What are your Christmas decorations?
By pehpot
@pehpot (4762)
Philippines
November 18, 2008 12:27am CST
I am pretty sure that almost half of us here already had their Christmas decorations done. I am quite curious as what are those? HA ve yo got some balls and chimes? How tall is your Christmas tree? SOme family cannot have a Christmas without a belen, have you got yours? How many Santa is on the house?
Or are you just like me who are so lazy to put up some decors?
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24 responses
@teapotmommommerced (10359)
• United States
1 Dec 08
Christmas decorations have not come out yet. I do not get them out until a few weeks until Christmas.
@tryxiness (4544)
• Philippines
24 Nov 08
Oh no. I am not part of the majority half. We still do not have Christmas decorations at home except for the red star which has been there for almost a year now.
Gosh, I still remember when i was younger I was ecstatic preparing Christmas decors at home.
@kissie34 (2294)
• Philippines
21 Nov 08
Where I am staying right now, we still didn't put any Christmas decoration in our house.. I don't know when we will going to start decorating but our neighborhood already have a decoration in their house.. Well, in our hometown even its not Christmas there's already a decoration inside and outside of our house.. We are not removing those decoration because it is very tired to keep it then put it again.. Only the Christmas tree and some banners were kept but others hanging inside our house and Christmas light were just there.. We usually open our Christmas light when my niece wants to see it (ages 6 and 2), they really love watching the Christmas light especially when it blinks with different colors.. Sometimes, we also open it when we have a celebration on home like birthdays.. But now that I'm already staying from other city I don't know if I'm going to decorate for Christmas..
@19ninoy68 (18)
• Philippines
19 Nov 08
Uhmmm...we have here in our house a Christmas tree which about a 2-3 ft. tall. We also have a Christmas lights on the terrace which shines every night. Advance Merry Christmas....
@mobhomeir (7558)
• Philippines
19 Nov 08
For us..no we dont believe on Christmas on December 25. There might have been a christmas but its up to us when we will celebrate it...for us Christmas is everyday. When they say christmas is the time of giving or shall we say it "give love on christmas day". Does it mean, we will just be giving love on christmas day which is always celebrated by most of us? (on December 25). What about on the next day (26th) onward? Can we NOT give love? That is why for us, christmas decors, belens are not so important to us during christmas... its just an additonal expendetures...We celebrate christmas in our hearts evryday....
@maroseqf (3657)
• Philippines
19 Nov 08
As of now, we only have a Christmas tree. It stands more than 6 feet and it is full of different balls and hanging decorations. There are also glittery ribbons and colorful Christmas lights. We also have a one-foot miniature santa who is holding a bell and the bell lights with different color. I wanted to have some Christmas sounds. We'll probably have that in December.
@Katlady2 (9904)
• United States
18 Nov 08
I have the box of the rope lights sitting in my dining room. That's as far as I've gotten for decorating so far. LOL! My son is putting the lights on the porch this weekend (I hope!). We have an artificial 4 1/2 foot tree that already has lights on it. I'm hoping to get a new one because the cats have had way too much fun with the old one by trying to climb in it...and their furry butts are too heavy for the branches! Other than that I won't be putting anything up unless it's out on the porch. That way it's relatively safe from kitty paws.
@daryljane (3406)
• Philippines
18 Nov 08
I havent really started putting up decorations yet at home. although ive bough some stuff already but havent put up the xmas tree yet. My son is already asking me that he will help me for the arrangment, i just cant find time to do it yet. I have mistletoe, some flowers balls and some other glitters to go with it..im still looking of getting more when the tree is set up for additional decorations
@di1159 (1580)
• United States
18 Nov 08
I have a tree that's 7 1/2 feet tall and is already pre-lit. I love the fact that I just plug it in and it lights up, turns, and plays Christmas music! I have a lot of ornaments that I've collected through the years and I love putting them up, but sometimes I don't as it makes the tree too crowded. The kids love to put up the ones they made in school and some special ones that were a gift from their grandparents. I've already decorated my dining table with Christmas placemats and linens and I've set up 2 Christmas villages. I will have a small Nativity scene inside under the tree.l This year though, I'm thinking about not decorating outside. Decorating is nice, but then when they have to be put away, I usually get stuck with that task, so I haven't decided whether or not to decorate outside.
@gracie04 (4549)
• Philippines
18 Nov 08
Usually, we use Christmas tree(about 4 feet tall), balls, chimes, santas, lights and other stuffs like pillow cases with Christmas prints to match with the decors.. we always like to make the Christmas season special as it's Our Lord Jesus Christ's birthday..
@JulianaRose (378)
• United States
18 Nov 08
hahah just a small tree and some extra candles around the home.
@bing28 (3795)
• Philippines
19 Nov 08
What we have for now is just the lantern and the curtain chrismas lights plus the christmas bells and christmas socks at the bedrooms' doors. Still don't have Santa Claus as we have to buy a new one. I am not lazy when it comes to christmas decors as long as there are available. How I wish to buy a taller Christmas tree as I love to have Christmas tree but oh my God, look at the price of the Christmas trees today if you want the big one you have to spend 2,000 to 5,000 pesos and that's a lot of christmas gifts already but it does'nt matter as long as we Can afford it but the question is we can't, so if I won't earn commission in real estate this month I won't be having a tall christmas tree. I remember when am still young and still residing in the Bicol region we use pine tree as our christmas tree so its a lesser expense or a tree with many beautiful little branches covered with green or white japanese paper with hanging christmas cards. It's so nice to have a Belen too, before its alright to buy the cardboard cut out belen but of course now you have to make a real belen, its presence made us feel the real spirit of Christmas. Am sorry Pepot, hehe I got carried away, my response is quite long already...Merry Christmas.
@julise (494)
• Indonesia
19 Nov 08
My family is a mix of christian and budhist. my parents are budhist, so we don't really celebrate chirstmas. but i do gave a christmas tree (a living one, a plant that grows), it's very very tall, about 4,5 meter (around 15 feet), and because of that, we don't decrorate it.
@auntpondie (172)
• United States
18 Nov 08
i love christmas. we have a 6 foot pre lit tree that is decorated with all homemade ornaments that my kids have made thru the years. last year was so funny. i let the kids decorate the tree all by themselves. the light for whatever reasson only worked on the bottom and top and not the middle. so they took att the ornaments and put them in the middle. it was really funny looking, but it was all theirs. i have a village that i add to each year and put out all over the house. i even decorate the bathrooms!! it just akes everything so cheerful when the house is all lit uo and a christmas movie is playing in the background.
@kylie_quistis (1220)
• Philippines
18 Nov 08
Ah, yes, we already put up our Christmas tree and decorated our house last weekend. It's really great to see it, I'm quite content to see it every night, really can feel already the Christmas spirit in our house. Our Christmas tree, is about 6 ft tall, contains of gold and red ribbons and flowers as it's Christmas theme. And we put some garlands and colorful Christmas lights over the rails of the stairs, doors and canopy of our house. Really delightful to see it, very Christmasy.
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
18 Nov 08
I have a 6ft fake tree that we haven't put up yet. We use blue and silver ornaments and lights on the tree, it's very pretty. We have a few snowmen and stuff we put inside the house, on shelves or whatever. For outside we don't have much, we put lights on the house but that's it. We can't really afford to buy a lot of decorations.
@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
18 Nov 08
I've decorated my house with Christmas motiff as early as 2nd week of October. No I am not lazy like you. Decorating the house has always been one of my passions! Ha!ha!ha! I wanted to make up because last year I decorated my house quite late that I was so sad when I was removing the Christmas decor for it had not even lasted for 15 days. So this year my decorations will last for more than 2 months! I've set up the old but still good Christmas tree and I trimmed it with colorful christmas ribbons and and hang lots of red glittering apples in bunches. The Christmas tree looks like a pine apple tree teeming with fruits. Beneath the Christmas tree is the the "Belen" surrounded with all the gifts I have already wrapped for all my loved ones. I also have changed the curtain to color gold yellow and green and trim along the top part of the window with garlands decorated with christmas balls. I also put decorative wreaths in all doors of the rooms and the throw pillows have been dressed in Christmas motiff to match the table top laces. I've not set up the outdoor Christmas lights. My hubby is the one in-charge and he has to find some vacant time for that purpose.
@anewor_08 (65)
• Philippines
18 Nov 08
I started decorating our house last sunday. I have christmas tree but without a belen. Decorating is enjoyable though it takes a lot of effort.. Christmas comes only once a year so let's cherish it's moment.. Advance Merry christmas to all!! :)
@alyssa_c (440)
• Philippines
18 Nov 08
How many Santas? Countless! How tall is the tree? I'm not sure hehe but I know though that we should've bought a red one, as my mother filled it with lots and lots of red stuff: big, red ribbons, red glittered leaves, red glittered christmas balls, and even draped a red cloth with red poinsettias on it over the tree's stand so it would neat, she says. Instead of the traditional star on top, she instead had the biggest ribbon made and puton the top of the tree. I thought it would look reidiculous but then it looks really great! Also, all around the house are garlands full of little berries, ribbons, glittered thingies (I dont know what to call them anymore lol) with christmas lights strewn through the garlands. Every year she outdos herself and this year is another success. We dont have chimes though. We put the christmas lights on steady so it would look more eye-catching. I love it!