We finally got the tree up last night! Now that the Black Friday/Cyber Monday madness a thing of the past, we figured it was finally time. The kids and I put it up while we listened to French Christmas songs! We had a blast! As I was trying to get a picture of the minions next to the tree, it dawned on me; Our artificial Christmas tree is ten years old this year!
Happy…Artificial Christmas Tree Day?
When I was a child, I didn’t get to celebrate Christmas. You know, with the tree, the Christmas songs, the presents and the family visiting from out of town. I remember wanting that so bad. I told myself that when I have a family of my own, we’re going to do it all! So every year, we take the tree out and decorate it as a family. This year I got to decorate it with both my kids.
I still remember the year that we bought our tree. Demo and I had just moved in together, and we were celebrating our second Christmas as a couple. It was also the year we celebrated Christmas with his family for the first time. So many wonderful memories.
Happy birthday tree, and here’s to many many more years of memory making.
I took this picture of my son next to our 10-year-old artificial Christmas tree, and I wanted to CRY! He’s almost as tall as the tree!
Decorating a Christmas tree might not be a big deal for some, but for me, it is pure joy. And I’m thankful for every year that I get to decorate it with my family.
So tell me, do you have a real tree or an artificial one?
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This is a gorgeous tree! I love artificial trees myself, but this will be our second year in buying a real one. Artificial ones are nice because they don’t make a mess and are easy enough to store.
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What a testament to the tree’s durability! And decorating the Christmas tree with the family makes the best memories of all 🙂
We bought real trees the first couple of years we were married. We now have an artificial one. I love decorating our tree. Instead of doing a “themed” tree every year, we always put on the ornaments we made as kids and ones our kids have made. We also buy a family ornament each year to put on the tree. By the way, you have a beautiful tree!
Mine is about ten years old too. We have to add more lights to our prelit trees each year as they burn out.
I love this! We aways did a real tree, but about 6 years ago, our elderly cat started marking the tree… then we had a baby and artificial was easier. Now here we are, wanting real, but went with artificial this year again!
Your tree looks great. I am not sure how old our tree is. I know I have had it for a long time. We are putting our tree up this weekend.
Those memories are the best. I think we sometimes forget that it doesn’t have to be expensive or new.
I have only had a real tree once in my life. It was fun to get it and had a nice scent, but it was months of finding pine needles afterwards. I am going to have French Christmas songs playing when we put up our tree this weekend. How fun!
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I have an artificial christmas tree because I love putting mine up right after Halloween. I know that is early but for all the money I have spent on ornaments & Christmas decorations I want to feel like I’m getting a lot of time out of them.
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We have an artificial Christmas tree and it turns 6 this year. We really enjoy decorating the tree with all the family! When I was a kid we always had a real tree.
Christmas trees are one of our tradition too and artificial trees have become a hit over the years. Ours is almost 3-years old and I love how you have shared your memories with those beautiful pictures.
We’ve never kept a tree that long. We usually grow tired and buy another one (different size, color or feature).
Awwwww love the tree!!! Our tree will be turning 3!!! Lol…. I love that artificial trees last forever lol
That’s incredible! We have a new Christmas Tree and the old one was bought 5 years ago.