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Christmas trees ???

mirissa25mirissa25 member
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I really want to put up my Christmas tree but my husband thinks am crazy . I will be too pregnant in November to enjoy putting it up
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  • mirissa25mirissa25 member
    But it's so tall , and I enjoy doing it all by myself am kind of selfish with Christmas :/
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  • daylynjdaylynj member
    I've been back and forth on this. We always get a real tree each year as we both love Christmas. Three months ago I would have said 100%, we'll just get it early! (Due 12/5) now with the exhaustion I'm leaning towardS no. Because not only do we have to put it up,we have to keep it watered and then it all has to get put away...just not sure I'm feeling or will feel up to it this year
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  • katy4128katy4128 member
    We will be putting ours up!! We put up all our Christmas stuff the Saturday after Thanksgiving! My DS is 18 months and I think he will love it! Hope my DH is ready to actually help this year!

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  • RSB1982RSB1982 member
    I'm due late December and still plan on putting up a tree after Thanksgiving.  I don't think I could put up a tree before then... it would just be too weird.  We have to rearrange furniture and its kind of a hassle.  I assume you are putting up an artificial tree since a live tree would probably not make it to the end of December.  Could you start the decorating process in a basement or garage and have your DH move the tree to the living room (or wherever you set it up) at a more appropriate time?  
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  • ammnam14ammnam14 member
    I think now is wayyy too early to put the tree up! Can your husband put it up towards the end of November since he's calling you crazy? I def agree that it should be up, just not yet. Bringing baby home to a lit up Christmas tree is what I'm looking forward to the most! Cheesy, I know. Lol
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  • lalg28lalg28 member
    I can't do a large tree anyway, my cat attacks the ornaments and eats the tree. But I like to do a small tree. For those of you that don't want to deal with a big tree, maybe you could just do a miniature one this year. :)
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  • TomekiaBTomekiaB member
    I totally plan on doing a tree (I am team artificial all the way--so I don't have to worry about it getting old). I think I would wait until November 1st as the earliest I'd consider putting it up...it would be weird to have a tree up before Halloween. We normally put up our tree Thanksgiving weekend but I think we will probably do earlier this year since I am due the 14th of December.
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  • rockinmathchicrockinmathchic member
    I say put up that Christmas tree when you feel comfortable!!  I think they make the house feel so warm and homey!!  I am due 30 Dec, so I can probably still get away with putting it up around Thanksgiving.

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  • jjmacejjmace member
    The boyscouts do a fundraiser each year and they have this really cute potted mini tree that can be planted after the holidays. It's very lush and adorable and comes with the string of mini lights. I will do this again ;). It was so cute! I gave it to a friend with a house/backyard to plant after the new year! Mini lights went into a nice case and have doubles as some home decor/lighting.
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  • Latina211508Latina211508 member
    I always put my tree up right after thanksgiving.
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  • arz1215arz1215 member
    Our tree will go up right after Thanksgiving too. I wanted to put it up earlier than that, but I'm really loving fall. I do think you should put it up when you want to though.. There's no rules as to when you can or can't put it up.
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  • grkgdss00grkgdss00 member
    Christmas tree = baby time so I plan on waiting until at least the week after Thanksgiving. Enjoying the weeks we have left...
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  • gerblahgerblah member
    We'll be trading out the Halloween decorations for the Christmas ones.  Being due Dec 1, there is no way I'm waiting until Thanksgiving to put up the tree. 
    I say put it up whenever you feel comfortable with it.  You don't have to turn the lights on or put the wreath on the door yet, but if it will make you feel better to get it done, go for it.
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  • Court11152325Court11152325 member
    @mirissa25 - I don't know when you're due, but asking for help to get the tree up and maybe putting the ornaments on the top and/or very bottom isn't so bad. I can't imagine that you'll be so immobile that putting ornaments around the middle will be that uncomfortable. If you get tired, take a break, watch a Christmas movie, and then put more on. 

    I think people are misinterpreting that you want to put the tree up now, but doing it at a point in November when you feel good (so even if it's before Thanksgiving) is perfectly acceptable! :)
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  • Mizuiro007Mizuiro007 member
    We honestly can't afford a Christmas tree right now, nor do we really have space for one. Last year I made a tinsel tree for us and set it on the table. It's still together so we may just reuse it this year but I'd like to ad some more lights to it at least. It has batter powered mini led lights and the battery packs just tuck under the tree.

    I'm due Dec 1st so I'm really not sure what I'll do about decorations since that's when I normally decorate. Given the circumstances I'm sure hubby would let me decorate early but I don't think I'd want to decorate earlier than Thanksgiving if I can help it since I wouldn't want to feel like we skipped a holiday.
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  • stephaniearthursstephaniearthurs member
    In Canada we celebrate Rememberance Day, and if you say you want to decorate for Christmas for that day people loose their minds! They say it's disrespectful to the troops. My husband has served in the Canadian Military for 12 years. He was deployed, and lost close friends in Afganastan. He hates that people do this! He believes it's possible to care about two things at once!

    My point is, if you love Christmas, start celebrating anytime you'd like!!
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  • 4puddleducks4puddleducks member
    We have a small 3 ft tree that DS decorated last year and another 4 ft tree that DH and I decorated. We are probably just going to put up DS's tree then decorate around the house.
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  • mac-n-cheesymac-n-cheesy member
    We just moved into our first house this February and have 25 foot living room ceilings so you better believe we will have a massive tree this year. No more apartment table-top sized trees.
    LO is due 12/3 but has already decided to try and come out early once so DH will definitely be in charge of all that this year but hopefully our little girl will be here, we will all be settled and all be healed enough to enjoy our first Christmas all together.
    We can't wait to start our own Christmas traditions even if LO won't have a clue about what's going on until next year!!
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  • Jess0813Jess0813 member
    Im due december 12th and we usually decorate the day after thanksgiving. Im feeling like i may be to pregnant then so we will probably decorate in early Nov. I think its to early to do it before halloween even gets here!
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  • Elizabella85Elizabella85 member
    We usually put our artificial tree (DH is allergic to pine) up the day after Thanksgiving. Since I'm due 12/11, but may be induced early because of GD I'm not going to wait until Thanksgiving to decorate our house. Probably early to mid November is fine. LOL, honestly it will probably be whatever day I feel like doing it, but I refuse to do it before November. I think we get a free pass on no decorations/early decorations this year.
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  • mirissa25mirissa25 member
    I just didn't know when was appropriate cause my friends think am crazy !
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  • Gingermom15Gingermom15 member
    We are probably going to put ours up the day after thanksgiving. We usually cut our own down and make a day out two weeks before Christmas, but I will be full-term by that time if the baby isn't already here. We'll have to get an artificial one this year and if we can't have the real deal might as well put it up early.
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  • Mother0fDragonsMother0fDragons member
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    I already told DH that we are putting a tree up around Thanksgiving. I love Christmas and want LO to come home to a decked out house
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  • esscapelleesscapelle member
    I can't wait to put up a Christmas tree. And this year, we're getting a REAL tree, and I am so freaking excited. I'll probably wait until Thanksgiving or so, depending on how baby boy is doing, but I definitely want a fully decked out tree in our living room. :)
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  • mltarriomltarrio member
    I am due on Christmas Day and since we won't be traveling this year and I am hosting Christmas at my house, I am getting a real life full size Christmas tree and I couldn't be more excited. I usually get a mini version, but this year I am going all in. That being said, given the size of me in December I have a feeling that my husband will be doing the heavy lifting, but we will probably wait until after thanksgiving.
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  • BP1979BP1979 member
    My plan is to take down Halloween and put up Christmas!! Usually I wait until the weekend after thanksgiving, but not this year! It's too close to my due date. Plus, I just love Christmas!!!
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  • redfallonredfallon member
    We'll do it after Thanksgiving, probably. We didn't put one up for a while because we were never home for Christmas. As of last year, I wanted to start the tradition of DD waking up in her own house for Christmas. It was also fun to see her face when she saw the tree up and decorated. She may even be able to help us this year.

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  • TaylovesbradTaylovesbrad member
    Def want a little tree. I just won't be involved in getting it, putting it up, or decorating haha. But I Def want one to look at. Remember ppd ladies! We needstuff to lift our spirits
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  • USCnurse42USCnurse42 member
    I am due Dec 10th, but will be induced early because of GDM. I plan putting the tree up day after Christmas. My husband usually puts the tree up and it has lights built in. The boys will help with the ornaments. I will direct where I want things. Christmas is my favorite!
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  • kristen2bkristen2b member
    yl1m32015 said:

    I'm going all out for Christmas, like an elf. I can't wait to bring my daughter home to a Christmas explosions.

    This is me too! My daughter has a fake tree for her room and we go the day after thanksgiving to get our real tree. The only thing I worry about is getting underneath to water it which is usually my job. But I know my husband will help with anything I need. I have this beautiful image in my head of sitting in a room lit only by the Christmas lights and the fireplace, snuggling as a new family of four. I can't imagine not putting my tree up!
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  • CmagnoCmagno member
    I'm due 12/2 - we always cut down a real tree and decorate it! I'm totally planning on sticking with the tradition and doing everything the day after thanksgiving! Fingers crossed I don't go into labor before then. DD will be 2 so I really want to have the house festive for her!
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  • ketobabyketobaby member
    Last year I put my tree up the week after Halloween. This year I will do the same. No shame here. I love the pretty lights and I wont have much help in the decorations department from the SO.
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  • momotheflyinglemurmomotheflyinglemur member
    I due just a few days before Xmas. I will definitley be decorating my house. We go back and forth each year between having a tree or not. Our first xmas we has a natural tree but it was only about three feet tall. The next year I made a pine and berries vase with lights and fake snow for our mantle, because the apartment didn't have room for a tree. Last year, I spent all my energy intricately wrapping all my presents that I didn't even care about an actual tree. We just had garland and lights and my Christmas village. :-)

    This year, I guess we will see what I feel up to doing. OB told me yesterday that I am measuring a little bit ahead. So I will be keeping an eye on my possible line jumper status. hahaha Still we will probably keep it fairly minimum this year. We have a fireplace for the first time so maybe we will finally, after three years, aquire stockings and they will be our Xmas focal point. 
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  • groovylocksgroovylocks member
    mirissa25 said:
    But it's so tall , and I enjoy doing it all by myself am kind of selfish with Christmas :/

    Yeah my husband is useless with trees too :) He puts ornaments in the back, on the side that faces the wall. And the nice ornaments too, the ones that should be in the front.

    It's funny because typically he's very anal retentive and i'm very chilled out. But when it comes to this sort of thing, i'm insufferable. (it's ok. I know i am. I'm comfortable with it)

    But if it's very tall, don't go climbing anything.. seriously. Just sit below and give orders :) We take orders from the baby 24/7, they can handle it for an afternoon or two :)
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  • bmmimsbmmims member
    Lurking from Jan15. 

    DH knows there is no option to not having a tree.  He is fully aware that will we indeed get a beautiful real tree because I am a brat when it comes to my xmas decor.
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  • mirissa25mirissa25 member
    If I let him do it , it's not going to be perfect !
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  • erikaalzeterikaalzet member
    Where can I buy the pre-decorated tree out of the box? Is that a thing? I'm also CRAZY impressed and jealous about how forward thinking everyone is being about their holidays.

    I'm just trying to make it to Friday.
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  • TomekiaBTomekiaB member
    @erikaalzet Most stores sell artificial trees with lights already on them. I'm sure you can hire a tree decorator but I'm sure they're expensive.
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