when was the last time you had a christmas tree at home?

Well said heavens. Although 'everyone' is different, to me the beauty of a tree, reflects the memories of all of those who are no longer with us. It causes me to remember happy childhood days, and my parents. It also gives 'us' joy to hang the special ornament my (late) husband made, and to pause for a moment in memory of him, as per my response here.

Wow thats nice of your husband heavenschild, he is such a thoughtful man. Thank you for sharing and have a nice day!

Thanks so much for Best Response! Hope you had a wonderful Christmas and Holiday season also! ~Heavens~

I knew a lovely lady who saved a beautiful Christmas card with a picture of a tree. She framed it and put it up on her TV every year. She said that was all the Christmas tree she needed.

Yes, i have accepted his passing but its mother's call coz she is the one in charge at home. Thank you for sharing and have a nice day!

Our cat likes to chew on the branches of the artificial tree, and to sleep underneath it. She too enjoys the tree each year. On Christmas Eve, we take her upstairs with us, and close the bedroom door, so she won't get at the gifts underneath it. Merry Christmas to you and yours.

hello somonesmom, that a cute cat, i guess she likes the feel of a tree inside the home and to her its a superb place to sleep and laze around. Thank you for sharing and have a nice day!

Well, you can alwasy use alternative things in replacement of your olde chrustmas tree. Thank you for sharing and have a nice day!

Its also nice to have a live christmas ree, when I wa younger mother would use the pobreng kahoy as christmas tree also she just adds lights and some colorful decorations. Thank you for sharing jing and have a nice day!

Im sorry about your dad, maybe sooner or lateryour mother will get over the pain, its will take time but your prayers will help her move on and find it worth celebratng christmas coz its the birth of our saviou Jesus Christ.

i dont think that she will get over it. some people are born like that. as of now my mom is half bodied paralyze and i dont think we can see changes from her that she wants to get well. i just wish she gets well and accept that there is more to life than grieving . its been 19 or 20 years already since my dad left my mom but she is still in mourn.

Hello there friends. Thtas interesting I have not seen one like that and would love to see one sooner or later. Thank you for sharing and have a nice day!

Wow! a christmas forest? i haven't seen one in real life, must be very nice to see one c",)

I dont know even where this christmas tree started and what it means, i have to seach for the history of the christms tree and start from there. Thank you for sharing and have a nice day!

Thank you for the reminder my friend. I have realized that theres no way but to think that these season a child was born, a child born to save mankind and thats the best gift we could think about or even imagine. sometimes christmas is just about the world and the commercialized notion of all the gifts and stuff, christmas is about our sinful nature and washed by the blood of God. I thank God for the family He gave me and theres enough reason to celebrate and create wonderful memeories Thank you for sharing and have a nice day!

oh sorry! about the question...lol i forgot, we had a tree last year and this year we just have christmas lights in the house and other christmas decors except for the tree. c",)

Thats good enws, hope you enjoy decorating. Have a nice day and thank you for sharing.

Thats nice, im trying to get over but no use of forcing myself doing things that would not be that easy. Thank you for sharing and have a nice day!

You are lucky to get those there. Here in the Philippines it is hard to get something for free. It's just like looking for a needle in a haystack. Since what happened to the economy everything is down this days. I can't get anything free here.

I picked a lot of my ornaments up after Christmas at the after Christmas sales or on Ebay (got tons of icicle lights there cheap with free shipping because I bought 5 boxes and they were only like $2 each). I picked up a couple every year and now we have enough for a tree, even though we don't put one up yet. It's still early enough to get some and get them before Christmas. I notice a lot of stores are doing 50% off sales before Christmas now, as well as higher %-off sales after. I see that you aren't from the US but are there not places there to help with the holdays? There are places here that will give you a few gifts per child and also food baskets so you'll have the stuff needed to make a nice dinner on Christmas and they also do it for Thanksgiving. Sometimes you have to hunt for these places, but a lot of times churches offer them (like the Salvation Army) or independent organizations like Toys for Tots (the Marine Corps) and such. Lots of the stores around here have trees where a child's likes and sizes are placed on a tree and someone that doesn't have kids to buy for, or has a little extra money, will shop for the child. The name of the child isn't given, just a number which only the store handling the tree knows who it is, so it's private. Walmart has one this year and KMart usually does. Lots of the bigger stores offer this. It might be to late this year, but you could look into it for next year if it is. Just call the stores and see if they offer something like this and how you get on the list. It's usually by income based on the size of your family. With 5 kids, unless you make a lot of money, I don't know why you wouldn't qualify for some help from someone.