When do you put your Christmas tree up?

Gloomendoom

Maz wrote: »

Well it wouldn't be a Christmas tree then would it because Christmas would be over?

Not if you keep it for the following Christmas. It wouldn't take much looking after.

Maz

Gloomendoom wrote: »

Not if you keep it for the following Christmas. It wouldn't take much looking after.

No, prefer the randomness of the curve of the branches I find with a few leaves on than a dead tree. Looks more romantic and magical and dingly dell-ish than than some poor 'especially grown for uniformness' potted effort.

One thing I don't get, the Christmas trees we used to have when I was a child, used to have a lovely smell, they don't seem to have that any more or is that my faulty memory?

skitler

my home is so big ive just noticed that last years is still up. :eek:

only joking. I live in a caravan so theres no room for a tree, if I put a tiny tree up 4 legs will drown it in his own way:rotfl:

tanith

Its a tradition in our house we spend Christmas Eve putting up the tree and a few green decorations.. wouldn't be Christmas without a few traditions.. and it comes down on 12th night, have had enough of it by then anyway.

Chickvic

Our tree is put up for the 1st December, which is a Sunday and I'll be working so it'll go up on the Saturday instead. I love Christmas and I love having all the lights twinkling away! DH (when he lived at home) put the tree up about mid December, ours was always the 1st, we've had several discussions (same one every year!) about when the tree goes up - guess who wins

paulineb_2

Trees always used to go up on christmas eve as far as Im aware.

In my mums day anyway. I honestly cant bear when I see people with a tree up in November, its getting earlier and earlier. I do think you lose something of Christmas if the tree goes up far too early, but hey, I dont put a tree up every year, neither does my mum, last year I bought a tree from poundland for a quid

Im not bah humbug about christmas, just dont see the need to start celebrating it so early.

Maz

We don't save the twinkly lights just for Christmas anyway, we have them all year round. Just have more of them at Christmas.

My Christmas twigs go up when I can't stand the nagging any more and come down before Twelfth night because it's only me that bothers, otherwise they'd still be up now from last year!

skitler

paulineb wrote: »

Trees always used to go up on christmas eve as far as Im aware.

In my mums day anyway. I honestly cant bear when I see people with a tree up in November, its getting earlier and earlier. I do think you lose something of Christmas if the tree goes up far too early, but hey, I dont put a tree up every year, neither does my mum, last year I bought a tree from poundland for a quid

Im not bah humbug about christmas, just dont see the need to start celebrating it so early.

I agree :T

pavlovs_dog

first weekend in December (and it takes discipline to wait until then )

it takes so much effort and time to get it all set up that I like to get my money's worth. Comes down a few days into new year.

marisco_2

My sons and I put up the trees, decorate the fireplace and hang all the other Xmas decorations on the second weekend in December. I love fairy lights and these are hung all around. By the time we have finished the house looks magical. It all comes down on the 30th in time to organise the house for the New Years Eve party.