tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941312662522172460.post8926663424663008510..comments2009-12-10T08:42:37.491-08:00Green Beanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03133847111288382381noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941312662522172460.post-41424243555825798322009-12-10T08:42:37.491-08:002009-12-10T08:42:37.491-08:00I *love* your tree! Thanks for the fabulous idea!!Tarahttp://www.healthyschoolscampaign.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941312662522172460.post-34274710752983184232009-12-08T20:13:36.597-08:002009-12-08T20:13:36.597-08:00I&#39;m glad you found the perfect solution for you &amp; your family, but I had to put in a word in defense of real trees. <br /><br />Here in Oregon, Christmas trees are a crop, just like veggies are a crop. I can&#39;t imagine why anyone would have to spray them with pesticides since the most popular varieties around here grow like weeds (literally -- you better not let them get too big in your garden or it will take a chain saw to remove them). In our town, when you are finished with the tree, you call the local scout troop or charity of your choice, attach a bag with a couple bucks to a branch and they come and pick it up. The tree goes to a business that composts it into bark mulch, which they sell back to you next spring. For those who still don&#39;t like the &quot;disposable&quot; aspect, you can grow a Christmas tree in a pot and bring it indoors every year until it gets too big and you have to plant it in your garden. I&#39;ve never understood the preference for an artificial tree.Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08896172914500564208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941312662522172460.post-76281701395991528612009-12-08T12:48:10.755-08:002009-12-08T12:48:10.755-08:00We use my grandmother&#39;s aluminum tree, it looks just like yours, we even have the old colour wheels, but I am not certain of their safety so we don&#39;t use them. Might have to invest in the new LED version though! Love your photo too!Hippy Goodwifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14889270671148155062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941312662522172460.post-11179382445722477552009-12-08T08:47:44.717-08:002009-12-08T08:47:44.717-08:00Wow, an aluminum tree, my uncle used to have one of those with the color wheel. My &quot;natural tree cut from the forest a la Chevy Chase parents&quot; found it tacky . . . but now it&#39;s retro and green. Nice pictures.<br /><br />Our tree is a six foot metal ornament display tree, a sales fixture from a store going out of business. Re-usable and used, doesn&#39;t require watering, and displays all types of interesting ornament variations.SusanBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941312662522172460.post-50714818599339707982009-12-07T20:27:24.406-08:002009-12-07T20:27:24.406-08:00I&#39;ve actually never heard of an aluminum tree before. I&#39;ve seen silver ones and just thought they were tacky but now I have a new appreciation for what some of them might be. We have a plastic one. I made that decision as an environmentalist a few years ago and now wish I had decided differently.Melodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05859568015767404451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941312662522172460.post-74216446474638456082009-12-07T18:25:13.353-08:002009-12-07T18:25:13.353-08:00Love love love the photo. Like, GB, I think you guys rock the aluminum Christmas tree, but I suspect you have to be wicked cool like your family to pull it off. ;)ruchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17043512641324366469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941312662522172460.post-20759137864820314712009-12-07T16:51:32.479-08:002009-12-07T16:51:32.479-08:00The photo is awesome! Who says greeenies don&#39;t have a sense of humor or lack in fun department?Condo Blueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13731962631056727458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941312662522172460.post-60442627242009268502009-12-07T16:50:26.740-08:002009-12-07T16:50:26.740-08:00OMG, we had a rotating light when I was a kid! We got it as a handmedown from my grandmother, who had the most tacky taste ever. My mother hated it; we kids thought it was great.Daisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11647906900944224234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941312662522172460.post-70698065634016442502009-12-07T15:16:21.824-08:002009-12-07T15:16:21.824-08:00@ The Raven That is exactly why we took it! We do something weird every year. Last year it was cousin Eddie and Catherine with the kids (from National Lampoon&#39;s Christmas Vacation) standing outside the RV. <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4O5ePAq4nVU/SVLOHoxjOGI/AAAAAAAAAy8/epMnRpUFTjc/s1600-h/christmas+card2+2008.jpeg" rel="nofollow">2008 Christmas Card</a><br /><br />This year we have a black and white version of the 50s photo that will be inserted into an old television screen on the outside of the card and then the color one on the inside. I&#39;m still working out the rest of the details.greeen sheeephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05207338457089423790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941312662522172460.post-32946364873858235312009-12-07T14:39:48.743-08:002009-12-07T14:39:48.743-08:00The photograph is wonderful! I do hope you use it for Christmas cards.The Ravenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09543197858284977937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941312662522172460.post-6764537443069185222009-12-07T13:38:29.708-08:002009-12-07T13:38:29.708-08:00Awesome! You would totally own one of those. I alas could never pull it off.Green Beanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03133847111288382381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941312662522172460.post-85131390576806434112009-12-07T11:38:01.220-08:002009-12-07T11:38:01.220-08:00Ack - my grandparents had one of these with the color wheel and all. Love it. And love the photo too!!!Kelliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17781471734145665351noreply@blogger.com