Since we’re chatting trees, who decorates the xmas tree at yours?

[YourGladSquid]

Curious because I know a case of someone who doesn’t allow their children to do it or help and I just find it bizarre.

I do it. Noone else was interested in helping (although dh was at work when I did it)

Until our DC left home for Uni I always had them to decorate the tree. Before DC it was our nieces. They really enjoyed it.

Oops, hit Post too soon. This year DH did most of it and I just put a few bits on. I did DD2’s small tree on her room because I knew she would arrive late on Christmas Eve.

I do lights and tinsel.

Ds does baubles.

I was NEVER allowed to go anywhere decorating the tree as a kid and hated it so I've always allowed ds as much or as little involvement as he likes.

The dc and I.

Me, if left to DH I dread to think what it would look like 😂 my 2 year old helped passing baubles and tinsel😊

Depends who has the time!
This year DH did the main indoors tree.
I did the outside tree with minimal help from DC3
The DCs decorate their own tree in their room.

When DCs were younger I did the lights and let them do everything else, the tree was for them.

Now they are adults and me and my DD usually do the tree, however this year for the first time in 25 years together my DH did it, lights and all because both me and DD are ill!

This year me due to timings but usually all of us. I taught the children from a young age that you either do triangles or diamonds with the baubles. They therefore each get a set of matching baubles so that they only put that set on the tree before moving onto the next set. They start with the largest baubles first. They place those baubles either in a triangle, inverted triangle or diamond shape so 4 baubles visible sort of thing. They also know to step back from the tree and have a look at it.

I showed them a photo of my tree from the previous year and got them to find a bauble and the matching ones. I learned this from watching YouTube videos from professional tree decorators.

The one year I had flu my two sons aged around 17 and 14 decorated the tree all by themselves and it looked incredible. I was so proud of them. Ds2 and Dh do the outside lights, Ds1 and I do the hall and dining room decorating. It is a family affair with everyone joining in.

I think it is important for children to join in and understand the effort that goes into Christmasing the house. We also do a post Christmas look back, what we liked, what we would change and tweak it for next year.

We all do it together, everything placed on haphazardly with the children arguing over who gets to put what where, and OH always wears his Christmas hat that my mum gave him one year for Christmas. Love it.

I decorate other areas of home, and leave the tree to DP and DS (me just helping DP drape lights as DS is still short).

This year both of us adults did it as DS was poorly.

DH and Dcs. I watch with prosecco. I hate decorating the tree. I like watching it. I play christmas music.

They also take it down. I hate taking the tree down even more than I hate putting away clothes from the clothes dryer. Or unpacking.

It's always been me. My daughter wasn't really interested in helping when she was little, which suited me as Ive ended up with all my grandma's baubles and mother in law's, some of which are really valuable now.

I used to do it with the DC. I taught them the rules, check the lights work before putting on the tree. Lights first, turn on and check they are evenly distributed before adding decorations. Pick a colour scheme (everything is also a valid colour choice). Start with the biggest decorations and do all of each type before moving on to the next type so that they are evenly spaced. At the end fill in the gaps with the smallest, and put the cutest ones between waist-height and eye-level.

Usually DD does it now, although DH did it on Christmas eve this year. He chose white and silver which we haven't had before but looks pretty good. We couldn't find the angel for the top this year, I don't know where she has vanished to.

DH always takes it down. Every year he forgets that the tree is right beside french windows so, instead of taking it out that way and bringing to the front around the outside of the house, he drags it through the kitchen and hall dropping needles everywhere.