.post-46159768128831288062011-12-17T10:11:21.062-05:002011-12-17T10:11:21.062-05:00sweet. :)sweet. :)TexWisGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13641962051044162710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806671613875975371.post-61697809989110477492011-12-17T09:58:44.057-05:002011-12-17T09:58:44.057-05:00I love Christmas trees also. They are special. Ala...I love Christmas trees also. They are special. Alas, I'm allergic to real ones so use artificial. No matter, still magical.Yogi♪♪♪https://www.blogger.com/profile/00411274031147372579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806671613875975371.post-72864049914776221862011-12-17T09:57:22.803-05:002011-12-17T09:57:22.803-05:00Beautiful post. I love the smell of real Christmas...Beautiful post. I love the smell of real Christmas trees...wish we had them here :)Kaorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06495830655043821533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806671613875975371.post-22575202535799580312011-12-17T09:49:57.128-05:002011-12-17T09:49:57.128-05:00I never get tired of seeing Christmas trees! That&...I never get tired of seeing Christmas trees! That's a nice fat one!Leif Hagenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268045909244159357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806671613875975371.post-36828336682344042132011-12-17T08:21:40.972-05:002011-12-17T08:21:40.972-05:00A family tradition, of course! Your final image c...A family tradition, of course! Your final image conveys a feeling of peace and contentment.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09223040482420514208noreply@blogger.com