When do you put your Christmas tree up?

geoffky

Never...The wife about a week before and then down new year...I hate the commercial crap of Christmas and the pressure it puts on people...Ban the stupid thing..

neverdespairgirl

chelseablue wrote: »

Having a debate with my other half about when to put the Christmas tree up

I LOVE Christmas so want to do it on 1st December

He says not before 12th December as the 1st is too early (what a humbug!)

So out of interest if you particpate in Christmas trees and/or decorations when do you put yours up?

My parents (where we spend Christmas) put theirs up 3-4 days before Christmas, and chuck it out on 6th January. We don't have one at all, and OH loathes CHristmas decorations, so we don't have any of those, either.

jansus

Generally the second week in December i love putting the decs up, we have a tree and a garland over the fire and some lights at the window that's about it.
I find there is a snotty attitude about Christmas decorations each to their own i say, if you like them put them up if you don't leave them down it's as simple as that

sparrer

I have a small - 3 foot - gold coloured tree that lifts out from a circle into a cone and hangs on a central pole. It has little gold decorations, leaves and a star on it, takes about 2 minutes to get it out of the box and onto the coffee table on Christmas Eve, the same to put it away in its box again on Twelfth Night . Keep it simple

suejb2

My SIL puts hers up the weekend nearest to 25th November so just checking the calendar it'll probably be 23rd November!

maman

Someone said that every family has traditions and I agree. Our tree goes up in time for DD1s birthday on 20th December. She's 44 now but when she was little we always had the house all decorated for her birthday and the tradition has stuck!:)

We have a real tree, in a pot in the garden. It's looking healthy so it'll be brought in when the time comes. Then all my decs which I've saved over the years, including hand made ones that DDs made when they were schoolgirls.

Always comes down on or just before Twelfth Night.

System

sparrer wrote: »

I have a small - 3 foot - gold coloured tree that lifts out from a circle into a cone and hangs on a central pole. It has little gold decorations, leaves and a star on it, takes about 2 minutes to get it out of the box and onto the coffee table on Christmas Eve, the same to put it away in its box again on Twelfth Night . Keep it simple

i have the larger version of that one and i love it.

Loz01

We normally go for a couple of weekends before Xmas, just checked and the 14th or 15th is probably gonna be this years date! Not too early or it drives me nuts :rotfl:

PenguinOfDeath

MrsE wrote: »

I'm not a fan of xmas decs. You do your home up the way you want it, it doesnt make sense to me to add tat at christmas!!!!

I'm a bit like this, we do have a tree and put cards up but I really don't get why you would redecorate your whole house just for a couple of weeks.

Even worse are all the Xmas style accessories that seem to get more abundant each year ie aprons, tea towels, blankets, crockery.. Why buy them, use them once or twice then put them back in a cupboard for the rest of the year?

Bah humbug!

optimistic-mummy

around the 20th of dec ... my partners birthday is the 17th so its always after then and it comes down before the 12th of jan as thats our sons birthday ...