When do you put your Christmas decorations up?

kippers

jlp76 wrote: »

I put mine up on the 1st of December - usually the nearest weekend rather than the exact date :j

Same here. I take them down on 2nd Jan (though i'd take them down sooner if it was up to me)

maisiescamp

I put mine up the first weekend in Dec, prob put the tree up on fri 3rd and then do the first over the sat/sun.

esmer

jlp76 wrote: »

I put mine up on the 1st of December - usually the nearest weekend rather than the exact date :j

Thats when I put mine up. I have a little one so it makes it all excited for her Getting all my cleaning done the week before as I am off on holiday.

turbo5019

I put mine up on the 1st Dec for indoors and out however my outside lights have been up since last weekend. My DH works offshore and went on wed and doesn't come back till 11th dec so they are ready for me to turn them on on the 1st. Have had a few strange looks as people have walked past as I am close to a school.

Fluffysheep38

The 1st December for mine, except the real tree which can't be put up until about the second weekend in or it would die!

We have two other fake trees we put up though

It is so tempting to do it this early what with all the Christmas adverts on TV and the stuff in the shop. I feel if they go up this early I'll be sick of it by the time Christmas comes. I'm always glad to get them down early in the New Year, so putting them up on the 1st and taking them down early January works great here!

cookiedough38

1st dec, I would be very tempted to put them up earlier but its my daughters birthday on the 30th Nov so we wait until that has gone past

ladyfalco

mines go up first weekend in December, this year it will be sunday the 5th as DD birthday is the 4th!!

pinkflop

ladyfalco wrote: »

mines go up first weekend in December, this year it will be sunday the 5th as DD birthday is the 4th!!

Me too!!! :j

Although I have a work winter ball on the 4th so cant do it then as DS wont be here (going to Auntys for the night!)

Cant wait to put them up though - makes the house so cosy! :xmastree:

chaosweddings

i have always put mine up on the 1st december, but since i met dh they dont get put up now until the 10th and we take them down around the 2nd jan.

my dh hates christmas and is a right scrooge, he moans and whines in the run up but once it gets to xmas day he is like a child in a toy shop !

motherhen2234

The decorations go up around my birthday which is the 13th December. Although the last few years they have gone up slight before because that's when the weekend was and I had the time! It felt weird breaking my tradition so to speak but grown up practicalities just got in the way!