Noun
tall timber tree of central and southern Europe having a regular crown and grey bark
medium to tall fir of western North America having a conic crown and branches in tiers; leaves smell of orange when crushed
a terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers; parasitic on roots of grasses
Australian tree or shrub with red flowers; often used in Christmas decoration
an ornamented evergreen used as a Christmas decoration
Source: WordNetChristmas tree stands are the work of the devil and they want you dead. Bill Bryson
If my Valentine you won't be, I'll hang myself on your Christmas tree. Ernest Hemingway
The Earth reminded us of a Christmas tree ornament hanging in the blackness of space. As we got farther and farther away it diminished in size. Finally it shrank to the size of a marble, the most beautiful marble you can imagine. James Irwin
Moving between the legs of tables and of chairs, rising or falling, grasping at kisses and toys, advancing boldly, sudden to take alarm, retreating to the corner of arm and knee, eager to be reassured, taking pleasure in the fragrant brilliance of the Christmas tree. T. S. Eliot
So feast your eyes now On mimic star and moon-cold bauble: Worlds may wither unseen, But the Christmas Tree is a tree of fable, A phoenix in evergreen. Cecil Day Lewis
There is something about spending Christmas alone, naked, sitting by the Christmas tree gripping a shotgun, that lets you know your life is spinning dangerously outta control. Nikki Sixx