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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Monday, December 11, 2006 - 5:25 am
That sounds perfect Maris!! I am doing it on my own right now and it's frustrating. I am going to get to Lowes and look for it. Thank you!!!! 
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Monday, December 11, 2006 - 5:47 am
I used an over the door wreath hanger this year. It's the best!
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Monday, December 11, 2006 - 6:19 am
I got my tree stand at sears many many years ago but I am pretty sure it is widely available. I hang fake garlands but I use these picture hanging nails I get at bed Bath and beyond because they go in pretty cleanly and then at the end of the season I take the nails out and just paint over the holes which are very small. I use floral wire to wire the garland to the nails. these are the nails:

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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Monday, December 11, 2006 - 6:40 am
Fabsnab, that pic of your cat is definitely christmas card material. I dont know who was more excited whe we got our tree, the cat or the dog, its our cat's favorite toy. The cat knocks the balls down and then the dog plays with them.
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Mamapors
Member
07-29-2004
| Monday, December 11, 2006 - 6:46 am
I have the same tree stand as Maris and I put my tree up alone, and it is just awesome. I could not do it without that stand!!! I got mine last year at Orchard Supply Hardware.
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Monday, December 11, 2006 - 7:16 am
What a cool tree stand! Here is a link to another one that looks good, too: Ultimate Tree Stand
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Monday, December 11, 2006 - 7:35 am
Here's another one that uses the same idea of a clamp (rather than screw-type) system: Omega Tree Stand
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Monday, December 11, 2006 - 8:36 am
You girls are a wealth of Holiday information ... thank you!! I pass an OSH on the way home, I'll stop and check for a new, improved, one-person stand.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, December 11, 2006 - 10:16 am
Hanukkah starts on Friday. Are any of our Jewish members reading in here that'd like to share their decorations, traditions and plans for the holiday? I'd be interested in hearing about it (shoulda renamed this thread the holiday thread so we could all share.) What got me thinking about this was an article I read this morning on MSNBC. A rabbi asked Seattle Tacoma International Airport to add a mennorah to their holiday display (9 Christmas trees) and rather than doing that the airport took down all the trees. Makes me sad at this time of year that they couldn't add decorations from other holidays that are occuring this month. When I worked at the retirement home the owner was Jewish and we had several Jewish residents. The retirement home was always decorated for both Christmas and Hanukkuh. One lounge was done in Christmas decs with a mennorah on the piano, the other lounge done for Hannukuh with a small tree on a table. The rest of the buildings hallways and public rooms were done for both. LOL, one of my favoritest days of the year working was the Monday following Thanksgiving. No one did any work, we'd set off after the residents were done with breakfast, and decorate their room doors for whatever holiday they celebrated. During Hannukuh, our Jewish residents gathered to light the candles on the mennorah, a lot of our non Jewish residents would come down to celebrate with them. When the Christian school across the street sent over kids to put on the nativity play or sing Christmas Carols, our non Jewish residents joined. It never took from one holiday to celebrate the other, in fact, we often heard from family members and residents how stunning the building looked and how much they enjoyed all the holiday celebrations. I went to my sisters this morning and my youngest niece was excitedly showing me the tree she helped pick out yesterday and decorated. Sis has had most her decorations out since after Thanksgiving but since they buy a live tree that always goes up about this time of the month. She was telling me that last night, my oldest niece asked her daddy to pick her up so she could put the Christmas fairy on top of the tree. I was cracking up. Oldest niece knows what angels are and what they mean, not to mention the fact that sis collects them and has about a hundred sitting around her house, but she said niece insisted on calling it a fairy all day yesterday and this morning.
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Monday, December 11, 2006 - 11:22 am
I thought this was cute; I got it in an email just now, and figured I'd share the laugh.

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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Monday, December 11, 2006 - 11:45 am
War, I had two thoughts on the Seattle airport story. First, the rabbi didn't just make a simple request. He was threatening to sue if his demand (let's face it, it was much more than a request) wasn't complied with. Second, if the airport had complied with his demand, they would then be setting themselves up for other groups to make their demands. In the end, it was easier and cheaper to just take it all down. Before, I sent this post, I read another story which confirms what I was thinking. Right now, the airport is trying to move people through during its busiest time of the year so instead of spending taxpayer money and hours trying to resolve the issue one way or the other and then having to worry about other cultures wanting recognition, they just took the trees down. The rabbi is even more upset now.
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Monday, December 11, 2006 - 12:17 pm
ITA, Native_texan. The only thing they could do was remove everything. IMO the rabbi approached the situation in a confrontational manner by hiring the attorney before talking to the airport officials. Instead of making a request, he made a threat. “They’ve darkened the hall instead of turning the lights up,” said Bogomilsky’s lawyer, Harvey Grad. “There is a concern here that the Jewish community will be portrayed as the Grinch.” Uh, they are in this case.
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Monday, December 11, 2006 - 12:29 pm
I was thinking what does a Christmas Tree have to do with the birth of Jesus so I started goggling and found some interesting facts. The consensus seems to be that we used to worship oak trees in the "old" religion and the Church changed us to fir trees. http://www.nwanews.com/hometown/03taylorcol.html Question: How did the idea for Christmas trees originate? Answer: The Roman practice of decorating temples with greenery and candles during the celebration of Saturnalia ( a week of revelry when they observed the birthday of the sun, which began on the winter solstice, December 19, when the days in the northern hemisphere start getting longer), the Druids worship of mistletoe and the Saxons use of holly and ivy in religious ceremonies were all practices that eventually worked their way into the observance of Christmas after Christianity spread through the Roman Empire. However, legend has it that in the 7th century a monk from Crediton, Devonshire, went to Germany to teach as a missionary and used the triangular shape of the Fir Tree to describe the Holy Trinity of God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The converted people began to revere the Fir tree as God's Tree, as they had previously revered the oak. By the 12th century it was being hung, upside-down, from ceilings at Christmastime in Central Europe, as a symbol of Christianity. The first decorated tree was at Riga in Latvia, in 1510. In the early 16th century, Martin Luther is said to have decorated a small Christmas Tree with candles, to show his children how the stars twinkled through the dark night. He is said to have used Isaiah 60:13 as biblical authority for doing so.
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Monday, December 11, 2006 - 12:35 pm
I've only purchased three gifts. Humbug.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, December 11, 2006 - 12:44 pm
Here's my thing....if they can take the time to put up 9 Christmas trees throughout the airport, why can't they take the time to put up a menorrah and decs from other religions? It just strikes me as a "I don't like the game you're playing so I'm taking my ball and going home" attitude. Rather than putting up a menorrah, take down the trees.
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Monday, December 11, 2006 - 12:53 pm
War, the impression I got was their business is all about travel right now and that next year the issue would be addressed further.
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Monday, December 11, 2006 - 1:09 pm
That's what I got too, Native_texan. Too much of an issue to deal with right now due to holiday travel and they are going to address it in January to decide for next year. ITA if they can put up 9 trees (overkill) they can put up other stuff but then where do they draw the line on how many religions to represent? Who is paying for all the decor. Do we think the taxpayers should pay for it? I don't. The religions who want to be represented maybe should bring in the stuff. I have no problems with them putting up the decor of any religion. The part I had a problem with was that he got an attorney for the issue before he even talked to anyone; therefore, he went in with guns blazing. I applaud the airport officials for not being bullied and they probably didn't like the game or the way the rabbi was playing the game (attorney). I know I wouldn't. Possibly the best solution is to not put up anything and let each airline company do their own thing.
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Darrellh
Member
07-21-2004
| Monday, December 11, 2006 - 1:22 pm

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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Monday, December 11, 2006 - 1:36 pm
Trim A Tree For Christmas LINK
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Monday, December 11, 2006 - 6:44 pm
http://badaboo.free.fr/merryxmas.swf
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, December 11, 2006 - 8:55 pm
I have no idea which airport y'all are talking about, but I'd say let representatives of any religion (and yeah they there would be that discussion.. what qualifies as a religion) come in and decorate in an area. As my magnetic bumper sticker says

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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, December 11, 2006 - 8:57 pm
I went to Berkeley in the sixties and we had hanukka decorations along with Christmas in the dorms back then.. and if Kwanzaa had been started back then I'm sure it would have been included. And International House included everything..
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Monday, December 11, 2006 - 9:03 pm
Sea, it's the Seattle Tacoma International Airport. You went to Berkley in the 60's? I bet you can tell some great stories.
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Monday, December 11, 2006 - 9:07 pm
Chiliwilli, I LOVE the Santa and reindeer video! Thank you!!
 
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, December 11, 2006 - 9:12 pm
I will say there was a wide variety of people.. from the John Birch Society to the Black Panthers, from the Greeks to the great unwashed masses.. Guys in white shirts with pocket protectors and briefcases and the famous evangelist couple who met all and sundry at the South side entry with a huge sign that blasted us as "Whoremongers and fornicators!" as they yelled into their megaphones.. LOL And most of us were just busy being students. But it was a beautiful campus and I loved it there. Tons of bookstores too And Swenson's ice cream!
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