Comments on: Paul Bunyan

By: Jenn

Jenn — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 18:56:38 +0000

I have 2 fake trees from last year. The thing about not owning your own place is, the only real ‘Christmas tree smell’ you can have comes from a Lysol can.

I say multicolour lights! They have a much warmer feel to them. White is used for serious style trees, so if you have a mini fake one for the bedroom or something, maybe use the white lights there.

By: joann TX

joann TX — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:13:32 +0000

back in the old days when trees were about $3-4 we always had a real one. once i moved south to TX and had my own place i just got a fake. when i was young it was the multi-colored lights.
but now i prefer white. i still have a fake tree but all my ornaments are hand made!

By: Christina

Christina — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:51:41 +0000

They usually sell trees from the grounds of the elementary school that’s on the northeast corner of 25th and Oak. I think it’s Emily Carr School. Don’t know the name of the company that sells the trees but they are there without fail every year. Might be worth calling the school to inquire as to when those trees will be on site for sale.

By: Riann

Riann — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:51:21 +0000

Multicolour! Real is better, but we have a little fake one that an old roommate bought.

By: April

April — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:46:09 +0000

Real tree all the way, although this year due to necessity, we are getting a fake one.
Multicolored lights for sure, especially if they blink..the cheesier the better I say!

By: Hannah

Hannah — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:39:05 +0000

I’m a real tree person myself. We always had multicoloured lights, but I prefer just plain white. Of course, I can’t get a real tree here in Korea. I haven’t quite decided whether to buy a tree this year. The dollar store is selling apartment sized trees very cheaply – it’d be less than $10 for a tree and all the decorations. But hmm… should I go for the 10-inch tall green tree, and decorate it myself, or buy the pink tin foil tree with white lights and silver decorations built in? Decisions, decisions!

By: gillian

gillian — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:23:01 +0000

I’m planning on putting up a tree in my apartment for the first time in nearly a decade. I hadn’t bothered since because I wasn’t in my apartment all that much and I go up to my mom’s for Christmas anyways, but since I’m working from home now I figure I should make things festive.

Whether it’s a real or fake tree may depend on the price and laziness. I can get a live tree from 3 blocks away. Fake trees often look ugly, too, so I might have to pay a lot for something decent. I’m not too worried, though.

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:25:04 +0000

When I was growing up, my parents tree always had nothing but the large “night-light bulb” style Christmas tree lights with metal clips to hold them onto the tree and every single light was BLUE. Which is why I only have multi-colored lights on my fake Christmas tree. Fake, because our 3 cats love to drink tree-water and chew on the ends of the branches so the poor tree would be dead in less than a week.

Also, fake because one year we took our tree back to where we cut it for recycling and they put the darn thing thru the chipper right in front of us! Very tramatic.

By: Jen

Jen — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:21:30 +0000

tree – definitely real. there’s no other way. for me the smell alone brings on the excitement and nostalgia of the holidays. always had a freshly cut one as a kid and bought a real live one a few years ago to bring in during the holidays – there’s no mess and it looks nice on the patio the remaining 51 weeks of the year.

lights – multicolour when i’m putting up my mish-mash of ornaments (grandma bought each kid a new ornament every year). white when i’m going for a more mature, themed approach.

By: Jean

Jean — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:27:35 +0000

White lights, lots of multicoloured decorations. Artificial tree though Husband is allergic (or so he says, I have no proof)