GTKY: When do you...

angel41sweethrt · November 2011

When do you put up your Christmas tree and decorations?

Even though my husband and been begging me for 2 weeks now, we put our up the day after Thanksgiving!

watsonnichole · November 2011

Exactly....the day AFTER people!!!

SGC29 · November 2011

We start the day after Thanksgiving and do a little each day.

MrsN08 · November 2011

We put ours up sometime during the weekend after Thanksgiving

nyc7781 · November 2011

Usually a week or two after thanksgiving

AlleyCatNH · November 2011

Mine are already up. We went all out last Saturday. We have a fake tree so it makes it easy. We both love this time of year and figure why not make it last longer. Plus I love coming home to it!

cmuslp10 · November 2011

My FIL jokes that we can't do it till after his birthday (Dec 7), but I put them up the first day my husband works after Thanksgiving - that way its a surprise when he gets home! So this year it's the Monday after Turkey and shopping!

kerrbear72 · November 2011

December 1st.

JumpAroundBucky · November 2011

We've started putting some decorations up, but usually we go buy our tree the day after Thanksgiving. I've been bugging MH to put lights up before it snows/drops below freezing, but that probably won't happen until the last minute.

OnTheLanai · November 2011

Whoops sorry! Double post

blonddnyc · November 2011

might put the lights up on the roof this weekend, bcs the weathers been so nice, but tree and all that jazz is def the day after thanksgiving.

OnTheLanai · November 2011

AlleyCatNH:
Mine are already up. We went all out last Saturday. We have a fake tree so it makes it easy. We both love this time of year and figure why not make it last longer. Plus I love coming home to it!

this!

Normally I decorate on my birthday which is in the first few days of December, but since we are hosting Thanksgiving and no one ever sees our holiday decor I decided to do it a couple weeks earlier! lol

JMarie725 · November 2011

I have always done it the day after Thanksgiving, but this year we are doing it sooner. Probably tomorrow. I got rid of all my Thanksgiving decor last year (they were getting worn out after so many years) and was supposed to buy new stuff for this year, but we've just been too busy.

advb0921 · November 2011

I usually put them up a few days after Thanksgiving and take them down a few days after New Years. We have an artificial tree so it's easy.

earthboundmisfit · November 2011

December 1st!

Nikko Blue · November 2011

I start the day after Thanksgiving with the decorations. The tree doesn't go up until a little later because we get a real one from a local tree farm. We'll probably go around Dec 11th to get it.

JBM1204 · November 2011

We'll probably put it up the second weekend in December. The first weekend is our wedding anniversary so we'll be out of town.

I'm very anti-anything Christmas before Thanksgiving. I like to give each holiday it's own time, so no rushing the season. I actually love Thanksgiving more than Christmas because it is the START of the holiday season (and I love t'giving dinner!)

mrslaurah · November 2011

We redid our kitchen last year at Christmastime and didn't have any Christmas decorations up. This year we both have Black Friday off and once I've recovered from shopping we're going to deck the halls!!

MissGOP · November 2011

The first week in December usually.

MarieNJoe613 · November 2011

I don't know when exactly, but it always ends up being too early. When we take down our real tree, it leaves a trail of needles throught the house. I end up vaccuming (sp.) needles for months after.

However, I do wish I could leave the decorations up all year. It's the only time that I feel my house looks like a home Sad

mrsjenni · November 2011

We get a real tree that we chop down ourselves at a local farm. I LOVE IT. We usually get it the first weekend in December.

As for the rest of our decorations, I put them up at our house the Sunday before Thanksgiving because DH and I help my parents with their decorations the weekend after Thanksgiving. My parents have a huge old Victorian house and it takes everyone to decorate it!

As for Christmas music, well um... my husband sets a rule for no xmas music before Halloween. And? I break that rule every year.

SchruteBucks · November 2011

We'll start sometime next week. The tree happens the weekend of Thanksgiving.

tennisanddance · November 2011

I wait until the day after Thanksgiving as well! Usually I put up our decorations by myself, my DH doesn't really get into it.

brithil · November 2011

I usually put mine up Saturday/Sunday after Thanksgiving, but I work that weekend this year. I have Saturday through Wednesday before Thanksgiving off, so I will probably cave and put decorations up early.

happilyeverafterxo · November 2011

We usually put ours up over Thanksgiving Vacation (I'm a teacher...so I have a 5 day break! Woo hoo!)

Although...I'd love to put it up right now

KNemo · November 2011

We started doing the day after Thanksgiving last year.

shellb1978 · November 2011

Usually a week after Thanksgiving.

myllissann · November 2011

I love that so many of you ladies put up the tree the day after Thanksgiving (or that weekend)! That has been a family tradition of mine since I was a little girl and still do it now, married almost 11 years. I always thought that we were one of the early birds in doing so, but you all seem to be right on track with me! I love it!

Hopeful912 · November 2011

We don't have a set day that we do our decorating, but I'm thinking this year it'll be a day or two after Thanksgiving. We're having a dinner this weekend though so I might get out a few fun "winter" decorations. Smile

My DH told me today he was in the Christmas spirit, so who knows, maybe decorating will be sooner than later.

Ladylec · November 2011

We usually do the Saturday after Thanksgiving but we are in the process of remodeling our house and do it on weekends, so I'm going to start on Monday and then put the tree up next weekend.

Bighair12 · November 2011

Usually Thanksgiving weekend. Though I did buy some new holiday placemats that are out.

TotallyMomma · November 2011

Lol, well usually the day after thanksgiving BUT this year my tree is already up, we are so busy from now till Dec 11 its crazy, birthday parties, holiday parties, Disney world, its crazy. So I wanted to make sure my LO's had their tree up in time to enjoy (they are 2 and 3). Everything else will start Black Friday though, if we get to it.

KWood2011 · November 2011

We put ours up Thanksgiving weekend. Super excited love this time of year!!!

Eags · November 2011

We wait until the weekend after Thanksgiving to put up any decorations.

D&J2008 · November 2011

Definitely not before Thanksgiving. It seems like with Holiday travel and everything else, it ends up being the Sunday after T-Giving or the following weekend.

My favorite part of Holiday decorating is that I always do my "Christmas Decor" shopping the week after Christmas, buy a few new things at super discounts and pack them up with my Holiday decor from the year before. That way, when I get everything out for the next year, I have a few new things that I forgot about from the post-Holiday sales.

mmb248 · November 2011

The tree and mantle decorations go up the weekend after Thanksgiving. This will be our first year for outdoor decorations, and DH says he's going to do it while I'm decorating the tree. If he doesn't get called into work, it might actually happen!

BioGirl21 · November 2011

It was a tradition growing up to go get our tree the weekend of my birthday(Dec 6). H and I have pretty much done the same, but we have a fake instead of a real tree.

I'm not really feeling very Christmasy yet this year. Hopefully I will soon. We just moved and I have no idea where we're going to put our tree!

Krista123105 · November 2011

We put ours up the night before Thanksgiving.

MiniSteph · November 2011

First weekend of December. DH is against anything Christmas related until after Thanksgiving. He got fake mad at me for wearing my pajama bottoms with little Christmas trees on them. They're comfy and warm dang it!