This is the main tree that is in my familyroom (the presents will go under this tree). Lots of green, gold and white going on. I have had this tree since I was seven years old when my mom and I lived alone. Mom gave it to me when Marc and I went overseas to live, so its the only tree our kids have ever had until a few years ago. Some of the original balls are on the tree this year.
Marc brought this tree a while ago. I think it reminded him of the tree his mom had. From the time we first dated she always had a big white tree in the livingroom. The first year we were together I remember all of the gifts under that tree that flowed out into the next room (you couldn't get in the livingroom because there were so many gifts). This is also where my hubby gets his love of gift giving ( there was even a gift under the tree for me and we had only been dating a few months!). My children loved that about their grandmother.
One year we couldn't get to our tree because it was in storage. My mom brought this little tree and over the years it has become the children's tree. It has loads of Disney ornaments (you should have seen that one coming) on it and the ornaments my mom use to give the kids each year when they were small. Its also the tree we used to put our Christmas Eve gifts under (each year we would allow them to open one gift on Christmas Eve. We have talked about starting that back up now that everyone is grown up).There is a fourth tree but that thing (which is huge) takes forever to put together. One of my friends gave it to me when she brought a new tree (probably because she got tired of putting that other tree together ....lol). I will tackle that one next year.
I just realized I have never actually brought my own tree, they all have been gifts! So what are your Christmas tree traditions (if any)?
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I like the way you described the background of each tree. I've always wanted a white tree!
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