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TLC's avatar

In our family, we have the Legend of the Leaning Yule tree. We have always had cats and they have always loved the trees (of course!). All those TikTok videos of trees getting knocked over by cats didn't happen at our house because we chained that baby to a hook on the wall. It always leaned a bit but it stayed upright. Every picture of the kids in front of the tree looks like they are about to be crushed. ~.* Anyone remember the string tinsel they used to sell? Like Pavo with leaves and sticks, we had one cat that loved to eat it so we had to stop using it due to possible gastric distress.

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Kirsten Griffith's avatar

My parents are New Englanders and both grew up with real trees but caved and bought a fake one when we lived in PR. They split while we lived there and I don’t remember having a real tree again after that. I have a flowering quince in my yard where I feed the birds on purpose and the squirrels incidentally and I’ve been thinking of stringing popcorn on it because I have a ton of it, but that’s more “decorating” for the season than the holidays I guess.

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