when are you putting your xmas decs up?

blackwidowz

Will be puting ours up on the 1st, bought a new fibre optic tree so ain't got to fight with the lights, going to watch the local lights be turned on and then its home to watch a family film.( don't know which one yet)

trying-very-trying

Oh, I must be a bad mother. It has been known for me to put our tree up on Xmas eve. It was a real tree though, if that makes any difference.

(away to hang my head in shame)

spinningsheep

Mine are going up tommorrow. We have an open fire now, so its the first xmas with one,cant wait, and my living room is going to look camper than a row of pink tents

lynsayjane

We must be well off the mark, our xmas lights in town went on two weekends ago! Tree goes on this weekend though.

In my house it's just me but I LOVE xmas. I try to get my pressies all bought by the end of November (finishing tonight!) and on the first I put on Muppets christmas carol, get a few drinkies in and decorate my house, wrap all the pressies and write all my cards. If I put up the tree without any pressies under it it makes me a christmas tree should have pressies under it!

Chicken noodle - I'd put up a small tasteful tree, nothing gaudy or grotto-ish but nice and simple, it's all about letting the viewers feel like they could LIVE in your house not just live in it if you know what I mean?!?!?!

mcmanlyn

Tree will be up on Sunday while watching Elf (and probably hungover!). Fave xmas movie is Scrooged though! It used to be on every xmas then it disappeared for a bit...so i bought it on DVD

spud30

Ours will go up either this weekend or next.

Is it bad luck to take the deccys down before 12th night

bobbadog

When I lived at home, it was always December 13th (12 days before, and my Grandad's birthday)... but now OH and I live alone and we head back home again on Dec 21st, we'll be putting 'em up on Monday so we see them for a bit! x

trying-very-trying

spud30 wrote: »

Is it bad luck to take the deccys down before 12th night

I might be slow about putting them up, but I'm a stickler for them being down by the 12th night. Not like my sil though, she has them down on boxing day.

oh, sorry, I misread your post spud, I thought you meant was it bad luck not to have them down by the 12th night.

spud30

trying-very-trying wrote: »

I might be slow about putting them up, but I'm a stickler for them being down by the 12th night. Not like my sil though, she has them down on boxing day.

I always want to take mine down before New Year, but I worry it might be bad luck

DKLS

Mine are late usually on Xmas Eve I will put up a swag on the fireplace, and put up the cards, Boxing day the cards will be binned and the swag put away for another year, meanwhile fiancee will be putting up 3 trees :eek: to counter my grinchiness. At least next year I will be in Thailand for Xmas

I have never understood why people decorate the outside of their houses