Forget that, I didn't start this to make fun of dead politicians, I actually do want to see other people's decorations so I'll stick to that. :D

*passes spade

heheh!

"You see, I can speak english well. I learnt it from a book."

Christmas starts on 24'th December... no decorations until then. Now it is Advent.

Here's our tree.

Exactly. And I'm not at home yet, so there's that :D

This is probably the closest I'll get to decorations this year.

It's just a trial run so far, I'll have to double the recipe and put bigger, fewer choc shavings in the mint part (it looks like baby vomit as is LOL) but it will make for a yummy Christmas themed dessert

Fantastic elk! Nice place! Have always wanted to go elk hunting.

Happy Holidays and thanks for a great thread.

Oh yeah decorations. (see attached)

The elk is actually from Missouri, 750 miles south. There is a moose just off camera and we have them all over the place but I couldn't fit him in the picture.

BTW just in case anyone thinks I'm trying to show off just remember, in the north woods trees like that are absolutely free of charge so long as you don't mind cutting the damn thing down. That tree cost me zero dollars but no doubt took a few years off of my life trying to get it in the house. :D

and Lo, tinyE's highly sought but short lived christmas tree business began as the orders rolled in from far and wide!

I finally piled all the empty bottles and cans into bags and took them to the shop to get the deposit refund. As a side effect, you can now see parts of furniture that aren't covered by other rubbish. Does that count?

Yes. That was me a few years ago.

Did you spray air freshner (or cheap deodourant)?
It only counts if you do! :)

My great-grandpa used to shoot the Christmas tree down. All the kids would get in the pick-up and he'd drive out and pop the top off a tree by shooting a straight line of bullets in it. It was awesome. :D

...you probably aren't supposed to do that any more though. *sigh*

I never have to, because there's enough draft to keep the air fresh without any effort on my part.

I'm not kidding, by the way; I knew that the rent had to be low for a reason when I signed the deal, only I didn't know what the reason was specifically. Turns out that the insulation is a bit crap. My bed is about 20 cm away from the edge of my French balcony, in front of which I've placed a cabinet for crockery. The draft blew through the gap between the cabinet and the wall right into my face when I slept, and as a result I caught a cold that lasted for about two weeks and was cured overnight when I shoved a stack of four empty beer cases between the cabinet and the bed. Yes, it's about as sad as it sounds.