tricia Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Yep, my kids are begging right and left to bring up boxes from the basement and start decorating. We have to do a fake tree these days since we heat with wood. We found in the past our wood burner was hard on our poor live trees. Anyone else jumping the track from Thanksgiving to Christmas today? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree House Academy Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 We are going to decorate the house today, but not the tree for another two weeks. Have fun!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisy Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 We'll do it this weekend but I told the kiddos the house had to be clean first! So when they clean up all their junk, we'll put the tree up. We also have a fake tree (allergies & dry SoCal weather). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin M Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 My husband tried to talk me into it. However, we will be gone overnight on the 13th and I'm sure my 4 cats will destroy the thing. First christmas with the 3 kittens who are now 6 months old and raising *%#^#. So, it's going up on the 14th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonia Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 We'll be putting our tree up tomorrow. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmamainva Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 We're putting ours up Sunday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohio12 Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Saturday or Sunday for us. We are having some dinner guests tonight, so I didn't want to be in the middle of decorating when they are here. I wanted it all up or all down and did not want to rush doing it all today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongo Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 We are cutting down our own tree tonight. We will decorate everything tomorrow. I just love this time of year. I plan on spending this Sunday getting the Christmas cards ready and making my baking list. That's all I have left to do, ALL the presents have been bought and hidden, the kids call it the "Secret Room." On Christmas Eve., my dh and I have a family night, and then we get home kinda late, pop the kiddos in bed and stay up till the wee hours of the morning wrapping and talking. It's the best:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amie Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 I'd like to begin some decorating today if I can get the house cleaned. Hopefully we'll get started today, or perhaps tomorrow (tree included). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle in MO Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 we broke down and bought an artificial one, although I really miss the smell of the fresh-cut tree. However, I usually hate it by Christmas time because so many needles have fallen off of it that the floor is a mess. I don't miss that part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runamuk Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 My husband brought up all of the Christmas decorations yesterday and wants to pick up a tree today. We usually get a real tree, but I'm hoping to talk him into a fake one. I love the scent of a real tree, but hate the hassle of it. Although Bath & Body Works has some pretty authentic smelling candles and room fresheners, so maybe I will only have to give up the millions of pine needles decorating my house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chai Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 We decorated most of our first tree this morning. (It's now my snack break. :) ) We always have artificial trees since we travel over Christmas. This is my "everything goes" tree--lots of kids crafts, etc. The other smaller one has my grandmothers' antique bulbs. My dd has a small tree in her room as well. Then it's time for the creches. We have far too many, because once dh's side of the family knows that you like something, they buy, buy and buy more. I haven't put them all up in years--maybe this year. We put up our yard lights on Wednesday because the weather was so great. They don't get turned on until tonight though. Tomorrow and Sunday will be party planning and cookie baking. Some years I'm in the mood to do a lot; other year I take it easy. I think this may be a year where I go crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornblower Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Our tree doesn't go up until Dec 22nd at the earliest. We actually try to do it on the 24th. Guests to our Christmas Eve dinner get handed a glass of punch and a box of decorations to put up. Dressing the tree together while singing carols offkey, or listening to Stuart McLean's christmas stories, or the CBC reading of the The Christmas Carol - that's such a lot of fun. Our tree stays up for the 12 days of Christmas. Comes down Jan 7, the day after Epiphany. All this tradition, and we're not even religious. :D We do put the lights up on the outside of the house a bit earlier - mid Dec, after dd's birthday on the 12th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Most decorations are going up today, but we'll get our tree tomorrow; it's raining here--finally--and we were planning to go to a tree farm and cut our own. If it's raining tomorrow, too, I might break down and put up the artificial tree. It just looks so small in this house, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in Neverland Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 We put it up two days ago and I put up my christmas village last night. Now I am really in the mood for Christmas!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTMCassandra Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Yes, this is our traditional day to put up the tree, and then we take it down Jan 1 or 2. However, my children begged to jump the gun, so we got the boxes out last week and the tree itself is up, but I told them we couldn't decorate it until today. I'm no Black Friday shopper--I love to stay HOME on Black Friday and decorate instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herbalgirl Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 We're putting up the tree tomorrow. :) The kids are REALLY excited! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda@LivingWater Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 When we're home for Thanksgiving, we put ours up on that day. We put one in the living room and one in the dining room. It is nice to have them up already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraGB Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 The kids are listening to Christmas music in the other room and keep asking to put the tree up...but I'd rather not super-clean the living room today...so I'm in here w/all of you, stalling :D. We'll do it sometime this weekend. My vote is for Sunday. But, it'll probably be this aft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheBrink Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 We get a real tree, so we'll hold off a few weeks. Today I'm cleaning (yeah, that's what I'm doing...cleaning) and getting stuff brought up from the basement to get the house decorated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizabeth Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 This is a great joy for us. We always spend the day after Thanksgiving decorating the tree and lobby of our law office and eating leftovers . I think we might watch a silly movie tonight-Fred Claus with Vince Vaughn or A Christmas Story and eat homemade caramel corn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverfront Headmistress Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Sort of... The kids put up and decorated the "fairy tree" today. I brought my tree out, but will not decorate it until tomorrow. The family tree, we'll put up and decorate on Sunday. Our vacation corresponds with Christmas this year so I'm not going all out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caryn Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 We have not put up te tree yet. Normally it goes up the first tuesday after Thanksgiving. Looking forward to it though.:001_smile: Caryn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fivetails Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 We put ours up yesterday :D ....I have outdoor lights to try and hang today.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettyandbob Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 our tree is up and decorated. I have some wreaths to hang, maybe today, maybe another day and then we are done. We have our stack of Christmas only story books and videos out now too. We started putting the tree up after Thanksgiving, when I realized how busy our weekends really are. It's sad, but this weekend has become our only nothing to do relax weekend. It's nicer to decorate and look at all the decorations when you have time. We look at stuff the kids have made in past years or special ornaments purchased because of an event the previous year. We can't reminisce when there's games and musical performance rehearsals. This year dd is performing in the Nutcracker for the first time and the rehearsals plus the seven show schedule she has is ruling my life--that's on top of the church Christmas show and church choir perfomances she has. But it will all be over the 21st and we will have a few days to savor then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ria Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 No. Ours will go up sometime in mid-December. I hate the after-Thanksgiving rush to Christmas and try to put off decorating here. I must admit I enjoy seeing other people's trees, though! Have fun!! Ria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyWImom Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 We always decorate this weekend, and yes, today is usually the day we get the tree. But....I am so behind this year, the Halloween decorations are still up!:tongue_smilie: So, I am doing some major cleaning this weekend and cleaning out-before we do the Christmas decorations. We will probably get the tree on Monday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiegirl Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 WE put the tree up yesterday (we live in Can. so our Thanksgiving was in Oct.) but couldn't decorate it as one string of lights was busted. My husband bought a new string but he bought coloured lights. So half of the tree is white lights and the lower half is coloured lights. It looks very odd but it is all decorated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fshinkevich Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 We purchased a small one for our bedroom two days ago (the kids each have fake ones for their rooms that we put up today) and next weekend we will be buying our big family tree. I spent the day setting up lights, candles, spraying fake snow (has to be good for us!) and other decorations. I'm a Christmas freak :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekanamom Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 We got ours up. Since we have a puppy this year, we put up the "little" fiber optic tree on top of a stool to keep it out of reach and to give it some height... that thing went up so fast! No separate lights, since they are built right in to the tree. :D And since we didn't want to put our special ornaments in the path of puppy destruction, we just put glittery multi-colored snowflake ornaments on, along with some "no-shatter" glittery garlands. Even if the puppy does knock it down, nothing is likely to break- and it looks pretty nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momof165 Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 Since we are following a typical Waldorf tradition with celebrating the Advent season, I like to have my Christmas tree, as well as our holiday decoration (inside and outside) done before the Advent seasons starts. This Sunday is 1st of Advent - and we are ready. The house looks so neat, our little yard is nicely decorated and it is SNOWING!!!!! Glad to be done - now we can enjoy our surroundings. :D Sonja ______________________________________________ Homeschooling JUSTONE - ds 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Buckin' Longhorn Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 Our tree is up and decorations galore! It's Merry Christmas time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeefreak Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 We just finished! OK, so we'll decorate all month, and after the kids go to bed, I'll re-decorate the tree. But, we're at least on the way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughing lioness Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 We cut and put up our tree today. This year we put the large, live tree in the living room and put up our fake tree in the dining room. Lots of twinkle lights, Christmas music, tinsel, swags and ornaments that we've collected and made, as well as the fun of what we can give to each other. We celebrate Advent each year, as well as go to a Candlelight Christmas Eve service. Our oldest dd's birthday is Christmas Eve so it's her birthday, too! Lots of fun traditions to enjoy and memories to savor! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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