Christmas Trees in November

[MrsDylanBlue]

What is this fresh hell?

People putting their trees up in November WTAF? Its another week until bloody December?!

I hate the bloody commercialism the bloody colour themes people moaning about putting one up and having another two to go (in their own home so entirely optional).

Why does this have to be another “thing”.

Bah humbug I say.

I agree with a pp who said it dilutes it and spoils the magic of the season

How does a tree being up in someone else's house spoil christmas for you though? I don't get it.

I don’t bother with a Christmas tree at all let alone in November—With five cats it’s down as soon as it’s up so I gave up about six years ago 😂

We put our up this week. We normally wait until the first week in December, BUT, this year we will be sunbathing on a beach, far far away that week, so I wanted it up and done before we left. I guess neighbours could think we were mad, without knowing the reasons why it's up already.

We've put ours up. We're not here for Christmas though so in order to get the most out of it we decided to get a tree early this year. Each to their own :)

I once had a neighbour who put hers up in September - now that really is too early.

Ours goes up middle of November and comes down January 6th. Has been that way for about 20 years and we're never bored of it sorry!

I prefer seeing early trees in November than late trees in Jan.
The anticipation and waiting for Christmas is half the fun!

My neighbours put theirs up as soon as they had taken the Halloween decorations down!

Tacky AF... and not a Christmas tree if it goes up before Christmas surely.

I didn't mean other people having it up dilutes and spoils it, I meant it being up so long in my house would have that effect.
By Christmas I would've had enough and I don't want to feel like that, I want to enjoy it.
I don't care what other people do in their own homes.

Fine my Christmas tree isn’t up as it’s not Christmas yet. My tree of lights is up

The annoying thing for me is that all these people starting early have affected the market, to the point that real Christmas trees now go on sale in late November and have usually all GONE by about the 7th of December- so I can’t buy one near to Christmas!
I have to buy it stupidly early and try desperately to keep it alive in a bucket of water in the garden before bringing it into the house for Christmas week.
By which point that lovely fresh fir tree smell has gone, and the tree is wilting. You are spoiling Christmas, people!

"Who does it "dilute and spoil the magic of the season" for?"

It's part of the whole business of Christmas starting earlier and earlier every year. Now people have started putting up their trees and decorations, including outside lights, in November. Parents come under pressure from their kids when they see this, so the next year more trees and decs up in November and so on.

A lot of people would prefer if Christmas remained a celebration associated with December, and all the excitement and build up being contained to a 3-4 week period. By stretching it out from early November it is hard to keep up the momentum and it does gradually change the shape and tone of Christmas.

I couldn’t give a monkeys about when people want to decorate their own homes, as long as they don’t try to convince others that Christmas is done with after Boxing Day and go on about how the decs need to come down before new year.

Parents come under pressure from their kids when they see this, so the next year more trees and decs up in November and so on

That's just part of parenting though, isn't it, saying no to your kids? Someone at the bottom of our road has a giant inflatable Santa with sleigh and reindeer outside their house so every year we get "can we get one of those??" and we just say no because it's an absolute bloody monstrosity and I wouldn't want one in my front garden. But I don't think the bloke who owns that house is out of order for having it just because I then "come under pressure" from my DC. It's his house and it makes him happy so it's got nothing to do with us.

we have a real tree so it goes up about the 14th and lasts until new year - I normally take it down about the 2nd/3rd

I do get a bit tutty (inwardly) at people who put them up this early

A lot of people would prefer if Christmas remained a celebration associated with December, and all the excitement and build up being contained to a 3-4 week period.

And the rest of us feel the opposite way

Christmas is on 25th December this year, shock horror, therefore anything related to Christmas prior to December is obscene

I don’t understand the whining and bitching about when other people put their trees up. It doesn’t affect you at all. If this is the biggest worry in your life, good for you!

Totally agree with @katedotness1963

My daughter put her tree up in the family room last Saturday, our family tree will go up next Sunday. Yep it’s early, but she’s 8 and loves doing it, and her having her own tree means I don’t get stressy about her haphazard decorating and wonky application of lights

All our decorations come down on the 29th, as ds1 has a birthday very soon afterwards so we like a decent gap between the two so his birthday feels separate to Christmas.

It’s never once occurred to me that my family doing what they like with our trees could dilute Christmas for other people .... because it’s a ridiculous idea probably!!

Ikea was doing a brisk trade in Xmas trees over the weekend

Surely they will be tinder dry in 2 weeks?

I want mine up this week. We are going to be away from this weekend untill the middle of the month and don't want to do it when we get back. It's enough of a faff that I want it up for a while - there's no point for just a week!

It also means I give the living room a good tidy and clean, and have sonewhere to put presents when they're wrapped.

Feel free not to come to my house if a blob of green plastic and some fairy lights offends you!

lot of people would prefer if Christmas remained a celebration associated with December, and all the excitement and build up being contained to a 3-4 week period. By stretching it out from early November it is hard to keep up the momentum and it does gradually change the shape and tone of Christmas

And a lot of people don't think like that! I don't judge people for putting up their trees what I would call late, because I dont care what other people do. Doesn't change my Christmas. My eldest is 25 and have been putting everything up in November for at least that time. Never got fed up yet. And tree is artificial to.

We put ours up this weekend. No harm in bringing a bit light into the dark nights. Changed the decorations this year and Dd2(8) did it almost all on her own.

KEEP CHRISTMAS IN DECEMBER!

(and breathe....)