Someone told me on Thursday they had put their Christmas decorations up.

[Niecie]

... but it is OK as they take them down on quite early, Boxing Day.

Does anybody else put them up before December?

blimey!!....we arent in November yet!!!

Does she have any bad luck!!!!!!

so the decorations are up for 2 months!!!!!!

aaaaaarrrrrrgggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!

sssssssssaaaaaaaaaaaadddddddddddoooooo

I know, I know - I had trouble getting them put up by Christmas Eve last year and they were down on 2nd January.

She said it was nice and cosy - it isn't even Halloween yet!!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Decorations dont go up before december, and even then the 2nd weekend is PLENTY!

She said she did it as her sister put them up the day before.

Normally about the 13th here, as Dd2's b'day is on the 12th, so I like to do it after that.

HugeMistake put hers up in about May once i recall

I am feeling all christmassy tho!

Oh no Uber crapola!

Horrible.

they get on my nerves, and we put them up a few days before Christmas

Good god, talk about inviting the horror of the Festive Season in over your threshold, like a vampire or something.

I put them up 12 days before, take them down 2nd January as by then I've usually had a bellyfull.

Who ARE these tacky people who have them up for months? I know of a house who has tinsel and lights (not switched on obviously) wrapped around the trees in their front garden all year round. Whyyyy? It's not special then when christmas actually arrives! mad.

Haven't seen any yet, but I am fully expecting to start seeing the outside lights shitey shite displays as soon as Fireworks Night is done and dusted

Ugh! Imagine the dust for one thing. Surely they should be special precisely because they should be up for such a short time? We usually put the tree (no other decorations) up around the 18th and take it down on about the 30th. I love it (and love decorating it) but wouldn't want it up for any longer. Agree with James; it's tacky!

When I was a child we used to spend the first day of the school hols. putting them up. I have tried to do the same but it went a bit wrong last year.

But you are right the dust and disruption, not being able to hoover half your room, having the furniture in the wrong place. No no no!!

How can it all meaning anything if they are up this long - you must become desensitised by them.

Tacky tacky tacky but I suppose it takes all sorts.

We put ours up 1st dec as that tends to be around when Advent starts. Where I used to work most of them had their decorations up by 2nd week in nov

last sat before christmas for me although a party means some may go up a bit early this year

Never before December. Prefer around 2 weeks or so before Xmas.

WTF???? Ours go up mid-December after DH's birthday

Last year we had a Christmas in July party so put them up then - but we took them down after the party!

Hah! I can beat this....my sil's next door neighbor put hers up on SEPTEMBER 26th!!!!

gasp doesnt even come close

God, it must realy spoil christmas for the children.

I think it part of the magic of christmas, in my house decoraction go up on the first weekend in December and come down before 12th night.

We put ours up so they are up for the 1st of December. I think that meant the 25th November the other year but we don't switch the lights on until the 1st December. We take them down pretty soon after Boxing Day though.

Just remembered our local Argos has it's tree up!