Iv gone and put my tree up

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Yesterday, I was sitting at home and kids started saying they wanted the Christmas tree up. Normally, it goes up about the 20ish of December- so quite early by most people's standards anyway!

But, I don't know what came over me. It's all up and decorated. Now, I'm sitting here cooking a Sunday roast and booking Christmas activities

Let the Christmas cheer begin!!

Too early for me to do ours but I do love seeing other people's lit up if I walk/ drive past them.

I used to be a sneery bitch about early Christmas decorations but then one family I worked with had an early Christmas because a relative was terminally ill and wouldn't make it to December, and another had one because the father was being deployed at the end of November, and I well and truly got over myself.

Enjoy your tree, OP. Ours won't go up until December but I have already decided to have two this year so I am in no position to judge others for being extra.

I remember somebody suggested putting the decorations up in stages, and I was thinking I would do that this year. So I'll start by putting the garden fairy lights out in a couple of weeks. Anything that brightens the darkness is a win IMO. I'll get round to our tree by the beginning of December.

We love our tree, it has lots of different baubles and decorations on it and I never get bored of looking at it. I suspect the people who do get bored of theirs have dull ones with all the baubles the same, like the ones banks put up.

Yes popped in but it was heaving. Lovely stuff though.

Each to their own OP, I'm more for as close to Christmas as possible. Walking the dog last week saw one house trimmed up for Halloween and their neighbour with tree, lights and huge Santas on the front.

Mine would be brown twigs by Christmas if I did that. I love Christmas, but not early - I'd be totally fed up with it all by the time it actually came! We put ours up in mid-December. Enjoy yours though, OP!

End of November / Dec 1st for us but I can see the appeal of having it up earlier .

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Enjoy OP 🎄

You should add some cobwebs and pumpkins. Not long now til Halloween 🎃 🕷️

Christmas trees have never been a religious symbol, so putting up your tree early or late is nothing to do with religious significance.

You're a nutjob OP, but I luffs you

Ours will go up on or around 15th December as usual.

BUT - I have gone slightly nuts today and bought a Christmas present! It was an easy one as one of the DC has told us what they want. So I was out shopping today and I went and bought it. I feel slightly out of kilter as Christmas prep doesn't start until 1st December in this house at the absolute earliest. I feel discombobulated.

Mine are up as well. Nothing remotely depressing about it, quite the opposite actually. Makes the house lovely and cozy in the evenings and the baby is fascinated with it. Other dd super excited as she gets her own to decorate in the playroom so she keeps her grubby little hands off mine!

Really cheers up the dark nights

wont you get bored of it by Christmas? I would. It’s nearly two months away. Fairy lights can give the same sort of effect, you don’t need the full blown tree?

Enjoy the tree and lights and think it is lovely in a room and because you have small children. I will put it up in December. Also I know people who put their tree up so early and really go all out with decorating the house as I never seen so many lovely expensive decorations, even down to the seat covers, cushions but I cannot understand that they then take it down 2 days after Christmas.

I like to leave my tree up until week or 2 after Christmas and always hate taking it down and is funny as see so many trees up for ages after especially in student houses. Read a thread on here yesterday and loads saying take it down straight after Christmas.

I did prefer when we were children and Halloween began at Halloween as a big celebration in Ireland as that is where it originated and also Christmas began in December and we enjoyed it more. Now everything over commercialized and have lost their true meaning.

Ah brilliant! If it makes you happy and is hurting nobody then why the hell not!! DD and her flat mates took down the Halloween decs on Nov 1st and put up the Christmas ones! They are happy, you are happy! Win win!

So, had a very Christmassy day under the glow of the twinkling lights!

Ordered some Christmas presents and booked a few Christmas activities after having cheese and crackers and baileys.

Back to work tomorrow where I will hide the fact Im living a double life

I love that you are living a double life. You enjoy!

We put up fairy lights in our window nov 2920 during covid. We’ve never taken them Down, I love them. Im
not putting my tree up until 3rd dev but if it makes you happy then good for you x

Good for you! I would gladly have mine up if I was a free agent!

I used to be a proper sniffy purist about when Christmas decs should go up, but it's a dark and scary world and we've had lockdowns and Covid and we're living through climate change and a CoL crisis....We need twinkling lights and festive cheer now more than ever. I've just looked through the family Christmas jumpers and smiled because they have such happy associations. Not game enough to wear one yet though!

I watched my first Hallmark Christmas movie and I never thought I'd do that in early November! Or anytime really.

I hold onto Christmas for as long as I can, including booking a Christmas Lights Trail for early January!

Awwwww that sounds lovely!

Go you!! Why not.

I normally do mine end of November.
I can’t wait!

OP, you are my people(yes, my tree is up too). Today I put it up, had mulled wine and watched Scrooge with Alistair Sims.😊.u

You sound lovely and enjoy your double life..