To not put any Xmas decs up this year?

[BarryWhiteIsMyBrother]

In previous years we (me and OH - no kids) would put up a tree, a mantelpiece wreath, a door wreath, bits and pieces and generally make the house feel Christmassy and festive. This year I just can't be bothered. Putting everything up only to take it all down again (and taking it down always takes longer and it's a PITN). So I'm planning to tell my OH that he's welcome to put the lot up if he doesn't mind taking everything down without me.

I like the holidays: time to chill, seeing friends and family, etc. So I'm not anti-Christmas. I've just had enough of the decorations circus that ends up taking half a day beforehand and then again when they come down. Anyone else?

We don't put them up every year. Do whatever suits you. I can't stand the whole competitive decoration thing or how early Christmas seems to start now. Ba humbug 😆

I'm with you on this. We won't have anyone round the house because of Covid - our choice as a family. We will probably put lights up and get out a few bits and jobs to make it feel Christmassy, but there's no way I'm putting the tree up! Usually our son puts it up and loves doing it, but we won't be seeing him this year

Do whatever you'd like - but I will say that it's cheered us up no end on dark old evening walks lately seeing more and more houses with trees and bright lights. Might be more boosting than you'd think during the long dark months ahead!

I haven’t put up any Christmas decorations for years.
My husband would probably like to have them up but not enough to do it himself so that’s it.

I only bother for the kids...wouldn't ever have a tree or decorations if it was just me and dh. It's just an extra chore imo.

Do what you want , personally I think it’s pretty miserable not putting up any decorations and we still enjoy ours despite having no children in the family . My inlaws never decorated at all after their children grew up , even when the grandchildren were small - miseries .

Totally see how you feel, you may end up not wanting them up or closer to the time you may be pining for them. I'm a huge Christmas person but my mum didn't one year and I dont think it affected her either way

I'm also toying with the idea of not putting up decorations this year.
Dp is totally bah humbug and moans every year about getting in the loft to get the Christmas decs and then moans when I ask for help.
But yet he is first in the queue for presents/dinner.
I do all the organising/shopping/cooking/cleaning and this year I really can't be bothered.
So I think I will just sit back and have a quiet Christmas on my own (dp will be on his computer).
Wonder what he will be like when I tell him my plans - that's if he asks!!!!

We haven’t for the past 2 years. Heart just not in it. Great in January when nothing to take down!

I think I’m going to try and make the effort this year.

It did cross my mind but on balance I think it will be cheering! Still won’t put the tree up before December though.

I put mine up 2 weeks ago! I am never this early, but what with the whole covid shite, WFH ect I felt the need.

We didn’t put any up last year. DH was out of work and having a really tough time and we couldn’t afford a tree, and I didn’t want to put other decs up to draw attention to the fact we had no tree. I am looking forward to going a bit all out this year though to make up for it. Do whatever suits you OP.

Do what you like, it's not compulsory, if you and your family are happy who cares what anyone else thinks?

I know someone who disposes of their fully decorated tree every year because they CBA with taking the decorations down and putting them away. Its terribly wasteful but I understand they're thinking.

I frequently forget and no tragedies have resulted from my lack of tinsel. If you will enjoy the freedom from putting the decorations up, or you just can't be arsed, then there is no reason at all to feel obliged to do what you normally would. Normal fucked off some time ago!

We have kids and I don’t put up any. Our boys are 3 and 5 (with asd). They would have the decorations or the tree pulled down within the first 15 minutes. I’m not spending the rest of the year picking up and putting them back everyday. Probably won’t do decorations until the youngest is 6.

Your choice. Likely to be the same thing at my mum where we are celebrating Christmas (our support bubble).

We stopped putting up a tree about 7 years ago, no kids at home, adult son lives away, we spend Christmas at my parents so about three years ago we stopped bothering with any decorations, we live rurally so it's not like they'd be seen by anyone else. Don't miss them at all

We didn't last year as we were abroad for Christmas. This year we're just having a tree shaped lit wall hanging thing in the window and a few sets of fairy lights about the place because we have kittens who are proper wrong'uns!

If i'm home I couldn't not have any decorations so I'm sorry but I think YABU.

We have never put decorations up but will this year because of DS. We have never had room or had Christmas at our house so it all must seemed a bit pointless

You could a half way house and just put the mantle decoration up and twinkly lights on that or just the tree.

My mum never put any docs up since I moved out. Even when the GC stayed.

There are no rules here. Just might a shame if it means you then sack it off forever after this year

I love Christmas, I love to get the house all festive, I love coming home to a decorated house, I love sharing the space with different groups of friends.

This year there won't be any friends, and I only leave the house for a walk or a run, so I am struggling to motivate myself.

I normally go all out for Christmas, even if DD is spending it with her father (we share custody 50/50 and since DD was born in Spain we do English tradition of Christmas on December 25th and Spanish tradition of Los Reyos Magos on January 6th and we trade who does which holiday each year) with wreaths, trees, garlands, tinsel, fairylights everywhere, nativity set, seasonal mugs/tea towels/cushions/blankets etc.

But I work in a supermarket so my hours are ramping up (I spend very little time at home that isnt eating, showering or sleeping atm); DD is at secondary school so less bothered about the decorations/tree etc, and nobody is allowed to visit so I'm feeling very unmotivated to bother as it is a lot of effort for nobody to actually enjoy.

So far the Christmas decs are still in boxes in the loft and idk if I will be bothered to get them down unless DD asks. The only thing I have done is hang a fancy snowflake decoration on the door as I always hang a wreath/seasonal decoration on the door to brighten up the drab hallway since we cant put anything decorative in the hallway (fire hazards)

I know someone who disposes of their fully decorated tree every year because they CBA with taking the decorations down and putting them away.

that is so wasteful, I might be lazy but there is no way I could justify binning everything every year!

I thought it was lazy, but borderline genius, when my cousin told me that she just cling wraps her fully decorated artificial tree, covers it with bin bags and puts it away ready for the next year so all she ever has to do is take the tree down, take off the bag and wrap and do some minor tidying/add any new baubles.

Im pondering the same thing OP, eldest (18) lost his beautiful best friend to suicide mid August, and is grieving so badly, partner lost a cousin to suicide in July, we are trying to get by on one wage. Eldest said we should still carry on with Christmas for the other two ( sons 8 and 9) but we are really not feeling it this year.