When are you putting your tree up?

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We are away for two weeks over Xmas- from 20/12.

Last year we didn't bother with tree etc but I want to this year.

When is too early to put it up and decorate? Keen to max out our benefit and enjoyment of the tree relative to effort!

December. I don't mind how early in December but it has to be December. It's usually around the 5th.

Ours goes up the weekend before Christmas. Any earlier and it’s too soon.

I’ve never understood putting it up early. Defeats the object of the Christmas period, surely?

Our has always gone up the evening school broke up for Christmas.. as a celebration that Christmas had begun.. still keep to that even though they are in their 20/30s… they come home that weekend and we still decorate together..and go to a carol service on the Sunday xx

Historically and traditionally, it was always put up on the night time of Christmas Eve and down on 6th January - ya know, for the actual 12 days of Christmas. These days it seems to be a race to get it up as soon as summer ends and then to be the first to take it down on Boxing Day?!?!

Weekend before xmas, or maybe the weekend before that.

Some years it’s not possible but aim for 1st December and book it off work if it falls on a weekday if we can!

Ideally up the weekend before Christmas and down on January 6th

Last weekend in November for us this year!

Last Sunday of November in our house

Mine went up on Saturday!

29th Nov but only because my husbands birthday is the 30th & its my nephews birthday the first weekend in December so we are going out to a local national trust place to look at their christmas lights. Our little boy (3) is already asking when Santa is coming.

Well probably do the tree when we come back from seeing family pre Christmas. So mid Dec, the rest of the decorations normall start coming out on the 1st.

Last weekend of November for us this year. It can take us a while to get them all up.
Anything to make the gloomy dark nights more bearable.

Putting the tree up and decorating is spread over a couple of weeks, I have health issues so do it bit by bit. The boxs will come out in the next few weeks to acclimatise and I will start on a good day, usually towards last week in November to first week in December.

November 22nd this year. The first day of Christmas is always the Strictly Blackpool special!

December 24th. Same as every year.

Second weekend of December. We have a real tree and I want it to still look good by Christmas.
I LOVE Christmas and go all out on the decorations but, to me, it's special because it's short, so I wouldn't want to go too early. If we were away over Christmas I might consider decorating first weekend in December rather than the second.

This is me to a tee, although we put ours up the last Sunday in November.

1st December

This year it's going up first weekend in December, coming down 1st January. I need my Christmas cozy this year !

It goes up 1st November for us. It's beautiful in the corner and we're all chilling in the lounge right now with it with its lovely lights on. Bought some new decorations today and my oldest put them up. It feels like a really lovely family time for us and it's our new baby's first Christmas. I take it down on NYE.

no one can stop me. Whatever. I do what I want!

I really really want to put it up this week as my god daughter & fiancé are coming at the weekend before going to Oz for 3 months. However DH says no. Should I beat him till he gets it out of the loft.

but the object of the xmas period is having the tree up

So why would you post on this thread?