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MojoLava t1_ivyr0mt wrote

That's kinda neat. In the small ass studio I used to rent my sister came to visit around the holidays and was very disappointed in my lack of decoration

Bought a $5 string of lights and used thumb tacks poked into the wall to create a "2D" Christmas tree looking design zig zagging the lights back and forth. Was surprisingly festive

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monkeyhind t1_ivyv3ln wrote

Yes, I live in a room where space is limited, a half tree to hang on the wall (or the back of the door) sounds pretty good!

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orangutanoz t1_ivzkusn wrote

I have a big ass house and this still seems like a good idea. We’ve always had our tree either near a wall or in a corner where there’s always dead space in back. Only problem is my wife and kids like the real trees.

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StuffinYrMuffinR t1_ivzol4l wrote

Just go in hafsies with your neighbor and cut a real tree in half /s

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Winjin t1_iw057hy wrote

I wonder if you can actually do something like that. Just need to epoxy the cut or something. Or at least remove the back branches altogether. Make wreaths out of them or something.

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TheBaddestPatsy t1_iw051x4 wrote

Last year I went with a friend to get a real tree from federal land that allows cutting for a $5 permit. We got it from a windy part of the forest edge, and about half the trees were bare on one side. That’s where I’m going to go get my tree this year. Of course an easier option is just to buy one and prune the branches off of one side

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Elelith t1_iw24c5b wrote

Atleast where I live they often times sell "Lopsided" trees cheap. We used to get those for christmas because we couldn't afford a pretty ones :3

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EwokShart t1_iw4l4sg wrote

I had to deal with that until I said “I am not cleaning up nor taking care of the tree this year”. Next Year? Boom, artificial tree with changing color lights that the kids love.

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orangutanoz t1_iw4skvf wrote

I just do the cutting and putting it up and take away. I let the kids decorate and stuff.

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dominus_aranearum t1_iw0n17i wrote

I just had my kids paint a Christmas tree on the wall a couple years ago. It's still there and will work again this Christmas.

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AccidentalDM t1_iw2aror wrote

I bought a ‘living christmas tree’ - aka an italian stone pine seedling about 1ft tall for our first christmas in this house, in ‘19.

I planted it in our front yard and now it’s almost 5’ tall. I wonder if I can convince my partner to let that be our only christmas tree. I can get a mantle piece or something to get the smell in the house, instead of arguing with trying to find a place for an actual tree in the house.

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triceraquake t1_iw0x2dc wrote

I tried to do this, but used some command strip hooks… which was a bad idea. Some of them pulled paint off my apartment wall. Would’ve been better if I just used tacks.

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Engineer_Zero t1_iw4f3hg wrote

Some people need to lower their decoration requirements haha. All that crap needs to be stored thru the year

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