wow, what a gorgeous display; it shows you are really into it with the details and all.
Congrats on your weightloss! I know it can be difficult.
sorry for the loss of your beloved Gretchen. Love the name Miss Zelda!
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wow, what a gorgeous display; it shows you are really into it with the details and all.
Congrats on your weightloss! I know it can be difficult.
sorry for the loss of your beloved Gretchen. Love the name Miss Zelda!
Looking forward to seeing your progress as you decorate this year, Papa! :) Your railroad is so beautiful, and has become somewhat of a Christmas Tradition for us all, I think!
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I think you're right! at least for me. Papa Christmas' and Crazy Mike's; I look forward to both of them now, each year.
Congratulations on your weight loss. I always look forward to your Christmas decorations.
Oh, I can hardly wait for the photos!Quote:
Originally Posted by Papa_Christmas
Thanks to everyone for your kind comments.
I was beginning to wonder if I would ever get started this year.
I was getting kind of depressed about the daunting task ahead of me when a very dear friend reminded me that I am Papa Christmas so I unfurled my cape and dusted off the PC emblazoned across my chest and dove head first into the task at hand.
The Study
This tree is my oldest tree about 8 or 9 years old I think and after i unfolded and shaped the first section I plugged it in and poof all the lights fried no blown fuse every single light was black inside so off to Lowe's I went to get a replacement.They still make the same tree a GE"Just Cut" 7.5 foot Frasier Fir now it only has 900 lights instead of the 1250 mine had.It is also one of a new line of trees with Easy Shape Technology the claim is you don't have to shape it and it sets up in minutes.
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Well it only took about 15 minutes to get this far and it looked pretty good.
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I love the realistic look of the branches on these Just Cut line of trees.
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This tree is about 90 % Hallmark Keepsake Ornaments.
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Here are pics of the rest of the study it's almost done but I can't finnish until my Thanksgiving guests leave because we are using the hide a bed.
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Oh Papa Christmas - I'm happy that you've finally started!!!
Sorry about your tree, but the new one is LOVLEY! I've had real trees that look less full than that! :)
I love all your trees, but this one is definitly near the top of my list - it's so well put together - and all the other touches around the room look great too! :) Can't wait to see the rest of the decorations as you put them up!
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Looking beautiful as always Papa..
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