when do you put your christmas tree up?

Turtle

OOh, feeling all Christmassy now, tucking into a cup of tea and my first mince pie (Asda Extra Special, on offer at a £ this week, scrummy!) for the occasion. Don't have kids so don't have a day that's tradition so to speak. Goes up anywhere between 1st and 20th Dec and comes down on 1/2 Jan. Love it when its all up but glad to get back to normal.;)

bling152

I didnt think there was so many humbugs about lol! ive got to put mine up when every 1 is out because they all moan! they come back home the trees up an the christmas music is on sheer bliss!! my mam dreads it lol

bling152

socks_uk wrote:

I always used to put my Christmas decs up on 1st December each year but after my mum died on 10th December 1995 we changed traditions.

My sister lives in USA and is unable to visit mum's grave (which I don't particularly like doing in the winter anyway) so we decided that our way of remembering mum is to put our trees up on Dec 10th each year and we usually call each other up while we're doing it. I'm sure our mum would have approved of our new 'traditions' .

Jill

thats really nice that i filled up reading it!

Ally

Arrrgggghhhhh! knew there was something I forgot ....THE TREE:eek: :eek: :eek:

oops and deco's:o they all went last year with the tree ..... have to start from nothing:rolleyes:


edit: 'cos surprise surprise ... I can't spell

alwaysbusyMUM

Our's used to go up on the 1st of Dec, but that day is now a sad day so it goes up the weekend after that, when ever it falls. Last year we was having the house rebuilt and it got thrown up at 10.30pm Xmas eve - never again, down and away by the 12th night, always.
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE.

dolly_day_dream

When I was a child the tree always went up on Christmas Eve. One year Mum reminded:rolleyes: Dad to get it but of course he got waylaid at the pub:beer: When he left there were no trees to be found. Would he dare come home without one - not likely. He rode his bicycle to the local agricultural college and 'pruned' one of their specimens:o He then had to drag this giant back home with his bike (4 miles). It was so big that it had to be wedged into the corner with some cut off the top and the bottom

If I had my way it would still be put up on Christmas Eve and then taken down on 6th Jan but to compromise for my family it goes up on the weekend before the 25th along with the other greenery that comprises our decorations.

furrypig

absoluteutopia wrote:

First Sunday in December

Yep this is the same for us... mainly because we go away at Christmas... no just because I get so excited!!:snow_laug:snow_laug:snow_laug:snow_grin:snow_grin:snow_grin:rudolf::rudolf::xmassmile:xmassmile:xmassmile

:santa2::santa2::santa2: :xmastree::xmastree::xmastree::xmassign::xmassign::xmassign:

which I know you'll find hard to believe!