when do you put your christmas tree up?

Westywoodpecker

Up week before, down week after

Elliesmum

On the 1st of December and down pretty quickly after New Year. LO likes helping to put it up. Daddy likes taking it down - keeps the family happy!

EM
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kittiwoz

When my brother and I get home! Two of use go and collect it and we all help put it up and decorate while my grandma watches with a glass of sloe gin. My parents didn't really "do" Christmas until I was four because they are not religious, which means I actually remember my first Christmas. One of my strongest memories is going with my parents to collect the tree which was a living one in a pot. We had the same tree for about ten years but it gave up the ghost eventually and we have cut ones now.

Norbert_Colon

Advent Sunday or December 1st, whichever comes earlier.

It comes down again on January 1st.

Phatmouse

Rubyru wrote:

Usually goes up between the 12th - 15th and we take it down on the second.This year we are tempted to get a real tree ????
Any advice never had one before but have seen friends have them and put artificial ones up by christmas eve.




Oh I love christmas.

:xmastree: :xmastree: :xmastree: :xmastree: :xmastree: (sorry)

I only ever have areal tree, with just static lights, much nicer than artificial with thousands of baubles, although we are having a baby this december so i thought it might be nice to start the tradition of buying a really nice ornament every year, something in wood I think.

before put up a real tree, cut an inch of the stump and water it daily it will stay fresh for ages.

CathChat

I put my tree up the first Sunday in December and it is taken down usually on the 3rd of January.

My neighbours actualy decorate their whole house on Halloween and then take their trimmings down Boxing Night:eek:

Different strokes for different folks as they say:rotfl:

choccyface2006

We usually put ours up the first weekend in December x

nicki_2

My OH is a 12 days before, 12 days after kind of person...I on the otherhand love Christmas. Our tree goes up around 1st December and comes down on 12th night (while DD is at school) but then we have a rather nice routine going and this year it's planned as follows:

• 1st December we put up garlands etc together (after school) and I get the tree out. DD and OH put the tree up together and then once DD has gone off to bed I can concentrate on putting the lights on it - one job OH HATES, he gets so frustrated
• 2nd December (while DD is at school and OH is at work) I'll put any other decorations up and do something to the window Last year I sprayed the entire window with fake snow and then rubbed out the message "Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year"...NOT Doing that this year
• 2nd December when everyone is in, all 3 of us will put the decorations on the tree and DD will get lifted up by OH to put the star on the top

I can't wait..

rasmus

Mine goes up on my birthday (28th of november) my mum has always done this since i was about 5, im 33 this year so i carry on the tradition.

linda-ann

Up xmas eve down boxing day!!!!!!!! :rotfl: Just Kidding :rotfl:

Up a couple of weeks before xmas but usually down before new year
but my sons are now 17 and nearly 20 :xmastree: