The rocketship-spangled skirt of the Geek Tree is once again covered in geeky Christmas and birthday presents.
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Geek Tree 2017
The Geek Tree is back and its brighter and louder than ever. Expanded to a 9′ tall narrow tree in 2016, this year’s Geek Tree includes a new power 2017 ornaments from Hallmark as well as older 1990s-era ornaments that[…]
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The Geek Tree
What is the Geek Tree? It’s a Christmas tree with a speculative fiction theme. And what’s speculative fiction? Speaking broadly, it’s a genre comprised of science fiction, fantasy and horror, though in the case of the Geek Tree, it’s primarily sci-fi. The tree is re-built annually by Ken Newquist, Nuketown’s editor.
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Geek Tree 2016
The Geek Tree has grown. In previous years, that meant additional ornaments. This year it truly grew higher, going from 7 feet to 9 feet as I upgraded to a new, taller tree. The goal of the new tree was[…]
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Geek Tree 2015
The Geek Tree finally has an angel.
For years, the topper of the geek tree — my personal ode to speculative fiction in Christmas tree form — had a Santa Yoda at the tree topper. Yoda was great, and I’m sure he’ll return to his place of honor eventually, but this year I had a true angel … a Weeping Angel from ThinkGeek.
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Expanding the Geek Tree, 2014 Edition
Another Christmas, another couple of ornaments for the Geek Tree. This year sees three new ornaments join the fleet: the U.S.S. Vengeance from Star Trek Into Darkness, the xenomorph from Alien, and the flying DeLorean from Back to the Future,[…]
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Geek Tree 2014
The 2014 edition of the Geek Tree is up. As has been our tradition for years (exactly how many years I can’t recall) I setup a dedicated Christmas tree for all of my geeky ornaments. It typically goes up the Saturday after Thanksgiving, and is packed with all manner of genre ornaments representing Star Wars, Star Trek, Ghostbusters, Loony Tunes, The Hobbit, the Marvel universe, and many more.
Read moreThe Geek Tree: 2008 Edition
The Geek Tree is back. There are no major upgrades this year; same white lights, same Buck Rogers-style lights, same Santa Yoda tree topper, same blue rockets-and-planets tree skirt. There’s a new ornament — Hallmark’s 2007 three-warp-nacelled, alternative-future Enterprise-D —[…]
Read moreGeek Tree Ornaments Preview for 2008
The Gods of Geekdom have heard my prayers. Or at least Hallmark has. After years of giving us dud ornaments (the Scorpion from Star Trek: Nemesis) and more so-so ones (how many variant Enterprises do we need?) they have finally[…]
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Under the Geek Tree 2007
T’was a very geeky Christmas once again this year, and the Geek Tree’s rocket tree skirt is filled with all manner of games and toys for thirtysomething boys. First up, this year’s Hess truck goes off-roading with a huge engine-revving[…]
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