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Less than a month!

Mellie32 — Sun, 16 Oct 2016 20:10:22 GMT

I'll be decorating my house for Christmas! Yay! I know some of you will moan and groan about this post, but I absolutely love Christmas decorations and having them up through Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years. They are so cheerful and bright and happy.

Then after Thanksgiving it will be time for my students to help me put up our classroom Christmas tree and make some ornaments for it. Some of the best memories are made in these last few months of the year.

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GCR18 — Sun, 16 Oct 2016 20:16:43 GMT

No complaints from me. I may be joining you, if I can get my act together. I am going away the last couple weeks of November and was thinking of decorating before.

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tansy — Sun, 16 Oct 2016 20:18:16 GMT

I'm still enjoying my Halloween and fall decorations. 🎃🍁👻

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ECBG — Sun, 16 Oct 2016 20:19:27 GMT

We always have a fresh tree so I won't be joining you but enjoy!

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cherry — Sun, 16 Oct 2016 20:19:54 GMT

I don't put up a big tree any longer, but I do have a table tree, and a creche

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goldensrbest — Sun, 16 Oct 2016 20:22:41 GMT

Confused about title!!

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Mellie32 — Sun, 16 Oct 2016 20:24:19 GMT

@goldensrbest wrote:
Confused about title!!

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Preds — Sun, 16 Oct 2016 20:26:03 GMT

@goldensrbest wrote:
Confused about title!!

@goldensrbest ... until others start decorating for the holidays.

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QVCkitty1 — Sun, 16 Oct 2016 20:26:57 GMT

Now that I'm retired, I think that I enjoy decorating even more. There is plenty of time, I'm not so tired and I'm home more to enjoy my efforts. So the day after Thanksgiving, when I've recovered from the festivities, I'll start hauling out the decorations. You are right ,the house looks so pretty, I'm looking forward to it.🌲🌲

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Bellabutterfly — Sun, 16 Oct 2016 20:28:16 GMT

Hi Mellie32!

I am right there with you...I LOVE Christmas! I always have since I was a little girl.

It is the "Season of Hope" and "Love" and "The Miracle", that anything is possible.

Blessings!

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SoX — Sun, 16 Oct 2016 20:30:15 GMT

Thought you were talking about something else ...

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ValuSkr — Sun, 16 Oct 2016 20:31:06 GMT

@Mellie32 wrote:
I'll be decorating my house for Christmas! Yay! I know some of you will moan and groan about this post, but I absolutely love Christmas decorations and having them up through Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years. They are so cheerful and bright and happy.

Then after Thanksgiving it will be time for my students to help me put up our classroom Christmas tree and make some ornaments for it. Some of the best memories are made in these last few months of the year.

If I put up Chrismas decor in mid November, I'd be taking it all down and storing on December 26. I just get tired of it and the clutter. Do you leave yours up for some time after Christmas?

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Mellie32 — Sun, 16 Oct 2016 20:31:30 GMT

@ValuSkr wrote:
@Mellie32 wrote:
I'll be decorating my house for Christmas! Yay! I know some of you will moan and groan about this post, but I absolutely love Christmas decorations and having them up through Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years. They are so cheerful and bright and happy.

Then after Thanksgiving it will be time for my students to help me put up our classroom Christmas tree and make some ornaments for it. Some of the best memories are made in these last few months of the year.
If I put up Chrismas decor around mid November, I'd be taking it all down and storing on December 26. I just get tired of it and the clutter. Do you leave yours up for some time after Christmas?

It depends. Sometimes I'm tired of it and want my house to be back to "normal" and sometimes I keep it up until New Years Day.

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goldensrbest — Sun, 16 Oct 2016 20:33:58 GMT

@SoX wrote:
Thought you were talking about something else ...

That makes two of us.

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cherry — Sun, 16 Oct 2016 20:34:24 GMT

Years ago, before the advent of artificial trees, people used to put up the tree, a day or 2 before Christmas, and keep it up until Epiphany

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Chrystaltree2 — Sun, 16 Oct 2016 20:35:10 GMT

Thanksgiving is a major event where I live, an American holiday that is not just the start of the Christmas season. No one in this area decortates for Christmas before Thanksgiving. Well, there is one family that puts there Christmas decorations up Halloween night. So glad I don't live next door to them! But it is amazing. On Halloween, they are all decked out for that and the very next day...bam....it's Christmas. You drive by their house at 6am and all their Christmas stuff is out. And they do a lot! The must do it in the wee hours. They've been doing that for many years and everyone in the area is so happy that they didn't start some type of trend. I just put up my fall decorations and that will remain up right through Thanksgiving, which is a fall holiday. I love my fall decorations. This year, we plan to decorate for Christmas the weekend after Turkey Day. We often have friends or family drop in the day after TG, so I'll want my fall stuff up. But Saturday, it comes down and the Christmas stuff goes up. I'm not sure what my theme and colors will be for Christmas this year. I went with red/gold/ivory last Christmas and the one before. So, I'm thinking green/gold/ivory this year. I love Christmas too, it's my favorite time of the year. But I don't rush it, I like to enjoy each holiday as it comes.

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Chrystaltree2 — Sun, 16 Oct 2016 20:37:08 GMT

@SoX wrote:
Thought you were talking about something else ...

Me too...lol

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Chrystaltree2 — Sun, 16 Oct 2016 20:39:26 GMT

@ValuSkr wrote:
@Mellie32 wrote:
I'll be decorating my house for Christmas! Yay! I know some of you will moan and groan about this post, but I absolutely love Christmas decorations and having them up through Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years. They are so cheerful and bright and happy.

Then after Thanksgiving it will be time for my students to help me put up our classroom Christmas tree and make some ornaments for it. Some of the best memories are made in these last few months of the year.
If I put up Chrismas decor in mid November, I'd be taking it all down and storing on December 26. I just get tired of it and the clutter. Do you leave yours up for some time after Christmas?

We always leave our tree and decorations up through Jan 6th. Which is when the Chistmas season actually ends.

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mstyrion 1 — Sun, 16 Oct 2016 20:41:18 GMT

Early November seems early for X Mas decorating.

I enjoy my Harvest decor. It's probably my favorite. I leave it up until the day after Thanksgiving.

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Plaid Pants2 — Sun, 16 Oct 2016 20:42:31 GMT

@SoX wrote:
Thought you were talking about something else ...

She is.