The selection and purchase of a Christmas tree is an annual tradition for most families. Today, selecting the perfect tree is one of the highlights of many families’ pre-holiday preparations. There are many types of trees used as Christmas trees, some of the different types are, the Douglas fir, Scotch Pine, Blue Spruce, The North Carolina Fraser Fir to The Noble Fir.

The selection of your tree will depend on a number of factors such as your budget and the size of the space you will be hosting your tree in. For a house a tree of about 6 feet is ideal, for a small size apartment or office a tree of about 4 feet is adequate. How you decorate your Christmas tree is a matter of budget and personal taste. However; the purchase of your Douglas Fir or Scotch Pine or Blue Spruce kicks off your yuletide festivities in earnest. For many people, decorating the Christmas tree is a favorite part of the holiday season. In fact, the Christmas tree is one of the most recognizable images of the season.

The person more commonly credited with bedecking the first Christmas tree is Martin Luther (1483-1546). The tradition to decorate the Christmas tree is about 500 years old. A Christmas tree is considered mature and ready for harvest when it reaches 6 to 7 feet, the most popular height desired by consumers. The more visible and less expensive cut Christmas tree is the Douglas fir. The most popular Christmas tree is Scotch pine. When a Christmas tree is cut, over half of its weight is water this should signal the necessity of getting your tree home quickly and erecting it in a suitable stand. To prevent a fire hazard later fill the stand with water even if you are not ready to decorate the tree. Remember that you will most likely be putting color lights on your tree which is a source of heat and can ignite a fire with the dried needles.

Decorating the tree (trimming the tree) is as individual as each family, further each member of the family will have their ideas of what should go to make up the look of the final trimmings. Some people like the traditional star at the top of the tree others like other things at the top just for variety. Again the body of the tree can be festooned with anything from handmade ornaments to high priced Christmas items bought in the store. Remember this is a time of celebration, joy and togetherness of friends and family. Compromise is one of the keys to keeping the mood light, festive and in the spirit of goodwill to all.

What ever you buy some time needs to be spent learning which species you prefer, The Douglas Fir, The Scotch Pine, The Blue Spruce or another kind. Obviously your final choice will be determined by your budget and the size of your hosting space. The Christmas tree is a symbol of a living Yuletide spirit and brings into our lives a pleasant aroma of the forest. Like many other Christmas traditions, the universally-popular Christmas tree is derived from a fusion of Christian ideas with the older pagan traditions. Whatever its origin the Christmas tree has added much joy and pleasure to the festive tradition over the years.

Philip McDonald
http://www.articlesbase.com/religion-articles/christmas-tree-how-to-choose-the-right-one-76406.html

I’m putting away my Halloween stuff and I’m tempted to just pull out the Christmas Decorations. Obviously it’s too early for a real tree but what about the snowmen and santas?

When do you put out your decorations?

i would love to do it now. i just wait till after thanksgiving.

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Here’s JAMES MORRISON helping Michelle McManus and Rachel Henderson creating some decorations for a Christmas tree during the episode of ” THE HOUR “, a programme broadcasted on December, 2nd 2009 on STV (Scottish TV)

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When would be the best time to put my Christmas Decorations up including my christmas tree (a fake one)

prolly the day after thanksgiving or we put ours up dec. 1, but your choice.

Is every TV viewer in Los Angeles and Southern California returning to the old-fashioned rabbit ears?
Are the old-fashioned rabbit ears the television technology of the future in LA and Southern California?
From: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-rabbit-ears25-2009dec25,0,56684…

Rabbit ears make comeback in digital TV era

Southland viewers are finding they can get nearly three times as many
channels as they once could with an antenna. And best of all, they’re
free.

By David Sarno
December 25, 2009

On a recent winter night, while neighbors strung their Baldwin Park
homes with Christmas Lights, the Lams and their three children sat in
front of a television set with rabbit ears sprouting out of the top.

Wait a second — rabbit ears? Is this 1950?

No, it’s almost 2010, and the Lams are a modern Los Angeles family
that, like many in the region, are rediscovering the convenience –
and economics — of the old-fashioned TV antenna.

In the wake of the transition to digital television, Southland viewers
are finding they can get nearly three times as many channels as they
once could with an antenna. And rather than the erratic, fuzzy
reception of yesteryear, today’s rabbit ears are capable of delivering
a surprisingly clear high-definition picture.

Best of all, it’s free, said Nancy Lam, the mother of the family.

"I’ve saved a lot of money by getting rid of cable," Lam said. "We
only had to purchase the antenna one time, and now we have it forever,
instead of paying every single month."

In these penny-pinching times, watching TV over the airwaves is
becoming an increasingly attractive option for many households,
particularly among the Los Angeles region’s minority communities.

Although the number of households with antennas in the U.S. fell
slightly in the last year, nearly 20,000 Asian American homes in the
region began using rabbit ears, and 8,000 African Americans switched
to over-the-air TV, according to the media research firm Nielsen Co.

Nearly a quarter of Latino households with televisions, or about
440,000 homes, already tune in with an antenna — the most of any
demographic group in the area.

About 11% of U.S. households — or about 13 million homes — watch
over-the-air broadcasts.

But watching TV over the airwaves has begun to appeal to a broader
audience.

"It’s the best-kept secret around here," said Mike Mahan, who recently
installed a pair of antennas in the attic of his Ladera Ranch home and
dropped his cable subscription. "I just got tired of paying for
hundreds of channels I don’t watch."

With antennas that can cost as little as a dollar, most Los Angeles
viewers can now pick up close to 70 channels, up from around 26 before
the federally mandated digital switch-over last summer. Nearly a dozen
of the digital channels are broadcast in high definition.

Having upgraded to the more sophisticated digital technology, stations
are able to slice their broadcast spectrum into a number of
subchannels, such as KNBC-TV Channel 4’s 4.1, 4.2 and 4.4.

Many of the new channels are aimed at the region’s ethnic communities,
giving rise to a growing selection of news, entertainment and
educational programming for Latino, Asian and Eastern European
viewers.

In Los Angeles, more than 30 over-the-air channels are available in
English, including stations featuring movies, dramas and children’s
programs. Major networks including ABC, CBS and NBC beam out daytime
and prime-time shows — and professional sports — in resolution with
clarity that may shock viewers expecting the hazy broadcast signals
they remember from childhood.

"Everyone who does it says the picture quality is actually better than
what you’re getting through cable," said Patricia McDonough, a senior
vice president at Nielsen.

As more viewers tune in to the newly reenergized possibilities of
broadcast television, manufacturers say they can’t make antennas fast
enough.

"Our sales are going through the roof," said Richard Schneider,
president of Antennas Direct, a St. Louis manufacturer of the devices.

Schneider said that sales had nearly tripled since the switch-over,
and that he had to add a new assembly line in his factory to meet the
demand. The company produces nearly 100,000 antennas every month,
thousands of which are sold in the Los Angeles area, he said.

Viewers are also finding they can combine broadcast television with
the growing array of movie and TV programming available online.

Mahan of Ladera Ranch dropped his subscription to Cox Cable last year
in favor of a pair of high-end antennas and an Internet connection
that lets him watch movies through Netflix and TV shows through video
websites such as Hulu .com. He even rigged up a device that can record
shows directly off the antenna.

But cable companies contend that over-the-air broadcasts are less
reliable and that the signal can be easily interrupted or weake

No…..but thanks for the info

I want to hang up some Christmas Lights in my bedroom but i don’t know what to use to put them on the wall. I don’t want holes or anything in the walls and tape doesn’t really stick that well, Do you have some other ideas?

get the putty-type stuff that you can tear off pieces to hang a poster…that should hold if you put a bit every 10 lights or so.
good luck!