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Christmas Decorations

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TessTackle · 19/09/2013 15:11

Sorry to start so early; where does everyone get their Christmas tree decorations from? Also what 'theme', if any, do you have?

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spottymoo · 19/09/2013 15:50

Local garden centre and dobbies all have nice ones I tend to get a few new ones each year to add to my collection.

Theme wise my main tree is glass with gold and green baubles.

The hall way is done in red and green with Nordic style decorations which I got from wilkos.

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TessTackle · 19/09/2013 16:02

Sounds lovely spotty

I'm doing all new decs this year. Thinking red white and gold; think all American Christmas with popcorn garlands, the lot!

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Marne · 19/09/2013 16:22

We buy a couple new ones each year, last year we did red and white ( white tree, red white dec's ) and the year before we did traditional red and green, I have quite a lot of decorations which we have collected over the years so we can do different themes so we don't have the same every year. Most of my dec's come from the garden centre and a few from supermarkets and b&q.

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TessTackle · 19/09/2013 16:29

Thanks Marne white tree sounds beautiful! I have a fake "traditional" tree. Have previously done bronze and purple, bronze and silver and now with DD being nearly 3 I want to go more
Traditional this year.

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spottymoo · 19/09/2013 16:50

My dd and dss have their own little trees in their room we got them when they were both 5&6 (now 11&12) we started off with just a box of colourful decorations for them both to decorate their trees and then every year we take them to buy a new decoration for their trees so when they leave home they'll have a selection of decorations to take with them Grin

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TessTackle · 19/09/2013 16:51

That's a lovely idea!!

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BeaLola · 20/09/2013 00:57

Glass icicles and glass stars with purple are our main colours .....witha few old ones from my childhood added on. Hoping to do two trees this year so it all looks very very festive

StupidFlanders · 20/09/2013 01:59

The dcs have their own mini tree which we buy a new decoration (each) for that matches their latest obsession(toy story/super heroes/ tv characters etc). We usually find these at the supermarket or hallmark range!

I've bought most of my "good ones" online. Google bethany lowe.

Pintrest will give you ideas (I have a christmas board inspired by mumsnet if you're interested- it's under stupid Flanders)

kiwik · 20/09/2013 03:10

Mine is green, red, white and silver. Plus whatever tat the DSs make at school/nursery.
I have lots of candy canes, popcorn garlands etc on the tree to replace all my beautiful glass icicles that were there pre-DCs.

Oldraver · 20/09/2013 09:51

I dont have a theme as such but do tend to stick to red green and gold. I have collected decorations over 30 years so dont go with the changing colour/themes. There is the odd different coloured ones and a few DS has made.. I buy from anywhere I see stuff I like, some are 99p cheapies others a tad more.

DS has a tree a friend bought him and has a loose Disney theme. I try and by him a new decoration each year...the fist few years he had cuddly toys now for his tree of some other decoration ie snow globe

BeckyBrandon · 20/09/2013 11:23

Local garden center normally but last year we got ours from homebase and it was lovely.

We take it in turns to pick a theme, DP did silver and blue, Last year DD did "a christmas elf just threw up in our house" theme... and this year it's my turn, so i'll be doing red and gold.

DD also has her own little tree in her room, which is a hideous fiber optic one, but she loves it

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TessTackle · 20/09/2013 12:10

Definitely going to get DD her own tree/ buy her a new decoration each year. Spoke to BFF about starting disney store decoration tradition so hopefully that holds up!

I want to steal borrow a bit of everyone's idea this year!

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chanie44 · 20/09/2013 16:43

Mine is a 'free for all' with no theme. You can barely see the tree with all the crap on it.

I get a few new decorations each year and most have memories attached to them. I love my tree.

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TessTackle · 20/09/2013 17:02

I want the tree barrel seen chanie
I defo want to build up a big collection, both sentimental and cheap bits mixed in.

You guys have made me even more excited, I'm off to buy some baubles! Smile

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dementedma · 21/09/2013 21:34

Mixture of all sorts here. My sis sends us a funky unusual tree decoration every year - from a sparkly very camp Jeremy Fisher in black sequinned tights to a Russian angel from st Petersburg. We try and buy something different each year too and bought a nice bauble in Krakow while on holiday this summer.
Our tree is.......eclectic!

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