Is it my imagination, or is there a fashion for spraying Christmas trees white? I notice that the one outside 10 Downing Street is sugared with fake snow. And during a trip to France last week, all the municipal Christmas trees I saw were completely white. This is a shame in my opinion; a green and aromatic Christmas Tree was very much the tradition started (allegedly) by Prince Albert...and definitely part of my childhood. In Norway, where genuine snow falls on fir trees, it sits atop the branches and from beneath there is plenty of green to be seen.
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Another trait from America?Don’t cry for me
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Seems so; and (with or without the spray snow) blue lightsOriginally posted by ardcarp View Post
Equally regrettable imho... I suppose they go better with the fake white spray to make a totally tacky ensemble. But a green tree decorated with nothing but blue lights looks just - wrong.
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Those LED lights are much more environmentally responsible, though.Originally posted by Caliban View Post...blue lights Equally regrettable imho... Comment
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Oh I agree, but they needn't be blue!Originally posted by jean View Post
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Whenever my German girlfriend came over at Christmas time, she would comment on the "tackiness" of our taste over here for multicioloured light decorations.
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That's how we do it over here in good old Blighty!!Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View PostWhenever my German girlfriend came over at Christmas time, she would comment on the "tackiness" of our taste over here for multicioloured light decorations.Don’t cry for me
I go where music was born
J S Bach 1685-1750Comment
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Neither do your posts actually (I've never dared say that before!)Originally posted by Caliban View PostOh I agree, but they needn't be blue!Comment
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I have a lovely six foot green tree delivered by a man with a van that has a bicycle on its roof. My decorations are in many colours and people are surprised by its artistry. I think it works because I imagine how Jackson Pollock would decorate his tree. It has none of the order I try to apply to words and is full of shapes suggesting some capacity for movement.Comment
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Yet tackiness and tastelessness, taken to excess, can become almost magnificent! A small semi in a village near us is so totally covered with flashing fairies, arc-lit angels, scintillating Santas and rubicund reindeer, that I'm sure a passing Martian (maybe lacking our aesthetic sensibilities) would consider it a work of art.Trust 'good old blighty' to make the tackiness of Christmas even more tacky.Comment
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She should be thankful we didn't also adopt the German habit of displaying bejewelled skeletons in our churches - just imagine the Bling!Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View PostWhenever my German girlfriend came over at Christmas time, she would comment on the "tackiness" of our taste over here for multicioloured light decorations.[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]Comment
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"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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