tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post6552103295610734262..comments2024-03-27T05:30:07.368-04:00Comments on The More, The Messier: Turns Out, Black Friday Is FunSuburban Correspondenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11488916572135296650noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-30230686638667769332018-11-29T22:36:31.618-05:002018-11-29T22:36:31.618-05:00PS: I forgot to take pictures, too!PS: I forgot to take pictures, too!Karen (formerly kcinnova)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08965093440928340819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-81152059735924217242018-11-29T22:36:13.741-05:002018-11-29T22:36:13.741-05:00Real trees, fake trees... in my experience they bo...Real trees, fake trees... in my experience they both drop needles! Dh bought us a new fake tree in the after Christmas sales 11 months ago, but we still have to attach the lights. I have strong memories of my father struggling with getting all the strings of lights to work before he was ready to put them onto the tree (while the cat played with every single one) and since that memory is one of those big ones, we struggle with lights every single year. Karen (formerly kcinnova)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08965093440928340819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-55492568315112562982018-11-26T23:58:09.839-05:002018-11-26T23:58:09.839-05:00My kids are the opposite. For some reason they thi...My kids are the opposite. For some reason they think we need a real tree. Scott even tried to throw away my fake one. Everyone complains about it but once it's covered in ornaments I think it looks just fine!Julie Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14827476441219850741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-66839157832787262372018-11-26T20:56:10.231-05:002018-11-26T20:56:10.231-05:00I used to have a real tree as that was what I grew...I used to have a real tree as that was what I grew up with...usually the most Charlie Brown tree we could find as I couldn't afford the really good trees. Then came the pre-lit fake trees on sale at Michaels for less than a real one. Sold! Except one year I didn't check the lights properly, ended up removing them and restringing the tree only to realize the original lights were working! *head-desk* <br /><br />This is the last year for this fake tree (I think it is the second one in 15 years or so) as it will be going to the trash or perhaps to Value Village (it's still better looking than than the two I saw there last week!). <br /><br />Sounds like a great Thanksgiving Day, with a turkey coma after lunch. :)Maebemehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09706540456819503068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-84932850385546267142018-11-26T20:12:57.276-05:002018-11-26T20:12:57.276-05:00Congratulate yourself for not taking too many pict...Congratulate yourself for not taking too many pictures. It's better to have the experience than to chronicle the experience of others.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-91097584936849912632018-11-26T18:57:23.264-05:002018-11-26T18:57:23.264-05:00I am with Larry 100%. I love the smell of the fre...I am with Larry 100%. I love the smell of the fresh tree and the fun of finding the right tree at the lot. For years we cut one down, which was new for Coach and I. A tradition we started and have since abandoned. It is hard enough to gather the gang to go choose a tree, never-mind drive out to Timbuktu and cut one down. Mini cannot believe that Coach has gone along with the real tree ordeal forever seeing as he wants to go fake. I just keep telling her to hush. <br /><br />I am not a black Friday shopper, but that is mainly because weekend after Thanksgiving is Midwest dancing championships. I am either traveling (like this year) or busy getting anxious if it is local. I would prefer to wait in long lines for stuff I don't need, but alas - I am the mother of an all-in Irish dancer. Erniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14976227572609917624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-12527529729455656872018-11-26T18:06:08.393-05:002018-11-26T18:06:08.393-05:00I grew up with a fake tree, so I was fine with. T...I grew up with a fake tree, so I was fine with. The Husband was like Larry, so we had real trees for years. Until one year an ice storm hit and ruined all the trees in the local lots, so we bought a fake tree that we used for years until the lights on it died and it was looking ratty. After three more years with real trees, The Husband - fed up with wrestling with the lights, the needles and watering it - suggested a fake tree last year. We will never go back now.<br /><br />As for Black Friday - yeah, you can score some deals...particularly if you find that sweet spot in between the early birds and the afternoon shoppers and avoid the lines.<br /><br />Gigihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05467164195744234746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-42005606096091591742018-11-26T11:25:20.158-05:002018-11-26T11:25:20.158-05:00The lights. It's the lights that won me over t...The lights. It's the lights that won me over to the fake tree side. Having those lights already on the tree with no effort from me every year was a game changer.Amarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16851705755045197778noreply@blogger.com