Aluminum Christmas Trees, Very Retro

When I was a little girl, my maternal grandparents had an artificial tree. It was the first one I ever saw. I remember thinking how hideous and unnatural it looked, all silver and shiny....and spindly. At the time, I was too young to know anything about aluminum Christmas trees, had no idea such a thing existed outside of my grandparent's home. I couldn't fathom why they liked it or that anyone else would have such an ugly Christmas tree. I had no idea that it was a fashionable trend at the time.

While looking for some information about aluminum Christmas trees for this post, I discovered that there is an actual Aluminum Tree Museum. Who knew? Who would want it?

I couldn't help myself, I had to click on the link to see what on earth was on the site. Touting itself as "The World's Only Museum Dedicated to Vintage Aluminum Trees", it's the only place (online, at least) where you can get glimpses of aluminum trees past. Oye. Maybe you'll love these but they are not my cup of tea.

If you want to have a look-see, here's the link: Aluminum Christmas Trees - Only Vintage Museum.

The Tabletop Christmas Tree

Tabletop Christmas trees are not a brand new thing. My mom had one years ago. It was a ceramic thing, about 10 - 12" tall and had different colours of mini lights poking out of it's ceramic branches. Nowadays, you can get a tabletop Christmas tree that is far nicer and more realistic. Guess that means that we've made progress and there's a market for mini trees.

Tabletop Christmas Tree Varieties

I was surprised by far the little tabletop tree has come since its early, badly done ceramic days. It is now available in a variety of sizes, materials and stages of decoration. Get one that's 4 1/2 feet tall, bare but pre-lit and ready to decorate or go with a 19" curly tinsel tree or a Thomas Kindcare resin one.

The table Christmas tree is, in my opinion, a great option for those who lack space or have no need/desire for a full-sized one.

Check these out for yourself. There are about 4 pages of various styles to look at. If nothing else, it will catch you up-to-date with mini trees. It might even give you some ideas.

Click on the link below to see samples of the

Tabletop Christmas Tree

Christmas Trees

It's that time again. Hallowe'en is over and the Christmas commercials have started on television. I figured that maybe I'd start this season off with some posts about Christmas Trees. After all, if there's one thing we know about here in Canada, it's evergreens.

I'll probably do individual posts about some of the more popular or newly funky types of trees. When I was growing up, almost everyone had a real Christmas tree. Nowadays, it's a different matter. You can find an artificial Christmas tree in almost any store and a ton of people have them.

Shoppers are not just going for the regular, conventional artificial tree anymore. There are a bunch of specialty types, some that I already knew about and some I had never heard of before this year. Like the black Christmas tree. What? That's new, I think. Not sure why anyone would want their tree in black but perhaps I'll make that one of my posts so I can find out. Maybe it will make some kind of sense to me after a bit of research.

If you're planning on buying an artificial tree this year, or making homemade ornaments, or budgeting for decorations, then now is the time to get started. Santa will be here soon and you'll want to have a nicely decorated Christmas tree for him to leave presents under.