{"id":1316,"date":"2011-12-01T07:48:24","date_gmt":"2011-12-01T07:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/?p=1316"},"modified":"2025-07-02T12:53:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T11:53:02","slug":"memories-of-christmas-trees-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/memories-of-christmas-trees-past","title":{"rendered":"Memories Of Christmas Trees Past"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For many years my grandparents had an artificial Christmas tree &#8211; the tree itself isn&#8217;t foremost in my memory. However, there was always one thing that fascinated me about it and that was the bundle of cotton wool which was placed around the base in an attempt to mimic snow. I think my gran used to decorate the tree and there was a foot-or-so high statue of Father Christmas which used to adorn their front room too.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It&#8217;s always been my job to decorate the tree in our house but I have to admit that after more than 20 years, I finally got fed up and so we bought a miniature tree, complete with decorations, which I just have to whip out of the box and plonk on the hearth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[<strong>Update 2025:<\/strong> We&#8217;ve since bought another tree which simply pops up, also complete with decorations and lights attached. How lazy am I?]<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1316 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"263\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/christmas-tree-263x500.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Our Earlier Christmas Tree\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/christmas-tree-263x500.jpg 263w, https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/christmas-tree-79x150.jpg 79w, https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/christmas-tree.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1319'>\n\t\t\t\tOur Earlier Christmas Tree\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"263\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/christmas-tree-2-263x500.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Our Current Popup Christmas Tree\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/christmas-tree-2-263x500.jpg 263w, https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/christmas-tree-2-79x150.jpg 79w, https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/christmas-tree-2.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1323'>\n\t\t\t\tOur Current Popup Christmas Tree\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For many years my grandparents had an artificial Christmas tree &#8211; the tree itself isn&#8217;t foremost in my memory. 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