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This time next month...

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wibblyjelly · 01/11/2013 20:36

I'll be putting up the Christmas tree, with Christmas songs on the radio, and a glass of mulled wine in my hand
When does Christmas officially start in your household?

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BeyondTheLimitsOfAcceptability · 02/11/2013 07:43

Same here, 1st dec.
unless DH is in work, in which case we move it forward a few days, not back :)

wonderingsoul · 02/11/2013 08:34

1st here to :)

iv got to get through ds1 birthday first and his main present is out of stock where its the cheapest. hoping its in before the 14 so i dont have to spend double on it.

asda have the battroborg arena for £45 every where else its £60 plus.. so its quite a big differeance in price,.

but then it shall be all about christmas lol. ...

KangKorandKoloth · 02/11/2013 08:36

The first weekend after DS2's birthday, his birthday's early Dec and I like to differentiate between the two.

Mittensonkittens · 02/11/2013 08:39

I always peak too soon and when it gets to December am fed up of christmas! I have to be nagged to put the tree up, usually about the 21st. I always look forward to christmas and then when it gets to December remember that I actually hate it!

OurMrsReynolds · 02/11/2013 08:48

We usually put out tree up around the 1st or a few days afterwards, the key is to not badger DH and then he doesn't mind Wink

ClaraBean · 02/11/2013 10:58

We put the tree up on the 2nd Saturday in December, so 14th this year. But we start putting Christmas music and films on from the 1st and slowly get more Christmassy over the weeks! I am massively behind this year already. Haven't even started the cake!

NannyPlumForPM · 02/11/2013 12:12

I have to sit on my hands to stop myself puttin up decorations before December

shoppingbagsundereyes · 02/11/2013 12:36

Ours go up on the first Sunday so will be the 6th here. Going to have two trees this year - a fake and a real. I guess we will need to wait til nearer the time to get the real one.

UpTheFRIGGinDuff · 02/11/2013 12:42

Not until after my birthday on the 13th usually...but this year it might have to go up early as I'm due DC3 on the 7th!

TwitTwooShoe · 02/11/2013 13:38

Ours goes up on the 24th, because DS' birthday is of the 23rd, so we want to separate it out a bit.

WhispersOfWickedness · 02/11/2013 13:45

I always used to put mine up on the 1st, but DS was born on the 9th, so I have done it on the 10th since then. I usually take them down on New Year's Eve.

soontobeslendergirl · 02/11/2013 13:46

usually two weekends before Christmas, but the way it falls this year, I think it will be weekend of the 7/8th as the 14/15th seems a little too late.

superbagpuss · 02/11/2013 13:53

second weekend in DEC or whenever feels right

twitwoshoe my birthday is 23rd DEC
some years my parents have forgotten it in the general excitement of Christmas. I would have been laughed at if I had requested Christmas be waited until my birthday is over
tbf I am lucky if my birthday gifts are not in Christmas paper Angry.

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