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Karla thoughtfully hangs the tinsel icicles and reuses the decoration each year Denise considers hanging tinsel a labor of love Kathy refurbished her grandmother’s tree. Look at the 4″ Green Premier in the lower branch Darin asked for his own tree at age 3 and here is his impressive collection now Mike has an entire Christmas room! Chad hangs Corning bulbs on his 7 1/2″ Carey McFall aluminum tree Gay says her WWII themed tree is in process I say it is well done Alan’s Transparent Tribute Love the way the red and pinks pop on Dan’s display Dave has exceptional quality vintage ornaments Mike was kind to include my book with his beautiful tree in a corner out of harms way. Jeannie, in California, (Marc helps) sets up this awesome Evergleam with traditional blue Shiny Brites One of Jeannie’s 10 trees she displays with her able assistant Marc. There is no shortage of Christmas cheer in their California home. Karen’s Wrought Iron Tree Dish Karen’s Clever Display Jim added Shiny Brite boxes underneath his tree this year Okay, so its not a tree but super cool. Glenn filled this medicine cabinet with retro ornaments and used a small screw to ensure the door doesn’t flip open Oooo, Mike inherited his great grandmother’s and great aunt’s aluminum trees. Both came with their color wheels and vintage ornaments. One of eight or even ten trees Rick and JoAnn trim each year. I like “slims” for hallways also. Rick and JoAnn mix Craigslist bargains, family vintage heirlooms, and garland that was purchased at a discount store. Patrick uses his grandmother’s bulbs and a replica angel topper preserving the family’s heirloom Mixing candy canes with vintage is delightfully done by Patrick Annie loves Poland ornaments but blended Europe and America together Very nice variety on E’s Tree E displays Shiny Brites, George Franke, and European together Steve’s jumbo vintage, lots of frosted rims Steve smaller tree with retro topper Mary’s WW II Tree is such a tribute Sonya’s green aluminum tree made by Fairyland in Montreal, Canada Note the candle stick blow mold behind Sonya’s big tree Sonya’s silver with Putz houses Sonya’s blends flower lights with vintage ornaments Sonya’s santa theme Jim designed and created this gem modeled on the tree placed next to Rose Marie in the 1963 Dick Van Dyke Show Christmas Special Richard’s tree, notice the elves on the left and stocking Tom puts nine trees, look for the beautiful flower petal transparent Find Tom’s opaque yellow teardrop Tom’s uses a tree topper without worry of breakage Christmas meets 4th of July in Tom’s house Gale is a collector of West Germany Shiny Brites but there is one American-Made bulb on this tree Jody calls this her bubble tree because it reminds me of color soap bubbles floating Ed’s outburst of color, note the Putz house display and bottle brush trees on the right Ed’s tree topper collection is upper right Fellow Glower Mary has an impressive Shiny Brite Stencil Tree Cody uses 89 cardboard caps to decorate this tree celebrating vintage ornaments