christmas decorating

kstirton · November 2014

Am I the only one who hasn't posted a birth story yet!?! Lol sure feels like it

anyway, with those due close to thanksgiving, are you decorating for christmas early, before lo makes their debut??

PennyLane26 · November 2014

I think we will probably decorate while DH is taking time off from work after the baby is born. There's a lot of down time, perfect for decorating the Christmas tree and relaxing (sort of!). If the little guy comes wayyyy before Thanksgiving, we'll hold off.

shindylahoe · November 2014

I had thought about it! I still might if this baby decides to be extra late.

mander82 · November 2014

I am due the 17th. We just put our thanksgiving decorations out yesterday! One holiday at a time here! Now if I were Canadian, I could totally justify putting up Christmas decorations now!

kstirton · November 2014

I'm due the 16th but if no baby doctor will induce the week of thanksgiving! So, that kills any thanksgiving plans and I am just wondering if it will be nice to already ha e the decor up for visitors, etc.

mrsransom · November 2014

I am having a c-section a week from tomorrow. We will definitely not decorate until after thanksgiving. I think it will be easier to do it after the baby gets here anyway. I'll be stuck at home for awhile & babies sleep a lot

alysonmh · November 2014

I'm due the 24th and we put the Christmas tree up this weekend. It's early but I really didn't want to deal with it once LO comes. Now I'm thankful I did because it really cheers me up

narbuckle01 · November 2014

I'm due on the 25th and we're waiting to decorate and put up the tree until LO is home. I want them to be a part of it even though they'll have no memory.

soulcupcake · November 2014

We're putting up our tree on Thanksgiving.

BabySchroeder2014 · November 2014

I'm due 11/27, but if the baby comes early, I plan to distract myself during early labor by putting up as many Christmas decorations as I can! If the baby comes closer to my due date, I plan to recruit my sister (visiting from grad school) to help put things up :-)

Melodyhay · November 2014

We went to Home Depot yesterday and the Christmas decorations made me so happy and excited for LO to get here. I need some distraction right now anyway. DH and I are going a little crazy waiting. (Due date's tomorrow!) Maybe this would be a good project today.

Hey at least Halloween has passed. haha!

mslynn2012 · November 2014

Due the 23rd. If she doesn't show then (or shortly there after) I have a RCS scheduled for the 26th (day before thanksgiving). We will decorate once she is here.

Decorating before thanksgiving is just too early for me.

babysis013 · November 2014

I refuse to decorate before Thanksgiving on principle. I'm due 11/28 and my OB said she won't let me go past my due date because of the GD and my guess is we will induce before Thanksgiving if I don't go on my own. So that leaves me no option but to wait until baby is here. I'm sad I won't be able to go to the tree farm the weekend after Thanksgiving, but I trust my husband to pick out the perfect tree for our new addition.

minibean16 · November 2014

I totally agree with the 'no decorating until after Thanksgiving' rule. Fortunately, that was over a month ago

I'm going to have most of my 'non-tree' things up soon, and then the tree on December first. Since I'm due the 28th, it's possible my contribution to doing the tree will just be pointing.

crizz13 · November 2014

DH's birthday is at the end of the month. We don't decorate until then...but I'll definitely start listening to music and getting myself in to the holiday spirit!

SarahHeck · November 2014

I'm due the 23rd and my daughter is having surgery on the 28th. We put our tree up last weekend. I love it! Also planning to take christmas pictures of both my kiddos pretty soon after he arrives so I can get my christmas cards/thank you notes out on time. Don't want to mess with everything all at once when he gets here.

silverwings72 · November 2014

I think i will pull out all the decorations except for the tree stuff. I'll start working on them this week. The tree can wait until December 1st.

I'm thinking of going really simple this year. I'll put out our nativity scenes and stockings, maybe buy a row of lights for around the front window. I'm not going to get a big tree this year. I'll probably just buy a little table top tree we can enjoy to feel festive.

Loopyseven · November 2014

MIL is coming for 12 days around Thanksgiving. I figure helping me decorate will give us/her something to do after we run out of small talk. But I'll be having this baby next week at the latest, so he/she will already be here.

Ineedmorecoffee · November 2014

No decorating until after thanksgiving over here. Just seems strange. I don't think it will be that hard to decorate with the kids.

snarkylibrarian · November 2014

If I haven't had the baby by the time I go on maternity leave on the 22nd, I'm totally decorating early, but otherwise I'll wait until DH and I are both on leave and we can put up things. I'm also stuck with a fake tree too, yay apartments! I'm guessing that I'm probably not doing my holiday baking this year, even though it brings me so much joy. I told my family that it's very possible that Christmas may have to come to us this year and only for a few hours! It's good to lower their expectations and then if I show up it's a happy surprise.

MsMolly520 · November 2014

We decorated this week. I'm sooo glad everything is done! I'm not going to have the time or energy once the babies are here. Plus we get to enjoy the holiday feeling a couple weeks extra this year. It's so festive and DS loves the "pretty lights" on the tree.

wallygirl · November 2014

I'm due the 23rd so I have been mentioning possibly putting the tree up for the last week.
We usually decorate the day after thanksgiving after we get home from shopping. So, DH keeps delaying me... first it was just it's too early, then it was this weekend, and after church today it was how about later this evening. If he doesn't follow through I'll probably do it one day this week while he's at work and DD is in MDO.

kaimee27 · November 2014

I'm due the 20th. If LO doesn't come by her due date, we'll probably get the tree a little early so that we can go together to pick it out since I probably won't want to bring a few days old baby out in the cold to pick the tree. We always decorate the day/weekend after Thanksgiving (assuming we're not working) otherwise and will probably wait to do actual decorating until then.

AlliJeee · November 2014

I'm due the 16th. If LO doesn't arrive by next weekend, I'll be spending the following week "decking the halls."

Melodyhay · November 2014

Boom!

NunyaBennis · November 2014

I'm still grieving for the lack of Halloween decorations. I didn't want to burn all of my candles too early, and then *poof* it was over (with a birth somewhere in between).
I'll still wait until December, though, to think about xmas decorations. Just someone please remind me when it's December, okay?

tinkerbell1658 · November 2014

I usually refuse to skip a holiday but this year im going to bend a lil. This is ds and mine....well baby will be here too....first christmas in our house so i want to make it extra special. I put garland on 2 windows. I dont plan on going too crazy before thanksgiving but at least a bit will be done. I get a real tree so thatll wait and ds dad said hed put the lights outside fo me. Ack! I cant wait for ds to see lights on the house!

kimberly_ann81 · November 2014

I put up the outside decorations but haven't started the inside ones.

maple1422 · November 2014

I'm home today in response to snow storm, so.... up with the tree!!!

violetsmom22 · November 2014

I will probably start outside decorations soon as my RCS is the day before Thanksgiving. Other than that we always got the inside decorations out after thanksgiving, I have a lot of help so not too worried.

howin23 · November 2014

I was going to wait until after Thanksgiving, but my mother just offered to make us some Christmas napkins and needs to know what our table runner looks like. I said I'd send a picture, so I guess I have an excuse to start getting the decorations out! German smoking man is coming out first!

Also, why does Georgetown Cupcake (for those DC folks) not launch their Christmas flavors until December 1st? I could really go for a chocolate peppermint or gingerbread cupcake now.

kimberly_ann81 · November 2014

@howin23

My dad had a german smoking man that we kept out all year old. I loved him and hope to inherit him eventoally

MissN06 · November 2014

Well DH is still not budging on getting things down early for me. However, he seems excited that this year I will tell Aubrey all the stories about the ornaments rather than him. He told me we can lay in her in the pack-n-play right next to where our tree goes and she can listen to me babble. I really want to hang up stockings. I'm so excited at how LOs stocking and FSILs stocking turned out. The joys of hosting are that I can make the stockings and have them hanging up.

Bandia12 · November 2014

My husband & I were talking about this last night! He's concerned I won't feel up to decorating after the baby comes or the further along I am. He's probably right lol. I'm due the day after Thanksgiving, and we usually decorate on that day. I love Christmas, so I'm not opposed to decorating early :P. We'll probably decorate in the next 2 weeks.

hollystoybox · November 2014

I was going to decorate for Christmas early, but now I know my parents will be coming to stay with us early in December, so I plan to put them to work setting up the decorations for me!

MsMolly520 · November 2014

@budzer‌ Per your request...

Two stockings added to the mantel this year!

This is a new tree bought after the holidays (great sale!) in January. It's a little taller than our last tree so I'm waiting until my mom gets here to buy more ornaments and fill in the spaces.

BabySchroeder2014 · November 2014

I'm putting our decorations no later than a week before thanksgiving. This will be our first Christmas, and I want to have everything ready before LO arrives :-) monogrammed stockings from Pottery Barn are on their way! I'll probably decorate as soon as they arrive

maple1422 · November 2014

Here's how I spent my snow day, with Pandora's Colbie Caillat Holiday Station. Very excited to buy a new tree skirt this year! I'll update when the stockings are hung!

avee10 · November 2014

Absolutely! we are putting our tree up this sunday. (I am due the 24th)

hellosweety18 · November 2014

Sooo, Christmas decorations...

It snowed, I couldn't help it

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