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From: carman
Date: 12-05-2003, 07:57 PM (1 of 13)
well i saw the "when" do we put up the tree, but how about "how much" did that tree cost i know my parents would shudder if they new how much i paid for my real tree today. in fact we never do tell them , we just change the subject very quickly every year
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User: carman
Member since: 04-17-2000 Total posts: 692 
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 12-05-2003, 08:37 PM (2 of 13)
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Last year I bought a real tree over the internet, because I live in FL and the trees here are NOT what I grew up with. So I ordered a blue spruce from a farm in MI. It got here in GREAT condition, smelled wonderful and really lasted quite awhile before the needles started falling. I paid $59, tree and shipping...sounds like a lot, but I really didn't think it was. (tree was 5' tall) This year it's a pre-lit fake....$59....tree and shipping....1/2 of the lights don't work and the company is supposedly sending me another. (4'6" tall) so this years tree is costing me time AND money.... Chrys
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User: Chrysantha
Member since: 09-06-2002 Total posts: 2414 
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From: carman
Date: 12-05-2003, 09:55 PM (3 of 13)
what gets me is i live where there are christmas trees all around me, yet i can't cut them. growing up my mom and dad always got a live one, with the root ball and all, and after christmas they would plant it in the yard. when they moved some 13 years later, the farm had trees all over that where from christmas's past, the biggest one and first one was in the front yard. ahh the memories now i have a live one that i pay way too much for and then throw out in the first week in the new year, go figure, lol.
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User: carman
Member since: 04-17-2000 Total posts: 692
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From: Sherri
Date: 12-06-2003, 11:03 AM (4 of 13)
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When you want to get a live tree here it costs between 80 and 90 dollars. There are trees all around us to but they are spindly little northern pines. Not very good Christmas trees. So we bought a nice artificial that we can use again and again. I like the idea of getting one with a root ball and planting it in the yard. Sherri My website
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User: Sherri
Member since: 02-07-2001 Total posts: 357 |
From: lovemyfabric
Date: 12-06-2003, 08:23 PM (5 of 13)
| We always get our tree in the woods for free. They're not as full as bought trees, but when it is decorated it looks nice. It costs about $25 to buy a tree here. |
User: lovemyfabric
Member since: 06-06-2003 Total posts: 126 
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From: carman
Date: 12-06-2003, 11:59 PM (6 of 13)
wow our 25 dollar ones here a charlie brown trees superstore and save on foods have them for 30 dollars, mine was double, plus, that  oh i hope my mom isn't reading this lol
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User: carman
Member since: 04-17-2000 Total posts: 692
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From: MaryW
Date: 12-07-2003, 05:47 PM (7 of 13)
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I'm gonna tellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll.
MaryW
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User: MaryW
Member since: 06-23-2005 Total posts: 2542 
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From: Yannick
Date: 12-07-2003, 05:50 PM (8 of 13)
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5 feet tall and really full 20$ . Very happy with it,I will try to shiw it if I can find time 
Yannick
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User: Yannick
Member since: 10-30-2002 Total posts: 49 |
From: carman
Date: 12-07-2003, 06:21 PM (9 of 13)
 lol
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User: carman
Member since: 04-17-2000 Total posts: 692
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From: sewingrandma
Date: 12-07-2003, 08:47 PM (10 of 13)
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We haven't bought a live tree in years. I try not to look at the prices, but the lowest I have seen is $40 and that is for fairly small one. As a kid my family cut and sold trees for spare money at Christmas. We charged 75 cents for anything over 6 feet, and 50 cents for those under. Am I telling my age? We had to find the trees, then worked hard cutting and dragging them to the road to sell. Most times there was snow on the ground. We had so much fun doing it as many snowball fights erupted, snow forts got built and snow angels made. What memories I have.
Brockie
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User: sewingrandma
Member since: 03-06-2003 Total posts: 432 |
From: Marrigan
Date: 12-08-2003, 02:13 PM (11 of 13)
| The live trees here are about $10 for a regular size, you'll pay $20 if you want a really tall one. We live in the country and many have their own small tree farm and sell them in the front yard. We have an artificial, I break out from the real ones. |
User: Marrigan
Member since: 01-27-2003 Total posts: 10 |
From: Magot
Date: 12-16-2003, 06:45 AM (12 of 13)
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Local farmer sells them at £1 per foot and cuts them to order - so fresh! But I have a fakey, I get fed up of still kneeling on the needles in June. I wonder which is more environmentally friendly? - probably the real one as they are renewed annually and recycled to produce garden mulch.
love and kisses, Jan
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User: Magot
Member since: 12-22-2002 Total posts: 3626 
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From: MaryW
Date: 12-17-2003, 06:46 PM (13 of 13)
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Ours was $30.00 and it is 12 feet tall. Nice and full. We just got it tonite, so I will decorate tomorrow. One of my favorite jobs. MaryW
owner/editor of Sew Whats New |
User: MaryW
Member since: 06-23-2005 Total posts: 2542
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