Christmas decorations when selling your property - should we?

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We've not long been on the market, lots of viewings but no offers. The children are excitedly talking about Christmas decorations but I wasn't planning on putting the tree up as its huge.
It really does look lovely when it's up but would buyers expect this or expect discreet Christmas accessories instead?

I did when selling house. Used lots of natural leaves and twigs (holly, ivy etc)., and a small real tree in a pot. Created cosy feel, which the buyer really liked. She could imagine her future xmases there. Go for it, but keep in style of property/ potential buyers.

I would because one of the things you do when buying a house it imagine where the christmas tree will go!

I would put it up. You don't know how long it will take to sell your house, so you can't put everything completely on hold.
A Christmas tree in December would be completely normal in a house so it would put me off when viewing - however I would caveat this with make sure decorations are proportional to the space they are in and don't overwhelm so they make the room look small.
For example we had a 10ft tree last year which was fine as our living room is a huge room with a very high Victorian ceiling. The tree was massive but looked in proportion to the room. My friend has a modern house and bought an 8ft tree that was way too big for the room (squished up to the ceiling & left no room for the furniture) it was lovely but not really right for the room (more tree than room)