Debbie Kelly, a childhood neighbor, had one. It was silver tinsel with satin blue ribbon floss Styrofoam balls of various shapes and the obligatory rotating color wheel and was put up a week or so before the actual Day. Very fascinating for a family of real tree purists who dinna get a tree until Christmas Eve.One of my aunts had the same tree and setup with mustard gold balls substituting for blue.
Oh and after years of struggling to buy and decorate the tree in one day to keep up with "tradition", my mother sighed and said "You do realise that we bought the tree on the Eve because it was cheaper, right?". Noooooooooo I dinna....you did a great job of hiding how poor we were!?!
Changed my whole outlook and it wasn't long before Balsam Hill's siren call reached my ears.
Oh and after years of struggling to buy and decorate the tree in one day to keep up with "tradition", my mother sighed and said "You do realise that we bought the tree on the Eve because it was cheaper, right?". Noooooooooo I dinna....you did a great job of hiding how poor we were!?!
Changed my whole outlook and it wasn't long before Balsam Hill's siren call reached my ears.