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I confess

We hoard Hallmark ornaments. We have many of the Christmas Story series, Cousin Eddie's RV, Muppets ones,Peanuts, and today I got Maggie a Mickey Mouse in a choo choo train. And for me, the Grizwold's house all lit up for the season. And I still want the "I triple dog dare you" scene at the flagpole, Animal playing the drums, and Charlie Brown getting psychiatric help. I need psychiatric help. What's next, longaberger baskets? Candle parties?
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  • There's a Griswold's house ornament? I want that. My parents collect the Hallmark village house ornaments (i don't remember the name of the series). I love them.
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  • imageKristenBtobe:
    And I still want the "I triple dog dare you" scene at the flagpole

    Just because of this, I approve.  Wholeheartedly.

    And also because my husband has all but convinced me to start collecting these:

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  • This sounds like less of a confession and more like bragging about how awesome your ornaments are.  I'm quite jealous that my ornaments are not as cool as yours are.
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  • I wish I had the Muppet ones.  And the one of Harry, Dumbledore, and the Pensieve.
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  • imageKristenBtobe:
    We hoard Hallmark ornaments. We have many of the Christmas Story series, Cousin Eddie's RV, Muppets ones,Peanuts, and today I got Maggie a Mickey Mouse in a choo choo train. And for me, the Grizwold's house all lit up for the season. And I still want the "I triple dog dare you" scene at the flagpole, Animal playing the drums, and Charlie Brown getting psychiatric help. I need psychiatric help. What's next, longaberger baskets? Candle parties?

    For all of the bold text above, you should get compensated by Hallmark for bringing in a new customer.  I want all of those, now.

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  • I have all coordinating Christmas ornaments.  I'm going to be the most fuddy duddy mom ever.
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  • Eventually we will have a kids tree in the family room and a more coordinated tree in the living room.
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  • Evidentally I am a child because I love a good mishmash. I don't think I have any plain ornaments left. No room with all the fun ones!
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  • You have some seriously awesome ornaments!
  • imageKristenBtobe:
    Eventually we will have a kids tree in the family room and a more coordinated tree in the living room.

    I like that idea. We have a growing collection of Hallmark and assorted other ornaments we've acquired over the last 9 years added to most of the ones from my mom's tree. I wouldn't know which ones to retire when I have to start adding my future spawn's ornaments.

    I'm pretty sure it's pronounced your mom's a moron and if you didn't have your name legally changed by the age of 22, so are you. Unless you're from another continent. -Groomz
  • Those of you at Rob's Island have seen my inner drive for conformity, but I love all my sentimental ornaments too much to ditch them for matching stuff.  Deep down, I long for a tree decorated with similar ornaments that adhere to a particular color scheme. 
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  • imageCaliopeSpidrman:
    Those of you at Rob's Island have seen my inner drive for conformity, but I love all my sentimental ornaments too much to ditch them for matching stuff.  Deep down, I long for a tree decorated with similar ornaments that adhere to a particular color scheme. 

    You would love my tree then Cali. I have a set of silver and blue, a set of gold and red, and a set of all white. I alternate years. My husband has finally agreed to not put up his silly non-matchy ones.

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  • We started out with a gold/red colour scheme for our tree, but the fun ornaments are starting to take over.   I love them.  

    Christmas is THE time of year to let your inner geek out.   I have a 3 foot santa, a piano playing snowman and a pile of stuffed animals that will line the staircase.  Lila found the piano snowman that sings and LOVES it.   it's going to be an awesome Christmas 

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  • I confess that I spend time thinking about how I would decorate for Christmas if I celebrated it.  I actually think about where I would put the tree, which ornaments I'd hang, what sort of lights I'd use and where, what sort of wreath I'd hang.  All of it.  It would be the bomb. 

    But alas, there is no Christmas for me. 

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  • November your post about your Bat Mitzvah the other day made me seriously jealous. 
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  • I'm still only allowed one tree, but I'll get my way one of these years.

    Every "special" year we do an all white light tree (baby birth, major anniversary, loss of someone special) and I pick through ornaments to pull together a theme. I can't not put up the special special ornaments, so they always find their way on the tree regardless of the color scheme. Last year I did a lot of gold and it looked so pretty. Now I need to google image some tress to figure out what I'm going tyo do this year. I am already so excited!

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    November your post about your Bat Mitzvah the other day made me seriously jealous. 

    It was the make-your-own-sundae bar, wasn't it?  Don't be too jealous...singing in Hebrew in front of all your family and friends as a chubby 13 yr old with a bad perm is not all it's cracked up to be.

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  • Hezz--that's an awesome idea! You have to share pictures.

     

    We didn't even put up a tree last year because we went home for a week. This year we're going to CT but just for the weekend. I can't decide if it's worth it to put the tree up or not. My apartment is so damn small.

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  • My tree has always been mostly white with a few hints of color, but people keep giving us random ornaments, and I feel like I ought to find places to hang them. I'm going to have to take baby steps to move away from the matchy matchy tree.
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  • Do it for the smell!!!!
    I love the smell of pine tree. I absolutely love it!!

     

    I love that in my mind I've completely skipped over Tgiving and gone right to Christmas.

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    Do it for the smell!!!!
    I love the smell of pine tree. I absolutely love it!!

     

    I love that in my mind I've completely skipped over Tgiving and gone right to Christmas.

    Please, we have a fake tree! I would loooooove a real tree, but we have zero room. Whoa is me.

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  • Kristen, if you're looking to make a quick buck, your Cousin Eddie ornament is going for $80+ on eBay. (!!!!!)
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    I bet her FUPA's name is Shane, like the gunslinger/drifter of literature.--HappyTummy
  • now I feel ghetto.  I've never had a matchy match tree, ours is full of randomness, home/school made, store bought, craft show ornaments, I even have some of the home/school made ornaments my brothers, sisters and I made as kids.
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  • I have intentionally non-matching ornaments.  The matchy trees are nice to look at in the holiday displays at stores, but at home I need something more interesting.
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  • Seriously Bob? That's crazy. 
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  • imageKristenBtobe:
    Seriously Bob? That's crazy. 

    Yes! I went there to see if I could find one and they're all $70-80 WITH BIDS. People are loco.

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  • Cousin Eddie had a MAJOR freakout up here last week.
  • Mashed, we can be girls from the hood together.  My tree has some of my grandparents ornaments, homemade ornaments and such random collections.  For the most part, each ornament has a story, and i like that.
  • I'm suddenly questioning whether I can wait until thanksgiving is over to put my tree up.
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  • My family (and maybe Lorne's) is coming down for Christmas this year. Our apartment has a tall ceiling. Will is old enough to care. Lorne and I are planning on getting a ridiculously tall tree. I'm so excited. I've always wanted a really, really huge tree.

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