do you put up a Christmas tree...

yep on both counts, tree and lights.

Our mountain bike club does an AWESOME Christmas lights ride throughout one or two of the more lavishly decorated suburbs.  One year I went, we were moving faster than the folks in cars.  It comes complete with eggnog and cocoa before the ride.   A few even decorate their bikes (and themselves) with festive lights it's a lot of fun.

oh yeah.  We planned a vacation over the holidays but can't.  Tried spring break 07 but it's not till freakin' April.  I've seen packed snow a few times, the last time I was about 9 and it was a foot in Biloxi, Mississippi.   I've seen it on mountaintops, but never had a real snow experience.  It is definitely in our plans......   anyone got a cabin to rent?

I would do  a tree if we were going to be around.    maybe.   but Derreck likes to do the lights outside - we even won a prize one year.... 

I have done a pointsetta tower as a single person....   and lights.   I had a biannual holiday party so I would do it up every other year...

I try to plan my vacation time for this time of year so I can visit places that are cold.  New England states to see the leaves change, places like Canada and Colorado to enjoy the snow and go skiing, and NYC for the shopping and Christmas stuff.  I am single, and admit putting up a tree is a lot of work, but its so worth it for me.  My brother helps me to go and get it, so I share that adventure with his family.  Then I love to play Christmas music while decorating the tree.  I may invite a few close friends and make an evening of it.  I just love all this stuff!

I don't to a Christmas tree either.

It's not that I don't want to, it's just that it takes too much time. Plus, I've got to store all the stuff year after year and move with it (and not lose it) whenever I need to move. Like someone else said earlier in the thread, Christmas is everywhere this time of year, including hanging from my towns light posts, so why should I decorate my house when I'm just going to have to take it down eventually?

No pumpkins for Halloween. Didn't hand out candy, either.

pigfinn - 2006-11-24 9:05 PM

smokeater1833 - 2006-11-24 8:59 PM Christmas without a tree is like Halloween without pumpkins.

I am getting old... because I don't do pumpkins either!!

No wonder you're single.  (just kidding of course)

No Christmas tree, no pumpkins?  Where's your spirit?

I'm married with kids and we haven't done a tree in three years!  That's because we go to my mom's in Massachusetts every year for at least 10 days and I hate the idea of coming home to a dead tree with needles all over the house.  I do decorate with everything else though.  My mom goes crazywith a buge tree so they get one there.

That said, this year we are doing a tree because for some reason I'm just in the mood!!

We didn't last year, because we spent Christmas in Colorado skiing at Keystone.

I put ours up this past Tuesday (it's artificial).  We still need to decorate it though.

Bragger!

We do the artificial tree thing too....

We spent last year in Aspen.....     but I would never do an artificial tree - just can't do it,

It's just the two of us, but we put up a tree every year.  I wouldn't do Christmas without one.

I've wanted to take a trip to Colorado my whole life.  Photos are in my album.  My wife learned to ski, and I took lessons to get better.  We'd be there again this year, but are visiting family across the country in Washington State.  I sure hope it snows ...