Other than Mrs. Claus, and one or two of the elves, no one.

I have an eccentric artist friend and hers has been up for twenty years.

Goodness, this was a serious question? What's with the screen name?

My mother left a decorated Christmas tree in her dining room for 2 years. It was done with beaded and gilded fruit, and the LR mantel was decorated to match. Kind of difficult to keep dust-free, but whatever makes her happy is OK with me.

So, one.

Edited to add: I just spent a half hour trying to find a pic, but no luck. I did, however, remember that one of our former banks kept a tree up in the lobby year-round. They decorated with a different theme for each month.

This post was edited by mama_goose on Tue, Oct 29, 13 at 19:51

Yes, it was a serious question. I have a friend who keeps her tree up all year round, and since I thought it was unusual, I was curious if anyone else has ever heard of it. The screen name is easy to figure out. Thanks for replies.

I don't know anyone personally who keeps a tree up all year, but I'm a firm believer that you should decorate the interior of your house however you want.

I'm so sorry, Pink_Warm_Mama_1! I hope I didn't offend you.

Nope! Not a soul, but I do know someone who decorated an upside down tree one year. I think I would get tired of it and it would get very dusty.

Nope. Not a soul. I think I would get tired of having the big old thing around, not to mention it would get all dusty.

Ok,call me dense, but can you explain the screen name to me?

One, personally But they just didn't feel like taking it down one year and moved it bodily into the unused formal dining room.

One other friend's step mother.

I think that it takes away some of the fun of the actual holiday though. I doubt this person is in the holiday spirit 3-6-5.

No one. But if I every build another home I'm going to have a Christmas tree closet. I love decorating as soon as the turkey has been eaten on Thanksgiving. We put up an artificial tree in the living room and then just before Christmas we put up a live tree in the family room.

My dream is an artificial tree on wheels that I can just roll into the closet (decorations and all) and bring out the following year.

Not a Christmas tree, but here is an angel that seems to be up all the time.

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My mom has a tree up in her house year-round. When she married her current husband, the one thing he wouldn't budge on was having the fake tree up year round. For the first few years of their marriage she tried hard and decorated it seasonally. She still does, but she is just so irritated by it now that there isn't any love in the decorating. :) They also live in a geodesic dome, which could be sort of cool if she had a fantastic budget to do it in style. He's an old guy, so he sort of thought by painting his old furniture gray and bright red it would all work. Bless my mom she has done a wonderful job within her budget to eradicate the red and bring in eggplant and purples to combat the gray everywhere. (carpeted ceilings!)

Anyway, I digress. The worst was when my old Boxer went over one time and peed on the tree! Oops!

Beth P.

Mntnrdredux-chuckling with the pseudonym question.

Personally, I think it's a dreadful idea. It's a seasonal decoration, so will be appreciated much more if implemented seasonally vs. permanently. Not to say I don't love fairy lights for weddings, I do!

I will admit to the occasional neighbor who keeps their holiday lights on too long, but very much dislike seeing the same icicle lights which look so pretty say in December, still on in February.

Edited to actually answer the question - 0.

This post was edited by oldbat2be on Tue, Oct 29, 13 at 22:56

Well, I did notice the other day in my bank when I went in the little room to visit my safe deposit box that their big artificial tree was standing in the corner. Not decorated, just stored there. I suggested to the bank lady that they decorate it seasonally - put orange lights on it for now - but she didn't think that was funny.

My neighbor across the street has lights strung on a large houseplant in her living room. She turns them on every night and it gives the effect of a decorated Christmas tree from the street.

Ellendi,

I'm assuming Pink Warm Mama,
as opposed to Red Hot Mama.

Mtn

Oh that's cute! I didn't get the reasoning behind the nick name either. But then it's late and I'm going on only five hours of sleep last night.

PWM, I've left mine up for a couple months one year because I was just plain to busy to take it down, but no, there is no one that I know of that keeps theirs up year round. I have heard of the habit though.

MTN, great guess,correct or not . But I'm wondering why. Pink- warm? Will you tell ?
Bethpen: too funny. Our adopted dog never went in the house...ever. Until six months after we got her, and brought a lovely, fresh Christmas tree inside. (" oh boy! Just for me ! Woof")
As for the question here...nope never. Seems it would get dusty, and lose its appeal very fast ( even dust free).

No one. But I do have a friend who hangs her tree from the ceiling so her cats won't demolish all the decorations. It looks very strange but the cats can't reach up that far.

No one but I noticed yesterday that one of our neighbours has their fake xmas tree on their front lawn and they have decorated it in a Hallowe'en theme.

My grandmother reached an age when she no longer wished to dismantle the tree. Alternatively, she turned it into a winter tree with woodland creatures etc then an Easter tree. After Easter she left for her spring summer home. Three would remain in the corner until she returned and began decorating with her Christmas ornaments again ( usually in November )

So I guess 1.... I would never consider my grandmother a decorating maven. She was the crazy old lady (in the best sense of the words) with boyds bears, Waterford crystal, doilies and porcelain dolls in every room.

I don't personally know these people but there is a house nearby that keeps it up all year with lights on. I know this because if you drive by the house in the evening the drapes are open and you can see the lit up tree all year round.

Another family in our town kept a tree up all year and put a present under it each day for their spoiled daughter. The house and tree are gone as I believe the father is in jail, and the daughter was recently arrested for prostitution. Very sad but these were very greedy people.

Personally I don't like decorating so far ahead of holidays.

We have friends who have or had a tree up all year. The first time we visited them I got the shock of my life when they had a decorated Christmas tree in their lr. It was July! I can't imagine dealing with that but I subscribe to the theory that to each his own.

BTW, I like your screen name and "got it" right away.

In August, my GYN's waiting room had a tree decorated with a beach theme. I assume they change the decorations seasonally but, fortunately, I only go once a year in the summer so I can't confirm that.

I thought it looked ridiculous but even worse was the sound effects machine with beach sounds. Maybe it's meant to be relaxing but it struck me as just plain silly.

No tree, but I did hang a garland of wood and pinecones and such on my railing in my foyer, and I liked it so much, I left it...besides it's so fragile, moving it destroys it, so it'll sit there until the dust becomes untenable.

Had a neighbor who decorated her Christmas tree with the seasons. It all started with an early Valentine's tree, then evolved into a Carnival tree, Easter tree, etc.

I struggle finding the time to get a tree up and a few decorations, but once I do, I like to leave them up until mid January. I can relax and enjoy them after the holidays. My GD told me my house looks bare last year after removing the decorations - I think that tells me I need a few homey accessories :).

I do have a Winter wreath on my front door (not just Christmas) that is just pine with some pine cones and berries and a red bow. I deliberately had the florist leave the cutesy Christmas stuff off so I could leave it up through the winter months. Then I do a spring one that lasts through the summer. And my fall wreath has no significant "Halloween" things on it so it stays up until the winter one.

I have a family member who has a small, primitive tree, with primitive items and lights, that she leaves up all year. She is a horse lover and lives on a farm and her tree reflects that. She actually does primitive quite well. I always feel so "warm and cozy" when I visit.

I have a friend that does. She also decorates up to 9 or 10 trees...each a different theme.

I leave my snowmen up until it stops snowing... But all other Christmas specific stuff comes down. But sometimes not until way after New Years :)

A coworker just bought a new house, and her DH will have his own specific office space-he's planning to put up a tree in there for year round Christmas decorating. He really loves Christmas, and she has to reign him in-he starts talking about putting up the tree in September and she agrees to leave it up till February. With the new house, he can keep his room decorated to his delight and she can close the door.

For Christmas a few years ago, My FIL's girlfriend got him a small fake tree decorated with a nautical theme. The girlfriend is long gone but the tree remains.

He says he keeps it up because he's a sailor at heart, but I KNOW it's because he's a lazy slob.

I know of someone who puts up so much stuff they end up keeping it around sometimes till june just because it's so much to put away. Me personally, if I didn't have kids I wouldn't even put a tree up. I have small condo and I feel so cramped with a tree up. I put it up as late as possible and down as soon as possible.

I associate out-of-season Christmas trees with sadness and tragedy. The first time I heard of people keeping a Christmas tree up year round was in relation to a child who had been kidnapped and the family was vowing to keep the Christmas tree until the child was back. Then I heard about people who keep the tree up expecting the return of family military members in the Spring and wanting them to have Christmas.

To me there is nothing festive about a decorated Christmas tree out of season.

I just remembered that there used to be, maybe still is, a home in Omaha, that keeps their indoor and outdoor lights on all year every year. They even had a huge evergreen tree with lights all the way to the top until a storm took it out. Their house is stucco with green and red trim too.

I don't know anyone who keeps a tree up all year. We use "real" (not artificial) trees, and it seems like most of my friends do too, so it's not really an option to have a tree out all year long!

I'm with graywings. Just kind of depressing to see a Christmas tree out of season.

i keep white lights on a ficus tree on a timer year round.... rarely actually see it directly, since it's in a room that we're usually not in, but i like the little bit of light on in the front of the house.

there's a restaurant nearby that has kept it's enormous pine out front lit with colored lights yr round for past couple of/few years, which was unusual to see at first, but i have gotten used to it...

Wow! I love a question that seems to bring everyone out with a reply! Have been thoroughly entertained by one and all.......... especially you kids who enjoy teasing an eighty-nine year old great grandmother. Mmmmmwwwwaaah!.......... as Dinah Shore would say. (Don't dare ask who she is!) Thanks for all replies, and Happy Holidays!