Christmas trees! SHOW US YOUR RIG

metalangel · **Posted:** Tue Dec 13, 2011 15:12

It's raining and thunder and lightning outside. Earlier it was a hailstorm! That was fun to be out in. Plus, Mrs Meaty and I are both feeling ill which is putting our trip to visit my parents tomorrow in jeopardy.

So, to try and cheer me up, let's see your Christmas trees (or Menorahs or Kwanzaa candles or whathaveyou) and festive stuff.

Here's ours:

And here's one from a few years ago with 'us' standing in front of it:

Dimrill · **Posted:** Tue Dec 13, 2011 15:48

Haven't put ours up yet. I think the Wiff has scheduled it for this weekend, I bell hive.

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16642

Pretty much standard, completely un-modded, but it'll still cope with even the latest decorations with ease.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26118

Double post

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26118

Hmm, try again...

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26118

Mimistletoe and Wine wrote:

Double post

(me, I mean)

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26118

Oh, what AM I doing? Confusing forum is confusing.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Tue Dec 13, 2011 16:23

markg wrote:

Pretty much standard, completely un-modded, but it'll still cope with even the latest decorations with ease.

Nice two tone split there. Dual boot?

metalangel · **Posted:** Tue Dec 13, 2011 16:24

I like markg's layering, and Mimi's FROSTY BLUE!

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11902

Don't know why it is so small - the picture, not the tree, that is.

markh · **Joined:** 13th Oct, 2008 **Posts:** 903

I think my wife must have flashed the BIOS or something as i ran a speedtest and the lights literally come on as soon as you press the switch.

Includes bonus picture of rear half of cat:

Decca · **Joined:** 23rd Jun, 2010 **Posts:** 2282

Ill post mine later when the girl is done with hers, am slightly confused as it looks like markg and I have exactly the the same living room. Same carpet, same window and same blinds.

Last year I split the tree into three and dumped the lot in the back of the wardrobe, this year it was just a case of taking it all downstairs and unbending everything.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Tue Dec 13, 2011 17:52

Will have to post ours when I put our star up....

TheVision · **Posted:** Tue Dec 13, 2011 18:20

I’ve put as much effort into my tree as I do a day at work. Luckily the wife has an artistic touch.

I’ll try and get a picture later.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49246

We're never at home on Christmas day, so our house is entirely free of Christmas paraphanalia. The wife has an advent calender, that's it.

Malc · **Posted:** Tue Dec 13, 2011 18:36

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Front living room

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Back Living room

Malc

Malc · **Posted:** Tue Dec 13, 2011 18:42

Oh, and it appears I have the same blinds as markh!

Malc

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11902

Craster wrote:

We're never at home on Christmas day, so our house is entirely free of Christmas paraphanalia. The wife has an advent calender, that's it.

Hello Mr Scrooge!

myp · **Posted:** Tue Dec 13, 2011 19:06

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flis · **Joined:** 26th May, 2008 **Posts:** 3333

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I *think* it's in this box :shrug:

Also: too many wires in your tree photos! Gah! *strangles Myp with fairylight wires*

devilman · **Posted:** Tue Dec 13, 2011 19:13

Bobbyaro wrote:

Craster wrote:

We're never at home on Christmas day, so our house is entirely free of Christmas paraphanalia. The wife has an advent calender, that's it.

Hello Mr Scrooge!

I'm worse than Craster. I'm usually home all over Christmas and I don't put any decorations up at all. I don't even own Christmas Nights on the Saturn any more.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49246

Bobbyaro wrote:

Craster wrote:

We're never at home on Christmas day, so our house is entirely free of Christmas paraphanalia. The wife has an advent calender, that's it.

Hello Mr Scrooge!

You misunderstand. I've nothing against it, I'm just astonishingly lazy.

Kern · **Posted:** Tue Dec 13, 2011 19:38

Call me a sentimental old softie, but one of my favourite parts of Christmas is early on Christmas morning when all the presents are under the tree, waiting to be unwrapped.

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11902

I just like having a christmas tree up, i am not normally home on Christmas Day, or if I am it is for about an hour before driving to parents', but having one up on the run up is nice, plus they smell nice.

TheVision · **Posted:** Tue Dec 13, 2011 19:43

Angelman wrote:

I don't even own Christmas Nights on the Saturn any more.

You mean you had it, and sold it?

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49246

Kern wrote:

Call me a sentimental old softie, but one of my favourite parts of Christmas is early on Christmas morning when all the presents are under the tree, waiting to be unwrapped.

Well that's my point. Being the childless couple in the family, Christmas day is always at someone else's house.

devilman · **Posted:** Tue Dec 13, 2011 19:55

TheVision wrote:

Angelman wrote:

I don't even own Christmas Nights on the Saturn any more.

You mean you had it, and sold it?

Several times over. Maybe I should load up Animal Crossing at Christmas instead.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49246

Bobbyaro wrote:

I just like having a christmas tree up, i am not normally home on Christmas Day, or if I am it is for about an hour before driving to parents', but having one up on the run up is nice, plus they smell nice.

Bobby confirmed for girl.

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Dec 13, 2011 20:49

When did real trees get so fucking expensive?

metalangel · **Posted:** Tue Dec 13, 2011 20:54

Likewise, what's up with artificial ones? Mine cost £20, a virtually identical one (same height and everything) was £70!

Also, I was initially going to buy mine from AS'DA's but when I got to the checkout the cashier pointed out it was black. Not racist or anything but I don't want a black tree, I want a green one. She said already that day someone had returned a tree after opening it and realizing it was black and not green.

They'd sold out of green ones!

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11902

Black Christmas trees? Also, £70??? The most expensive in my local Homebase was £35, and that was for a 5-6ft Needlelast tree.

kalmar · **Posted:** Tue Dec 13, 2011 21:15

Grim... wrote:

When did real trees get so fucking expensive?

Don't people just wander out behind the farm and cut one down?

Zardoz · **Posted:** Tue Dec 13, 2011 21:55

My rig this year has external storage running across the mantle piece.

sdg · **Posted:** Tue Dec 13, 2011 22:30

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Our living room and a close up of the tree. Zardoz I love all your cuddly Santa's

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Dec 13, 2011 22:47

Treeinnabag. All of that for £8. Rest of stuff is in the Shire. It'll do.

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Dec 13, 2011 23:21

Bobbyaro wrote:

Black Christmas trees? Also, £70??? The most expensive in my local Homebase was £35, and that was for a 5-6ft Needlelast tree.

You local Homebase is different to my local Homebase, then. Also, I'm fairly sure they stick the Needlelast needles on with snake oil.

Anyway, my tree!

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metalangel · **Posted:** Tue Dec 13, 2011 23:33

Gilly wrote:

Our living room and a close up of the tree. Zardoz I love all your cuddly Santa's

He doesn't have a fucking GIRAFFE!

Very cozy looking room... Xmas tree, fire, giraffe, whisky.

Zardoz wrote:

My rig this year has external storage running across the mantle piece.

What light-transmission speed have you got?

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26118

Grim...'s tree looks like Grim...

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11902

Grim... wrote:

Bobbyaro wrote:

Black Christmas trees? Also, £70??? The most expensive in my local Homebase was £35, and that was for a 5-6ft Needlelast tree.

You local Homebase is different to my local Homebase, then. Also, I'm fairly sure they stick the Needlelast needles on with snake oil.

Anyway, my tree!

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I like the fuzzy look, like it was taken through a frosty window on a cold winter morn by a street urchin bemoaning his lot before running off to pick pockets and tell people the day and the price of turkeys.

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Dec 13, 2011 23:47

Mimistletoe and Wine wrote:

Grim...'s tree looks like Grim...

If I were 8 feet tall and had a skinny neck, then maybe.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26118

Gilly's tree is pretty. Zardoz's is likely too, and a similar shape to my tree. I wasn't sure of the slim shape of the tree at first, but the choice wasn't exactly extensive and the traditional shape tree was a really unrealistic green (so it makes total sense to get a white tree, right?) so ended up with the narrow tree, but I kind of love it now, plus it doesn't take up too much room.

@Flis: visible wires on trees really bug me, too! Lights first, hide wires, then decorate

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26118

Grim... wrote:

Mimistletoe and Wine wrote:

Grim...'s tree looks like Grim...

If I were 8 feet tall and had a skinny neck, then maybe.

Yes...

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26118

Goodness, I LOVE Christmas trees. This thread needs more pictures, please!

ApplePieOfDestiny · **Joined:** 17th Dec, 2008 **Posts:** 8293

Mimistletoe and Wine wrote:

Grim...'s tree looks like Grim lying down...

Feexed.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38669

I have taken a nice picture with the SLR, but I couldn't be arsed transferring it over last night, so this abstract camera phone shot will have to tide you over.

FESTIVE RADIO!

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26118

Davpaz's tree looks like it is emerging from the dry-ice filled hatch of a UFO in a poorly produced sci-fi series from the 70s. I love it!

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38669

Mimistletoe and Wine wrote:

Davpaz's tree looks like it is emerging from the dry-ice filled hatch of a UFO in a poorly produced sci-fi series from the 70s. I love it!

Ta. 'Yule' love that radio link too

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26118

I don't have Internet at the moment

adface: so can't listen to it.

myp · **Posted:** Wed Dec 14, 2011 9:54

DavPaz wrote:

Mimistletoe and Wine wrote:

Davpaz's tree looks like it is emerging from the dry-ice filled hatch of a UFO in a poorly produced sci-fi series from the 70s. I love it!

Ta. 'Yule' love that radio link too

I lasted one and a half songs before turning it off.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38669

Simpson's Christmas Episode anyone?

Be Excellent To Each Other

Christmas trees! SHOW US YOUR RIG
I added flashing LEDs to mine!

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Be Excellent To Each Other

Christmas trees! SHOW US YOUR RIG I added flashing LEDs to mine!

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Christmas trees! SHOW US YOUR RIG
I added flashing LEDs to mine!