When do you decorate for Christmas?

I have a few strings of led Christmas lights running along the top of the walls in my man cave. I also have a plastic wreath with lights plugged in with the other strings. I never take them down so all I have to do in December is plug them in and I'm decorated. Just so you don't get the idea that I am a complete slob , I do hit the wreath with my shop vac before turning it on.
 

I put my 6' 🎄 tree up last night. My last much smaller tree used to spin around slowly but it squeaks loudly now . So I'm taking the ornaments off of it and putting them on the new tree. I also ordered a string of lights with various functions like twinkling and new ornaments and red tinsel.

I'll be putting everything on the tree sometime after its delivered to me. Maybe this weekend, I'm not sure.

I really love Christmas time and trees and so after 20 years of not putting a big tree up I really wanted to do it again. I don't care if it's just me and the pet family. We're still a family and are going to have a good Christmas time.
 
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Twas just before Christmas, garland stun around the house...
It’s time to go shopping was heard from my spouse...
We need more lights to hang upon the eve...
Garland wreathes and mistletoe, not enough I believe...
We need tinsel that glistens and blinking lights galore...
Those can be found at the special, Christmas store...
We have homemade decorations for the window sill...
Wait, we need pine boughs for the outside box to fill...
Dash off to the paint store, red and green is a must...
Our metal Merry Christmas is covered all in rust...
We have lighted reindeer, out on the lawn...
we must to have another and it must be a fawn....
We need more ornaments to hang on the tree...
A homespun decorating class, take it now with me...
We finally were done, decorations galore....
nevertheless in her mind she could fit a few more....
We flipped on the breaker and heard a loud pop...
The overload caused the star... to blow out at the top...
November 2015
Ronald J. Curell
 

I put up a couple of things tonight on the mantle.. The Christmas log.. a couple of silver urns and a bunch of festive roses.. .. everything else is stored in the barn and I'll get it out probably tomorrow and then decide where everything is going on the mantle and hearth and maybe on one of the sideboards .. I've got a horrible feeling I have way more decorations than I think I have

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hollydolly said:
I put up a couple of things tonight on the mantle.. The Christmas log.. a couple of silver urns and a bunch of festive roses.. .. everything else is stored in the barn and I'll get it out probably tomorrow and then decide where everything is going on the mantle and hearth and maybe on one of the sideboards .. I've got a horrible feeling I have way more decorations than I think I have

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I am so proud and happy for you. You have been through so much but you just keep doing what,makes you happy. At the end of the day, that is what is important, doing the things you want, that please you!!
 
Blessed said:
I am so proud and happy for you. You have been through so much but you just keep doing what,makes you happy. At the end of the day, that is what is important, doing the things you want, that please you!!
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thank you so much Blessed..🥰. it's been and continues to be a struggle, but it gets easier every day.. as you say this time last year was verrrrry different, so I am determined to try and improve on that this year
 
I usually decorate the home the weekend following Thanksgiving and then the weekend after that, I will purchase the Christmas Tree and decorate that. So that is usually right after my birthday.
 
Yesterday. I have a very small display. This is my tree:
Charlie Brown Christmas Tree 24 X 30 X 1.5 Gallery Wrapped - Etsy
A cat broke the Xmas little red ball. It's the Charlie Brown tree, got it from my DIL.
 
I might be decorating gingerbread cookies today with my granddaughters - but I haven't put up our little tree yet. My daughter invites me for a cookie baking day - it's become a family tradition. Weather forecast is for snow and freezing rain - yuck.
 
Hello all!

I'm keeping the tradition from my Father. Keeping it as close to the weekend before the 24th December. Normally, it would have been the weekend 16-17 December for 2022. However, this year being the first one without hubby, daughter wants to wait until Friday 23 December. Taking down on 5th January 2023 as it's the 12th day after Christmas.

Due to cold weather this 2022 Fall, we've put the Alpine Christmas bedding on this past weekend usually we can wait until the winter solstice on or around 21 December. Daughter loved the new Christmas Tartan Tablecloth we've put it on this weekend too. The bathroom gets its own makeover: snowman on the door. Skiing Snowman Shower Curtain and accessories.

Our artificial 6-7 foot tree, is a snow covered pine. The latest one bought in November 2016. The last purchase at our local Homebase store closed for good. It was replaced by "TheRange" where we bought a string of Snowflakes lights. Here's a pic from Christmas 2019.
 

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hollydolly said:
I put up a couple of things tonight on the mantle.. The Christmas log.. a couple of silver urns and a bunch of festive roses.. .. everything else is stored in the barn and I'll get it out probably tomorrow and then decide where everything is going on the mantle and hearth and maybe on one of the sideboards .. I've got a horrible feeling I have way more decorations than I think I have

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Gorgeous Birch Log đź‘Ť
 
Tree's decorated, wreath on the door, I added antlers to the plastic flamingos (they already had hats, red noses and bows), and bought some new electric candelabras for the front windows to replace the dinky battery-operated ones I've had for the last few years.

Big fluffy candy canes are hanging on the outdoor lights on either side of the garage door and the walk to the front door is lined with stained-glass doo-dads on poles.

The few Christmas chachkis I have left (I used to have more than a thousand Santas) are on display here and there. My armadillo statue has his Santa hat and tie on.

CHRISTMAS, BRING IT ON!!!
 
Never! I haven't decorated now for the last 3 years. I'm FREE! I got rid of those shackles that bound me!
 


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