Do your husbands/other halves help with putting up the Christmas Tree?

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Every year I do it and he shows no interest. I sometimes wonder if I wasn't here would he even put one up at all.

If he's not interested, and wouldn't have/want one if you didn't put one up, why would you want him to fake interest?

My DP doesn't really like having a tree at all (as we have to move things round and we're not in a big house with spare space) but we have one because I like having one, and I fully appreciate that.

We have a fake one and every year dh assembles it and puts the lights on, then the dc decorate it. I used to fix it after when they were small and could only reach the lower branches, but they are adults now and do a lovely job. The decorations are a family effort here, we open a box of chocolates, put on some Xmas music and all get stuck in. Taking them down isn't nearly as much fun though.

The girls do it (17 and 23 now). DH puts it in the holder and in the right area. I used to do the lights then girls put on decs but now they want to do the lights too.

I have actually made my dh promise that if I die, he'll make sure he makes the effort with the tree and decorations because his lack of interest in them is so high!! I think if it were down to him, we'd either have nothing or he'd do a tree on Christmas Eve (probably with just a few lights thrown on it). Luckily my eldest is as enthusiastic about Christmas decorations as me so I have someone to share the load / fun with!

DH does all of the Xmas tree and decorations in this house. I am entirely not bothered about Christmas as I’m Jewish, didn’t grow up with Christmas decorations or celebrations and I find it all a bit pointless. Only started ‘doing’ Christmas when I met him aged 32.

Yes it’s a family affair.
We play Christmas music, open some fizz & some apple time and spend the evening putting the tree and decorations up then all snuggle on the sofa and watch a Christmas movie.

Same Wednesday though I sit on sofa they decorate love actually is always on and we have cocktails

He helps to choose it from the Christmas tree farm.
He used to help carry it and get it home but we have it delivered now.
He helps to get it straight in the pot.
He then is the one who goes into the loft to,retrieve the Christmas decorations and bring them down.

Decorating it is my and DD's job, done whilst listening to Christmas music.

Dh's role in this is to make Christmas drinks like Baileys or mulled wine and top us up, and then to positively approve the finished tree.

It's how we like it! Works for us.

I haven't done it for years, DH does it with the DC. This year I did help because o was joke but that's unusual, they have always done it together.

He does it all. I unwrap the baubles and drink Champagne 🤣

We always used to do it together but I have become increasingly disabled and can no longer put anything on the tree.

I sit and watch and we discuss where things go.

He does most of it, and I help. He’s taller and stronger than me so lifts the tree from the car and puts it into the stand. He’s also more patient, so does the lights with me helping. We do the decorations together.

Pre kids, no. Now that we have kids he takes part but I know it’s not really his thing. That’s fine as I really enjoy it, we don’t go wild though.

Yup we do it all together only us two. Christmas songs on and then the pub for a drink afterwards as a reward!
I do some of the other bits myself like the table, fire place decs but they don’t take long!

Not normally. He got the tree and the decs down from the loft and put up the outdoor Christmas lights with our DS (I use the word ‘with’ loosely as DS is only 3.5). Myself and DS decorated the tree. DH involved with parts of Xmas like sorting out the elves when he remembers/ I forget and wrapping some presents etc. but the tree decorating isn’t his thing. I enjoy doing it so it’s never bothered me.

He does most of it

Same as us, he is a foot taller than me so he puts the tree up then we all decorate it together

Definitely all hands on deck here. Ours is 15ft and requires ladders and strategic planning and assembly!

I bought the tree (usually we go together), he put it into the stand, he got the decorations out of the loft, I decorated the tree with help from the DC.

He appreciates the tree and comments most nights on how lovely it looks all lit up.

The DC always decorated the tree, once it was up. I used to hover and help when they were little, then it got to be their special thing.
After they left home and came for Christmas, practically the first thing they did before unpacking, was set up the tree.
We go to them for Christmas now, or have a quiet one at home, as in this year.
I gave most of our vast collection of baubles and decorations to the food bank this year, as DH and I can't be bothered to do all that now.
So, very lazily, we have a pre lit tree and just bung some of our favourite baubles on, plus greenery on the mantelpiece.

We buy the tree together and set it up then DH decorates it while I do the rest of the decorations. I don’t enjoy doing the tree but I like doing the other stuff.

Yes, he's half not UK and has traditions he enjoys - we all do it together. We choose the tree together as well, it's a nice thing to do.

Christmas tree buying and setting up/decorating is always a family operation.

DH wasn't keen on Christmas when we met, it was celebrated low key-ish at his home and he couldn't really understand me wanting to decorate, play music andget all out. 30 years later he is as much a Christmas person as I am.

Due largely to DH's working hours when dc were younger, we've got into the tradition of decorating the tree when he's out, so he has a lovely surprise when he comes home and finds it all done.

He doesn't have an aesthetic bone in his body, so getting him too help with it would be futile anyway!

DH gets the trees and decorations down from the attic. I used to decorate but this year DD15 decided she wanted to and I was more than happy to hand it over to her.