Christmas Tree Decorating Tips
Holiday Tips & Unique Ideas for Non-Traditional Christmas Trees
Relationship Advice Expert April Masini
Q: Dear April Masini,
I don't want to sound like a Scrooge, but I hate Christmas trees! I think they're messy, they smell bad, they take up too much room, and they're ugly. I still enjoy keeping my home festive for the holidays, however. Do you have any ideas for non-traditional "trees?" Sincerely, Tree Hater
A: Dear Tree Hater, A lot of people feel the same way you do about Christmas trees. Fortunately, there are a lot of things you can do in place of a traditional Christmas tree. 1. Bouganvilla makes a wonderful indoor Christmas tree substitute. Because it's not towering like a tree, it is great for apartments or small rooms. 2. A rose bush doesn't normally do too well indoors, but if only for a week or a night, it might make a lovely, fragrant apartment or small room alternative to a pine tree. 3. Make a tree out of tin cans or some other modern art material. Think Museum of Modern Art. Open your mind. A wild piece of art I saw one year at an outdoor museum was a stack of shopping carts in the shape of a giant Christmas tree, decorated with lights, to represent the shopping and consumer component of the holidays. Open your mind!
April Masini -- nicknamed "the new millennium's Dear Abby" by the media, is author of the best-selling books Date Out Of Your League and Think & Date Like A Man, the two (just released) step-by-step dating and relationship manuals, Ideas for a Fun Date and Romantic Date Ideas, and the critically acclaimed dating and relationship online magazine www.AskApril.com.
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