[Magdalen] Christmas Trees

[Charles Wohlers]

My sister-in-law & her husband (who is from Germany) had lit candles on 
their tree - at least when their kids were small. Dunno if they still do it.

Just got back from getting our Christmas tree - a big (~20') balsam fir 
which was growing in back of the greenhouse and was starting to shade the 
garden. I cut it down, and then cut off the top 9 feet or so, which I'll 
use. Now the task is to clear a space indoors for it. <g>

It's definitely an advantage to live where balsam firs grow wild in such 
profusion - we have many well over 50' tall, plus lots of smaller ones too. 
Why pay for a live tree when there are so many growing right outside your 
door?

Definitely a white Christmas here, with at least 8" on the ground right now.

Chad Wohlers
Woodbury, VT USA
chadwohl at satucket.com


-----Original Message----- 
From: Scott Knitter
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2016 1:11 PM
To: Magdalen at herberthouse.org
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Christmas Trees

I think we've always been horrified at their real candles on a dead tree.

On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 12:07 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen
<magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>
> The Germans living in the buildings near our military housing in
> Frankfurt/M, Germany were amazed at two aspects of USA
> Christmas decorating customs.  (1) We favored electric lights for  indoor
> trees and decorations (as opposed to real candles) , and (2) We
> favored colored lights for outdoor decorations, and not the blue  lights
> the Germans favored for their outdoor decorations.




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Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA