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Vanity: How to decorate around a Christmas tree with very large base holder?
Jewish person with no experience here ^ | 12/08/16 | Newbie

Posted on 12/08/2016 8:25:01 PM PST by Yaelle

Ok, we are surprising someone tomorrow with a Christmas tree. We are Jewish so pretty clueless as to how this works. Got a beautiful tree about 6 feet, best watering stand we could find, even got millions of little lights all up around it (thanks, YouTube!). But it needs something around the base. Thought I could just grab a tree skirt, but this tree has an enormous stand, diameter maybe 2.5 feet. The skirts only have a small hole for the trunk.

What can we put under the tree that would fit? So many Christians here who put up trees every year, I know someone will have an idea. Should we get Christmas blankets and bunch them around the base? Or would that look sloppy? Please do not suggest lifting the whole thing up to put a regular skirt under it, because that is not happening before tomorrow. The base is full of water.

Thanks for helping our surprise with this finishing touch!


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KEYWORDS: base; christmas; skirt; tree
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To: Yaelle
Just remember to take out the tree BACKWARDS so dry needles don't fly all over the place.....you'll be picking them up thru JULY!!

Christmas is a WONDERFUL time of year and Hannukah falls perfectly in the season....HAVE a BLESSED Holiday!!

81 posted on 12/09/2016 1:18:50 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Yaelle

We use either a white sheet or a festive tablecloth bunched around the bottom.


82 posted on 12/09/2016 2:05:24 AM PST by siamesecats (God closes one door, and opens another, to protect us.)
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
A white sheet around the base!

Decorate the sheet with Christmas colors:)


83 posted on 12/09/2016 3:44:01 AM PST by USS Alaska (Exterminate the terrorist savages, everywhere.)
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To: Yaelle

Doesn’t need to be a custom made skirt - some pieces of felt or other material will do fine - we even used to get some of the fake snow material with gold trim 0 not sure what they sell these days as we’re down to small artificial these days with no kids/grand kids around.


84 posted on 12/09/2016 4:08:35 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: Yaelle

I was at Michael’s yesterday and yes.. they have red felt. From my experience, some of the tree “skirts” are small. I use a larger one that I found at Home Goods. It isn’t a typical “tree skirt” but a pretty small blanket (mine looks like velvet but I have seen others in cream/ivory/green/red etc and some of the fabrics looks like satin. I guess with decorating you have to think “out of the box” (it is what every designer tv show does!). To be honest, once a tree is decorated... few people even glance at the bottom of the tree. (((Hugs))) Mom


85 posted on 12/09/2016 4:38:51 AM PST by momtothree
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To: Yaelle

One more suggestion, Yaelle. My friend uses a “snow” blanket. She found it at Michaels as well. It looks like soft cotton and is usually sold in a large bag (some even has a bit of glitter to look like ice). It is somewhat fluffy and can be pushed/pulled to fit. She got the idea from her Aunt who uses the stuff to make a “Christmas Village (the little houses/trees/etc). She uses it as the snow base for the houses.


86 posted on 12/09/2016 4:42:25 AM PST by momtothree
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To: Yaelle

We use a sage colored flat sheet. It’s not as expensive as a regular tree skirt and is easily washed for the following year.


87 posted on 12/09/2016 5:34:09 AM PST by Madam Theophilus (iI)
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To: Yaelle

We have a plastic plant watering can with a very long skinny spout. Works great for adding water in tight places without making a mess.

A pine tree adds a wonderful aroma to the house, unlike any other. Might want to take a small pan of water, add some cinnamon sticks and cloves and let simmer on the back burner of the stove or in the microwave. Smells like you have been baking all day! The wonderful aromas of Christmas.


88 posted on 12/09/2016 5:46:20 AM PST by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: Yaelle
A few weeks ago I came across a 1950-60's color wheel at a garage sale.. needless to say I was ecstatic! I have fond memories as a child of Christmas.... since then i've been looking for a pom-pom aluminum Christmas tree to go with the color wheel...checked eBay and I was blown away with their prices on the tree! Ugh..guess I'll never be able to have one last memory come true...😢
89 posted on 12/09/2016 6:07:23 AM PST by RoseofTexas
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To: Yaelle

Well, I’m not a Jew, but I’m a big fan of Purim.

And we just use an old sheet. It’s inevitably gonna get tree sap on it, so don’t use anything fancy.


90 posted on 12/09/2016 6:10:04 AM PST by T-Bone Texan (Normal people do not play dominoes on pizza.)
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To: Yaelle

A couple of cheap white blankets wrapped around the base will look somewhat like snow. They are also useful after Christmas to keep warm.


91 posted on 12/09/2016 6:13:14 AM PST by Mister Da (The mark of a wise man is not what he knows, but what he knows he doesn't know!)
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To: Yaelle

Every Jewish person I know celebrates Christmas. Must be a mountain thing.

A holiday....for a Jew....and Gentiles bring him gold....My friend David


92 posted on 12/09/2016 6:16:16 AM PST by AppyPappy (If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
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To: nopardons
Either I'm older than you are or you never watched your parents.you never set up a Christmas trees. Okay, okay, there is another possibility....your Christmas tree looks like a mess before Dec. 25th ever comes and you spend Christmas day vacuuming up a massive amount of needles. LOL

So you don't know why you put a penny and some sugar in the stand other than someone else does it...Why didn't you just say that instead of getting all snarky about it...

93 posted on 12/09/2016 7:14:34 AM PST by Iscool
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To: All

I want to give you all a huge thanks for all these suggestions!! I love the cotton snow idea (only snow we will ever see here) but today I am going to put a white sheet around for the surprise because we have one.

Merry Christmas and Chhappy Chhanukah to all!!


94 posted on 12/09/2016 10:00:17 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: Iscool
I know far MORE than YOU ever shall and you aren't "cool" at all.

I didn't used to know ( I do now ) WHY flat gingerale calms a queasy stomach, why tea and dry toast helps that too , why chicken soup is good for a cold, that "beef tea" ( beef broth ) is good for sick people, and a whole horde of other of fashioned remedy for things and people. I just know that ALL of that stuff WORKS!

So take your snark and shove it!

95 posted on 12/09/2016 1:04:06 PM PST by nopardons
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To: nopardons
I didn't used to know ( I do now ) WHY flat gingerale calms a queasy stomach, why tea and dry toast helps that too , why chicken soup is good for a cold

Ok, why does flat ginger ale calm a queasy stomach??? Seems to me that while you're waiting for your ginger ale to go flat, your queasy stomach would have already errupted...

96 posted on 12/09/2016 10:32:32 PM PST by Iscool
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To: Iscool
Go bother someone who gives a damn!

I can explain that ( and it doesn't take all THAT long for gingerale to go flat ), but shan't. Go do your own scut work.

97 posted on 12/09/2016 10:42:07 PM PST by nopardons
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To: Yaelle
of course....a simple white sheet...Christians frequently place nativity scenes under the tree, as I do and it looks like snow....

without the creche, some might just get a large red tablecloth underneath.

98 posted on 12/09/2016 10:56:22 PM PST by cherry
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To: Yaelle
From my own personal experience, go with the white sheet.

I used a red felt tree skirt one year. When I watered the tree, some of the felt got wet. I didn't notice until we took the tree down.....my carpet had a big pink spot on it!

Last time I used red! LOL (Luckily, the carpet was very light and I could carefull bleach the spot. Over time, the sun bleached out the remaining stain)

99 posted on 12/09/2016 11:02:44 PM PST by CAluvdubya (<---has now left CA for NV, where God/guns have not been outlawed! She's done and he's won!)
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To: Yaelle

We just wrap a white sheet around the tree (snow). Place an animated village/park/skating rink/ballroom/merry go round, and then encircle the entire area with an oval train track.


100 posted on 12/10/2016 4:16:31 AM PST by Stand Watch Listen (ELITE IMMUNITY: how the puppetmasters / puppets continue to function)
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