No, it was compensation for finding a stone in my Dauphinoise Potatoes! Lucky for them I didn't break a tooth or I would have been expecting more than a free Xmas tree !
I had a live tree one Christmas. Kept it alive all year, brought it indoors the following Christmas, decorated it, put presents underneath, went to bed. Got up the next morning - disaster!
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I like a real tree really but its the needle drop that is the problem they smelllovely but its not easy to get a rooted tree unless its a very small growing tree.
I had a live tree one Christmas. Kept it alive all year, brought it indoors the following Christmas, decorated it, put presents underneath, went to bed. Got up the next morning - disaster!
Don't keep us in suspenders LG .......... what had happened???
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Where can I get a "my first Xmas" bauble without having to order it ?, we have a new got daughter in the family who was born on Wednesday, so don't want to visit empty handed
Well it looked absolutely fine, even close up (otherwise we wouldn't have decorated it). But it was clearly infested with a gazillion aphid eggs, which all hatched when brought into the warm house. When we got up the next morning it was COVERED and all the presents were sticky with honeydew. Had to get the tree back outside and rewrap the lot. So although I've never heard about this happening to anyone else, I've been wary of rooted Christmas trees ever since!
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Oh, Daryl, that couldn't have been very nice. Lucky, indeed, you escaped with all your teeth intact!
I had a live tree one Christmas. Kept it alive all year, brought it indoors the following Christmas, decorated it, put presents underneath, went to bed. Got up the next morning - disaster!
I like a real tree really but its the needle drop that is the problem they smelllovely but its not easy to get a rooted tree unless its a very small growing tree.
Don't keep us in suspenders LG .......... what had happened???
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Where can I get a "my first Xmas" bauble without having to order it ?, we have a new got daughter in the family who was born on Wednesday, so don't want to visit empty handed
I've seen them in garden centres at this time of year. Good luck
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Thanks Dove you've given me an idea
Well it looked absolutely fine, even close up (otherwise we wouldn't have decorated it). But it was clearly infested with a gazillion aphid eggs, which all hatched when brought into the warm house. When we got up the next morning it was COVERED and all the presents were sticky with honeydew. Had to get the tree back outside and rewrap the lot. So although I've never heard about this happening to anyone else, I've been wary of rooted Christmas trees ever since!
Oh LG!!!! How horrible!!!
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