Christmas Tree Thread!

[hooverwheelaway]

Let's do a Christmas Tree thread!

Here's a picture of our tree! Just finished hanging the ornaments and positioning the color wheels
tonight. The ornaments on the tree were my grandparents' (the ornaments my mom grew up with), purchased
sometime in the early 50s at Woolworth. 2 color wheels and a rotating tree stand, too! Aaaah, nothing says
"Christmas" like the smell of freshly-cut aluminum!

Robert and I took a walk around the block to see the house from across the little water reservoir at night -- and
the living room just radiates color!

Happy Holidays, everyone!

~Fred

 

[hooverwheelaway]

Another!

I loooooove my aluminum tree!

Just ordered a tree skirt tonight. Hope it gets here, soon!

 

[toggleswitch2]

Here's mine. Found one of these, finally!

 

[whirlaway]

Nice

What beautiful colors,looks like a pic from a fifties Better Homes and Garden magazine.Have a great Weekend,Bobby

 

[panthera]

How pretty!

I remember those rotating lights! That is one classy Hoover in the background...last of the sweeps as it cleans but not beater-bars, wasn't it?

Steve, my grandmother used to fire stuff like that. You'd by the bisque, decorate it and they'd pop it in the kiln for you. Had to replace many of those plastic pieces a while back, they'd discoloured over the decades.

Thanks, both of you!

 

[turquoisedude]

The vintage-look tree in Ogden

Finally! This is our 3rd Christmas in that house and the first one that we are actually able to put up all the decorations (year one we had just moved and last year we knew we were going start ripping out the old kitchen starting between Christmas and New Years). So, this year, I went nuts. I had been unable to decide what lights to use on the tree this year, but I finally went with the old C6 ones.

 

[turquoisedude]

Dining room trees too!

I couldn't resist keeping an 'atomic' look to the dining room decorations! If only I could find a true turquoise aluminum tree... lol

 

[petek]

Geeze

I just read this thread and had to race to set up my new old vintage aluminum tree... so here it is.. I'll have to go and get some more red balls and hangers, where do those wire hangers go... grrrrr

 

[petek]

a few more balls and

something else wasn't right so I changed it

 

[veg-o-matic]

This is from a couple of years ago. I don't have my trees up yet.

veg

 

[hydralique]

petek . . .

What a lovely room, especially after you replaced the old fuddy-duddy cookoo clock with that pretty modern one. The sofa is fabulous, great style and color! I think the room would be complete if you'd sprinkle a few Life and Look magazines on the coffee table - it looks a little lonely.

 

[tlee618]

Love the tree Fred,

I have some of the very same teardrop ornaments. I love the effect of the color wheels!! Thanks for sharing. Here is a picture of mine.

Terry

 

[rayjay]

My picture will have to come much later. We do a real tree.

 

[joelippard]

Here's my Christmas Stuff!

I don't like moving a lot of things so I typically do this small tree.

 

[joelippard]

Remember this guy?

 

[joelippard]

The snow village on the Dining Room Buffet.

 

[bugsyjones]

Aluminum Tree!

We got one too!

My mom got it from her work several years ago. It was in a storage building inside of an old army trunk. It's complete and it's the first 7 foot aluminum tree i've seen! It's pretty big. It had the original box, but it was so deteriorated that I tossed it.

I think it fits in well in the front room. I found some neat 'Sputnik' ornaments at Target last year that look great on it. Of course, I have a color wheel for it too.

~Tim

 

[bugsyjones]

Regular Tree

We have a 'traditional' tree as well in the Great room. It's a 7.5 foot pre-lit slim tree. Where I put it, it barely clears the ceiling. (We have vaulted ceilings.) I had to buy a new tree this year because the old one got ruined when the basement flooded.
Instead of buying any new ornaments this year, I utilized what I already had. Target had a pretty dismal selection, and Wal-Mart didn't have anything I was interested in. I decided to use bubble lights as well. I think it adds a touch of nostalgia.

~Tim

 

[parunner58]

This is of the two trees I have in my kitchen. We put up about 20 trees, one or more in every room of the house. Six of them are between 4 and 7 feet tall.

 

[toploader55]

Oh Mike

Where on earth did you find those appliance ornaments ??? They're so cute.

Love all the trees and I totally forgot about the color wheels. Eddie

 

[countryford]

This is in our display room.

 

[countryford]

And then the real tree in the livingroom in front of the window so the neighbors can all see.

 

[bendix5]

They are all beautiful. I remember the aluminum trees. We had one with the pom poms like Bugseys. We begged our dad to buy it and back in 1960 or so $18.00 was a lot of money. My mom won out on that one being more modern. She used it for several years. Terry, your tree is fantastic as usual. It must take you days to get it up and decorated. Turquoisedude, those c 6 lights are wonderful. Bring back many fun memories. We bought a new and more real looking artifical tree this year. We have mini colored lights with 30 newer bubble lights. Everyone have a great season. Merry Christmas, Dano, Bendix5

 

[bendix5]

And, now with the lights on. Sorry it is blurry. Dano

 

[polkanut]

Steve,

Those ceramic Christmas trees are a dime a dozen at yard & estate sales here.

 

[parunner58]

The range, fridge and washer are all from Hallmrk. The other ornaments were purchased a few years ago at Macey's on 34th street in New York City. The turquise one oposite the washer is an Easy Bake Oven ornament from Hallmark.

 

[parunner58]

Here is my other Kitchen tree, Hallmark Wooden Spoon tree and Cookie Jar ornaments with the box to the Easy Bake Oven

 

[parunner58]

This is one of the big tree it is in our upstairs living room. About 800 lights.

 

[toggleswitch2]

~Those ceramic Christmas trees are a dime a dozen at yard & estate sales here.

LOL half the fun is that it is so dammned tacky! I just LOVE it! This one is from central Connecticut, yes from a tag sale. Crafting in general and ceramics classes here in NYC? Surely, you jest????

Ayway I'm very much enjoying the pictures of everyone's beautiful trees and homes.

 

[tlee618]

Everyones trees are just beautiufl. Dano, I love yours too. The bubble lights add such a fun touch. I will have to look for some of those for next year.