[Magdalen] Christmas Trees

[Susan Hagen]

I LOVE the smell of balsam fir!
Susan

On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 2:19 PM, Charles Wohlers
<charles.wohlers at verizon.net> wrote:
> 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
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> -----Original Message----- From: Scott Knitter
> Sent: Friday, December 23, 2016 1:11 PM
> To: Magdalen at herberthouse.org
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Christmas Trees
>
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> 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:
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>> 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



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