When I was a kid, our Christmas tree was always a real tree---some years we even went out to cut our own (we have some pretty-funny-in-retrospect home movies of those treks). The house where I grew up had a large living room and the front, round end, was perfect for the tree.
We had colored lights, mostly what I consider regular bulbs:
But also some of these snowball ones (not a whole string, but mixed in):
And some bubble lights mixed in as well:
Once I was old enough to "help," I got to help Dad put the lights in the tree, which made me feel very important. I loved watching these once they warmed up and started bubbling.
In our current situation, Mom doesn't want a tree enough to deal with the bother, so I haven't had a tree for a few years now. Which, given the last few years, is fine, but I was happy to pull out my bubble light night light this year. It gives a festive feeling. It looks like this:
I love those snowball ones; my late mother-in-law used to have those. I'm a colored light person but use the small ones because I get a 3-4 foot Noble fir that I can handle.
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