Comments on: Christmas tree up http://hugoschwyzer.net/2007/12/16/christmas-tree-up/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:57:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Hugo http://hugoschwyzer.net/2007/12/16/christmas-tree-up/#comment-172210 Hugo Mon, 17 Dec 2007 02:14:37 +0000 http://hugoschwyzer.net/2007/12/16/christmas-tree-up/#comment-172210 I always stick my tongue out when I'm concentrating and not speaking. I always stick my tongue out when I’m concentrating and not speaking.

]]> By: Livy http://hugoschwyzer.net/2007/12/16/christmas-tree-up/#comment-172142 Livy Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:05:17 +0000 http://hugoschwyzer.net/2007/12/16/christmas-tree-up/#comment-172142 I like the one where you're concentrating so intensely on ornament placement that your tongue is sticking out. I used to think people only did that in books (Lucy does it in <i>Voyage of the Dawn Treader</i>, for instance). I like the one where you’re concentrating so intensely on ornament placement that your tongue is sticking out. I used to think people only did that in books (Lucy does it in Voyage of the Dawn Treader, for instance).

]]> By: allison http://hugoschwyzer.net/2007/12/16/christmas-tree-up/#comment-172137 allison Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:01:04 +0000 http://hugoschwyzer.net/2007/12/16/christmas-tree-up/#comment-172137 I understand your Christmas tree tradition entirely (although I am from a coloured lights family...). Your Santa's workshop is lovely! However, I am particularly fond of the photo that includes the elephant in the corner. He looks like he wants to join the festivities, too! I understand your Christmas tree tradition entirely (although I am from a coloured lights family…). Your Santa’s workshop is lovely! However, I am particularly fond of the photo that includes the elephant in the corner. He looks like he wants to join the festivities, too!

]]> By: Hugo Schwyzer http://hugoschwyzer.net/2007/12/16/christmas-tree-up/#comment-171975 Hugo Schwyzer Sun, 16 Dec 2007 20:03:32 +0000 http://hugoschwyzer.net/2007/12/16/christmas-tree-up/#comment-171975 It goes back on my maternal grandmother's German side, but oddly enough, my German cousins today don't have these scenes nor have they had them in living memory. It may have been something my great-great grandfather came up with on his own. It goes back on my maternal grandmother’s German side, but oddly enough, my German cousins today don’t have these scenes nor have they had them in living memory. It may have been something my great-great grandfather came up with on his own.

]]> By: Fred http://hugoschwyzer.net/2007/12/16/christmas-tree-up/#comment-171972 Fred Sun, 16 Dec 2007 19:59:50 +0000 http://hugoschwyzer.net/2007/12/16/christmas-tree-up/#comment-171972 "Going back several generations, we’ve had the custom of including a wooden snow scene/Santa’s workshop at the base of each tree." I like the wooden snow scene/Santa’s workshop. I never seen or heard of them before. Is it a family tradition only, or is it also a custom from a certain region of the US or part of the world? “Going back several generations, we’ve had the custom of including a wooden snow scene/Santa’s workshop at the base of each tree.”

I like the wooden snow scene/Santa’s workshop. I never seen or heard of them before. Is it a family tradition only, or is it also a custom from a certain region of the US or part of the world?

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