Decorating Day

[Kez437]

This is our first year in our own, albeit small, place with DSS(6). I love Christmas and I'm so excited to decorate our own little place and cook some christmassy food 😊 In my experience DH gets in the way of my organising and DSS gets bored although they love having the decorations up. I've booked the last Friday on November off work, I'm going to take it in secret and not tell anyone and then spend the day doing decorations, drinking hot chocolate etc then have it as a surprise for the boys when they come home. Anyone else do this? I'm irrationality excited 🎅

I don’t have a day in mind, though this weekend is unexpectedly quiet and I’d like to open up the boxes of decorations, remind myself of what I have, think about what I need (tree lights) and what I don’t like or use that can go to the charity shop.

I put on the christmas bedding on the 1st. The decorations start going up that day as well - the small stuff and the kids' bedroom trees. The following weekend I'll put up the dining room tree and the porch stuff, the next weekend the big garland on the stairs and the fireplaces, and the weekend after that the sitting room tree (the only real one).

OP I think I love you.

I was reading your OP and picturing your DH and DSS’s faces as they walk in the door and see the decorations and lights and hot chocolate for them too! Maybe there is already one present for your DSS under the tree so they can shake it and wonder what it is? And then a special meal and maybe all curl up watching a movie together before the (fun) rush of the season starts.....

I may have projected a lot there.

But love it! And love the idea of you being Santa’s first elf in getting it set up :)