O Christmas Tree

[eee1313]

Also known as "complete insanity." Some of you might know that I put up my Christmas tree this weekend. (I'm not sure if I mentioned it, and I'm too lazy to read through past posts.) Anyway, my sister thought she'd send me pictures of our parents' Chirstmas tree so that we could share the insanity that is my mother's ornament collection. My mom has over 1500 of those hand-blown glass ornaments. Don't believe me? Click here. Or, if you really want to see the ornaments in their full glory, you can click here for a huge photo of the tree. (Also, my dog Riley is at the bottom looking like a big ball of hair.) Hooray for Christmas! Wheeee!

Also, Pirates of the Caribbean comes out on DVD today. I'm heading to Circuit City after work to return the CD burner I bought and pick up this movie, The Two Towers: Extended Edition, and the new Rufus Wainwright CD. Wheeee! Merry Christmas to me!

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[fox1013.livejournal.com]

*gapes in wonder*

I totally just had a Christmasgasm at that.

*hugs you*

[eee1313.livejournal.com]

Hee! I've made that into my desktop wallpaper at work. Hey, if I don't want to be here, the least I can do is look at a fabulously overdone Christmas tree, you know?

[reginaspina.livejournal.com]

Wow! That is ... something else again. (Although, personally I'm amazed the dog hasn't broken the ornaments yet - he's a Springer Spaniel, though, right? So no tail whacking at the bottom of the tree - which is why I can't put any fragile ornaments below the height of a German Shepherd ;)) Riley's adorable, by the way ...

[eee1313.livejournal.com]

Oh, trust me, the animals have been well trained to stay. away. from. the. TREE! It's surprising how much damage Riley can do, even without a tail. He's got big floppy ears, so that's sometimes quite problematic. Plus, there was that one time we didn't realize he needed to go out, and he lifted his leg on the tree, which Mom stopped right quick. But it made me howl with laughter. Poor dog.

And thanks for thinking he's a cutie. He's my fuzzy buddy, but he desperately needs a haircut.

[reginaspina.livejournal.com]

Plus, there was that one time we didn't realize he needed to go out, and he lifted his leg on the tree, which Mom stopped right quick. But it made me howl with laughter. Poor dog.

HEEE! See, weirdly, Dog knows that trees inside are not *real* trees and has never been confused by that in the least. Of course, he won't even pee on our side of the *street* so he's very fussy about the whole thing.

[sunbrae.livejournal.com]

Wow. I'm amazed. That is so cool. One day, when I'm Monkey free, I could have a beautiful tree like that. :)

[eee1313.livejournal.com]

Just wait till they're older. You don't have to be Monkey-free. My mom has been doing this for years and years and years. Just wait till they're old enough to understand the concept of "fragile," and you're good to go. Half of my Christmas memories are sitting around unwrapping box after box of ornaments, getting all surprised at which one is under all the layers of tissue paper.

No one quite understands my mom's obsession besides me, so I have a feeling I'll be getting a good lot of these ornaments someday. And frankly, I'm quite pleased at that idea. :)

[sunbrae.livejournal.com]

So true. If I start now, I'll have quite the collection in a few years. Eee! After C'mas sales better watch out. ;)

[adjrun.livejournal.com]

Hey, I get the Christmas obsession! We have too many ornaments to fit on a standard 6-7 foot tree. So what do we do this year? Go out and buy another 90 bucks worth of ornaments.

Not to mention that I had friends and coworkers on the lookout for satin thread wrapped Christmas balls. Because I don't WANT the plain glass ones. I want the ones like my mom gave me from her tree, that are thirty years old and starting to look fuzzy and icky. Thank goodness for Target! They had them! Whee!

I only have about two of those painted Radko-y ornaments on my tree, though, which tends towards the eclectic. But you know I have a glow-in-the-dark Devil Duck ornament, right? Hee!

[bigboobedcanuck.livejournal.com]

But where's the crazy X-mas village? Hee.

I love the holidays, but your mom takes it to a new level, yo. Rock on with her bad self.

[eee1313.livejournal.com]

I'd have to scan those pictures. It took three back-to-back shots to photograph the length of the village. Thankfully, with my Christmas houses at my place, her village will be substantially smaller this year.

[disbelief11.livejournal.com]

My mother-in-law's tree might have a few more ornaments than your Mom's tree. MIL has to stuff them deep in the branches to get all the ones she wants on the tree...and not all of her ornaments fit on the tree. Though your Mom has totally got her beat on the quality of the ornaments; MIL's collection is a mish-mosh of lots of different styles and types.

I have to mention the fake snow that MIL insists upon scattering throughout the house. Every year we vacuum up as much of it as we can but it seems to multiply exponentially!

Isn't Christmas funny?

[eee1313.livejournal.com]

Heh. We don't have any fake snow, but I totally feel your pain on the stuffing-the-ornaments-into-the-branches bit. On average, each branch of the tree has at least three ornaments on it. Also? There's a second, skinnier tree off to another corner of the living room. CRAZINESS! But I'm glad to hear my mom isn't the only one who takes Christmas to the nth degree.

[dionneshea.livejournal.com]

Wow. Yeah, just wow. I'm in awe of that tree. And I'll admit, just a little bit scared.

That's impressive.

[eee1313.livejournal.com]

People either think it's awe-inspiring, or the scariest thing they've ever seen. I had a friend once say our tree wasn't good because none of the ornaments had any sentimental value. Of course, every one he pointed at to prove his point had a story behind it, so we completely proved him wrong. Thank heavens he didn't point to the three-for-a-dollar ornaments we hide around back. ;)

[nmissi.livejournal.com]

that tree is just awesome. Can your mom adopt me? I come already well trained and bring two gorgeous grandchildren.

You should see my tree. I'm like the paper version of your mother. I collect victorian lithograph paper ornaments- diecuts, and the like. Antique and reproductions, both. I buy more every year, every where I find them.. bookstores, antique shops, ebay...I figure, as long as I can still see green, I still have room, no?

Except that this year, I actually had a friend tell me she couldn't see enough green on my tree. :)

[eee1313.livejournal.com]

Oh, screw that! Christmas trees are not about the green. It's all. about. the ornaments. Seriously. More ornaments!

Last night I was at my mom's, and she commented on the fact that I already have my tree up. I told her that I had enough ornaments and didn't need more right now, and it seriously looked like I had offended her. Hee!

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I think I just deleted my half way done post...

EEP, the tree looks great. I have my little table top tree up and it looks nice enough for a three foot tree. I inherited my grandmother's gold ornaments, which is all I have up there, so its nice because it matches. This is a far cry from the WORLD'S WORST X-MAS TREE DISTASTER (X-mas 2000). When my roommates and I downstate pieced together our first tree. The tree was 6 foot tall, had three or four branches, the stump was in two pieces held together by a broom stick (broom still in tact), the broom was attached the tree stump with bright silver duct tape and a big hair butterfly clip. We had one string of lights, 12 ornaments (about an inch tall each) and at the top of the tree we had a string of stars piled on top of it. Charlie Brown's pathetic Christmas tree had nothing on us!