lynn Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 I am suprised that several people around here are all set up and ready for the season.:001_huh: I am so far behind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 We had a lovely warm day last week so we put up the lights on the outside. We do not turn them on. Everything else is still geared for fall/Thanksgiving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
learningmama Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 We put everything up last week. We have always decorated early though. I know many people who decorate over Thanksgiving weekend., Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Goodness, no! :) If it's up too early, I tend to get sick of it by the time Christmas actually arrives. That's my personal preference, though. My parents always decorated super early. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluegoat Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 I like to observe Advent, so we don't start Christmas decorating until close to the date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dayle in Guatemala Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Actually we do! Our life is such that it pays to be super flexible and it worked out better to do it early for our family so we can actually enjoy the process and not rush through it. Also my dh's dad is seriously ill and he may have to fly back to the US at any time and stay for a few weeks and we wanted to enjoy our oldest dd's last "Family Christmas Decorating Extravaganza" (she leaves for college next summer) while he is here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lllll Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 (edited) .. Edited December 25, 2012 by ksva Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edelweiss Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 No, we're still enjoying the decorations for autumn/Thanksgiving. The Christmas decorations will go up Thanksgiving weekend. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 No, I decorate for Thanksgiving first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 thanksgiving is at my house every year. I put up my christmas tree right after as a way of celebrating and looking forward to christmas. though I've been wanting to put up the tree and have already started listening to christmas music . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquinas Academy Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 I like to observe Advent, so we don't start Christmas decorating until close to the date. :iagree: My first thought upon reading the title was, "It's not even Advent yet!" To each his own. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy22alyns Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 No way!! Strictly after Thanksgiving here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty ethel rackham Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Nope. It is not even Thanksgiving. Why can't we celebrate one holiday at a time? We may hang lights outside next weekend if the weather co operates. But, since we observe Advent, we probably will not turn them on until a week before Christmas, when we decorate the house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momofkhm Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 No no NO! One of dh's radio stations is already playing Christmas music. Every time I get in the car I beg to change it! It's much too early. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukeswife Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 We have all our stuff up inside, which is really just our Festivus tree (we use a fake evergreen not an aluminum pole LOL), our nutcracker collection (we buy a new one each year) and a few stuffed holiday items. We haven't done any outside decorating, but usually don't. We only did it this early because dh was is currently stationed in WA and was able to come home just this past week before heading back and then going out on deployment soon. We usually put everything up on Thanksgiving, but did it early so he could be with us to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Yes, I do have holiday decorations up, and the holiday in question is called Harvest and Thanksgiving. After that comes Advent. Then my birthday. Then Christmas Eve. Then Christmas Day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harriet Vane Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Most emphatically not. I refuse to do it until mid-December. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laundrycrisis Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 I have pretty corn hanging on the front door. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denisemomof4 Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 I never decorate for Christmas before Thanksgiving weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffeemama Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 We had a lovely warm day last week so we put up the lights on the outside. We do not turn them on. Everything else is still geared for fall/Thanksgiving. We usually start decorating the weekend after Thanksgiving, but since it looks like we'll have unseasonably warm weather this weekend, my DH will likely put up the outdoor lights then. I remember freezing doing it last year and I have a lot less patience for non-working bulbs when my fingers are numb!:tongue_smilie: We also make Advent wreaths with my Church on the first Sunday of Advent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myeightkiddies Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 When growing up, we always did it the same. Decorate for Christmas right after Thanksgiving. Take Christmas items down after New Years. There have been years when I decorated right after Thanksgiving, and there were some that I decorated the week of Christmas. Sometimes I took Christmas items down the day after Christmas, and other times they were up until February. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughCollie Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 To me, the Christmas season doesn't start until the day after Thanksgiving. I decorate the house and get ready for the first Sunday of Advent. I don't do it as extensively as I used to, now that the kids are older. I take the kids to chop down a tree in mid-December, and it gets taken down on New Year's Eve. When I was a kid, we put up the tree on Christmas Eve. DH is American, and wouldn't go for that. This year, I am putting Aidan's ex-pen around the tree, to protect it and the presents from him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Florida Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 No, we don't have any Christmas decorations or lights up yet. We don't put up our tree until mid-December, because we wait until after my daughter's birthday. We do start putting up some other decorations on Thanksgiving or that weekend. I usually put up the lights around the same time, often the following weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitten18 Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 We put up our Christmas Village yesterday. I just needs a few finishing touches. I think we will put up the Christmas tree this weekend. Normally, we have Thanksgiving here and put up the tree on the Friday or Saturday after. This year we are going to be gone and I don't want to have to put it up when we get home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiCO Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 I am suprised that several people around here are all set up and ready for the season.:001_huh: I am so far behind. Well, my tree is still up from last year. It's a small fake one, because we were out of town for the actual holiday, and I decided I just wanted it to stay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cammie Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Usually up the day after Thanksgiving but this year my mom is coming to India for two months so we are going to wait until she gets here mid-December to put out all the decorations and put the tree up! Kids love having their grandma around to do stuff with! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJ. Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Nope. One of my boys has a birthday in early December and we always wait until after the birthday to decorate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoxcell Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 My dh got the Christmas Music out on the 1st and the movies out this last Saturday. We don't get out decor until the day after Thanksgiving. My dd did find a nativity window cling set though and stuck it in the window.;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forget-Me-Not Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Christmas lights are up on the house. Hoping to put the tree (artificial) up tonight after the kiddos are in bed and slowly get the rest of the decorations put up the rest of this week. Early for us, but we have a few good reasons to get it all done early this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 nononononoonononooooooooooooooooooo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donna Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 No,no,no! I don't even want to see Christmas decorations until the weekend after Thanksgiving and it seems the Christmas season is getting longer and longer. I saw decorations up in stores before Halloween was even over this year! I love Christmas...just not the commercialization of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettyandbob Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 typically, I do all the decorating Thanksgiving weekend. I won't this year. I just can't get excited. dh has been doing a kitchen repair project for 1.5 years (also basement work too). There is not one room other than a bedroom that does not have tools or cabinets or something for the project. It's cluttered and I can't even vacuum so it's getting gross for me. So, I told dh I wasn't doing anything this year. He put up one cabinet last week --maybe I'll get to decorate right before Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumpedIntoTheDeepEndFirst Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 A friend told me today that there was a sign up in Nordstroms stating when their decorations would be up and then a statement to the effect of one holiday at a time. Can't do Christmas until Thanksgiving is over. I hate the advertising drive that forces us to celebrate holidays and seasons well before they arrive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 My house has fall decorations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Girls' Mom Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Usually we wait until after Thanksgiving, but I may put them up this week. We are going out of town for a bit, and when we get back my dh is having surgery...so if I wait it may be the week OF Christmas before I get any out. If that happens they may not get put out at all :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in MD Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 We were at the mall yesterday and I was shocked to see Santa already set up. He and his helpers looked really bored! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embassy Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Yes. I just put them up. With family coming for American Thanksgiving and wishing to celebrate Christmas at the same time I needed to get it up early. We had Thanksgiving last month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 No way! We put ours up Thanksgiving weekend, and they'll stay up until New Year's Day. Who needs everything out longer than that? Not I!!! (and I love my Christmas decorations, mind you.). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetMissMagnolia Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 not yet--I usually put the tree up either the evening of thanksgiving or a day or so after.....I have a gf who puts her tree up Nov 1st LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsbaby Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Not yet, but I am starting this afternoon. I have a lot of elaborate ideas for decor this year, so it's going to take me some time. My goal is to have it done by December so I can relax and enjoy it all month:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie in CA Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 I cannot imagine doing so. I had no idea that there are actual, real people who put up Christmas decorations so early, the beginning-mid November? I thought it was purely a merchandising gimmick designed by greedy retailers. :001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilly Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 I am in the process of putting all our decorations up. I am doing so at the urging of my children. We will be out of town for the week of Thanksgiving, and then for Christmas from the 16th until the 28th. They want to have some time to enjoy our decorations while we are home, so I agreed to decorate early. I wasn't too happy about it, but the kids seem to be enjoying everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeacefulChaos Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 (edited) We have the tree up. It's earlier than usual, but only by 2 weeks. (We put it up Friday night, usually do it the day after Thanksgiving). But my grandparents are coming this week, too, and we're doing our 'Christmas' with them, so it made sense to me anyway. ETA: I don't see it being over-commercialism, just because some people choose to put their decor up a little early. I'll admit, it is my favorite time of the year. I just like the 'magic' of the season, and like the idea of it being around a little longer this year. I'll probably take the decor down the week between Christmas and New Years. Thanksgiving has never really been a big deal to me. I don't know how people 'decorate' for it. I don't really think it's that big of a deal... that said, I don't decorate for any holidays except Christmas, so maybe that's why? Edited November 15, 2011 by PeacefulChaos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewe Mama Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 We celebrate Advent with an Advent wreath. Two days before Christmas, we decorate the tree and the house. Decorations stay up until Epiphany. I celebrate holidays (holy days) according to the church calendar, not the retailers'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom4him Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 I am suprised that several people around here are all set up and ready for the season.:001_huh: I am so far behind. We put our tree/decorations up the week of Thanksgiving. Sometimes a couple of days before, sometimes the day after. This year it is going to be the day after unless my two youngest wear me down.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 No - but only today did I notice a tiny Christmas magnet still on the 'fridge from last year - does that count? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impish Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Thanksgiving was in Oct, so that's not an issue here. I still don't decorate until Dec. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeacefulChaos Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Question: What is Advent? Why Advent Calendars? What's the point? (genuinely curious) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertDweller Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 I still have fall decorations out and will add a few turkey decorations for Thanksgiving as soon as I have some time. I enjoy fall/Thanksgiving and try to ignore all the Christmas stuff that is out now. It actually makes me irritated more than anything. (It seems to get earlier and earlier every year. Dh jokes that pretty soon we'll just start the Christmas holiday after Halloween.) I usually get the Christmas decorations out a few days or a week after Thanksgiving. Then a week later we put up the tree. We do a real tree, so we have to delay that a bit or it becomes too dry. If we had an artificial, I might put it up a little earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mytwomonkeys Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 normally, our tree goes up after thanksgiving. this year, however, we have it up already, lol. it was rather cold a few days ago and the kids were asking to put up some decorations. so we decorated the entire inside of our home & watched miracle on 34th street. the outside still has our fall decor up though, so i can only imagine when the babysitter comes tonight what a nutball she will think i am. plus, it's 80 degrees here today, so it looks especially ridiculous. oh well. we are enjoying it though. next week, we'll be at the beach for thanksgiving, so i am kind of glad it's already done inside. next year, i'll definitely revert back to our old tradition though and wait until after thanksgiving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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