Some of you may recall that we are abroad every December, so this is the only way my daughter gets to help put the tree up.
Last year I managed to leave to up until February 10th and February 13th the year before that. How long can I manage this year? I’ll be holding the annual sweepstake, lol.
Here’s a pic: -
https://imgur.com/a/55UPQYB
February 1st unless you're out of the country then I say March 1st.
shareTime to start thinking of a date.
shareThis has become an annual MC tradition, 'Guess When Andy Takes Down The Tree.'
Also, the SaveTheSeason poster is likely going to yell at you lol;)
As far as SaveTheSeason is concerned, we fly out December 1st and return January 3rd - what can we do?
shareAndyKing1967 seems like a nice guy. I wouldn't "yell" at him.
My disgust is directed towards the major retailers, the advertising industry and the media in general... anyone who puts greed, commercialism and materialism first.
I feel sorry for people who don't get to experience a traditional Christmas. The holidays are one of the few things left in this world to enjoy. Make the most of it all.
I remember helping the servants with the decorations, kind of like so
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFJSMK4H0dI&t=900s
Pics?
shareThere you go: -
https://imgur.com/a/55UPQYB
Fascinating. Absolutely fascinating.
shareUntil we had a child, we just didn’t bother with decorations at all - we were never here, so there was no point.
shareIs that a fake or real tree? I'm guessing a fake.
share100% fake.
shareFake is the way to go. Real gets messy.
shareI have a fake tree in the casual Living Room, a real one we cut down at a tree farm every year in the Formal Living Room and an obnoxious flashing monstrosity for the back deck.
Real trees are VERY messy, I find I’m still sweeping up stray needles by late Spring.
Artificial all the way👍
For the length of time I leave ours up, can you imagine what it would look like if it was real, lol.
shareVery pretty!
What's the black rectangle thing on the wall?
It’s a radiator.
sharePretty elegant looking for a radiator :)
shareHe's lying, it's the monolith from 2001.
share😁
https://www.deviantart.com/alexaldridge/art/2001-Space-Odyssey-Monolith-Coca-Cola-Meme-GIF-911173978
That's not in the movie. The film had a Sprite machine.
shareWe decided that our radiators should be nice to look at, as well as functional. The ones we have in our house are mostly from Italy and Germany.
shareMeanwhile, back here in the US,
https://i.chzbgr.com/full/5246846976/hE1BCAD22/doesnt-that-go-on-the-inside
😳
shareSeriously, this looks exactly like my dream home. I love the dark walls, the carpet and the wooden cabinet. Can I move in?
shareI want to hire his housekeeper. That carpet looks like it hasn't even been walked on. The cabinet is immaculate.
shareThe perks of never being home.
shareWe have a ‘shoes off’ policy. The carpet is 5 years old and was replaced (as everything was) following the house fire.
Our cleaners come once a week for 2 hours; one is from Romania, the other from Poland.
The cabinet is from Harrods (it survived the fire), which we bought about 15 years ago.
I forgot about the fire.
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/07/polish-maids-on-tv-gossip-girl-sopranos-sex-and-the-city
We limit each room in the house to three colours.
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Hands up if you’re more interested in Andy’s radiator! 🙋
shareWell done, King family! It looks like Christmas around here today - we got a couple of inches of snow overnight. My tree will go up in a week or so. I'm in the process of painting my living room right now, so I'm not quite ready to haul it out.
shareSnow is a rarity in ‘Sunny’ Bournemouth.
We only put the tree up for the sake of our daughter.
Good luck with the decorating.
By the way, my sons are ready for their Manchester trip tomorrow. I mentioned to them (although they already knew) that they'd need an adaptor to charge their phones in UK. (It's a mom thing.)
I'd rather mention something they may already know, than not say anything and find out their phones died. I'm expecting to see some photos when they return.