Do you already have Christmas Decorations up???
By niamhlet
@niamhlet (80)
Ireland
November 14, 2006 8:48pm CST
I know it hasn't even been Thanksgiving, but I already have my Christmas tree up and stockings hung!
19 responses
@breezie (1246)
• Canada
15 Nov 06
I love christmas and have already done a heap of shopping, but we don't put our tree up until at least December 1st. We usually put it up on the weekend of our towns' Santa Claus parade. If we put it up too early the kids get too wound up and are bouncing off the walls until christmas. I also have a hard time getting in the mood to decorate until there is a little bit of snow on the ground.
@breezie (1246)
• Canada
15 Nov 06
Our house is pretty small and we have very few hiding places too. We only have 3 closets in our house and our basement is unfinished and I don;t want to put stuff down there as it could get ruined. I have quite a bit of my kids stuff hidden away at my parents house.
@michellerae (108)
• United States
15 Nov 06
my mantle is decorated with my Christmas village and a lighted Garland I also have my wreath hung on the door. We put our tree up on Thanksgiving day and we take the tree down before the first of the year. We believe it is bad luck to bring in the new year with the Christmas tree still up. That's our tradition anyway. My kids and I put together a gingerbread house the other day, it was a blast!
@michellerae (108)
• United States
15 Nov 06
We never eat our Gingerbread houses, we build them and leave them for the season :) I LOVE making them and it's a great creative outlet for my children! I can't wait for shopping on black friday either!
@JulietsMom777 (1182)
• United States
15 Nov 06
You do? Wow that is early but nothing wrong with that. I usually tend to decorate after Thanksgiving day or a week after. I love being in the house or going out and coming back in to see all the decorations. I love putting on a movie, drinking hot chocolate, eating popcorn and turning on the Christmas lights.
@777tash (125)
• Australia
15 Nov 06
Hi there!
I don't put up the decorations etc until after my birthday which is early December, because when I was growing up, my birthday was always lost in the cloud of Christmas decorating, planning, and shopping, and I quite often receieved joint presents:(
I leave them up for a while though, usually for most of January:)
@margieanneart (26423)
• United States
15 Nov 06
Wow. How long will you keep them up until?
I won't put mine up until around 2 weeks before xmas.
@Penguinsangel (3498)
• United States
15 Nov 06
NOooooooo hehe
That'll happen around here after Thanksgiving
More so the first weekend of December.
@JessicaD (115)
• United States
15 Nov 06
No I wait untill after Thanksgiving, I have always waited till one holiday is over untill I start to decorate for another one. I did notice today that some people in my sub have decorations up outside already.
@scooter1024 (1243)
• United States
15 Nov 06
We put up our tree the weekend after Thanksgiving. I put my tree up one year before Thanksgiving and our house burnt Thanksgiving day. It may sound funny but to me it was a bad omen. Since then no Christmas decorations come out at my house until Thanksgiving is over. Also I like to get one holiday over before I start the next. It seems so many people forget about Thanksgiving anymore and jump straight to Christmas.
@ilse72 (1450)
• United States
15 Nov 06
Mine will go up this weekend since we are away the entire week of Thanksgiving. I used to put it up Thanksgiving weekend but now we have to travel the entire week so I put it up right before we leave. I can't wait because I love this holiday season!
@GardenGerty (161833)
• United States
15 Nov 06
I refuse to put Christmas trees up before Thanksgiving, as that is the time of year my kids were born, and I love celebrating being thankful, for them and for all the other great things in my life. On the other hand I tend to leave my Christmas stuff up longer than most people I know. I like customs from different countries in my decorations. I saw a Christmas tree up in someone's house recently, when it was before Halloween.
@teenal (1400)
• Dublin, Ireland
11 Dec 06
Ive only put mine up tonight and wrapped my pressies. Im feeling all christmassy now and its lovely.