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'Tis the Season!!

FUTURE — Sat, 26 Nov 2016 03:14:57 GMT

I put up all of my Christmas decorations today, so the house is feeling festive. Now I'm relaxing in my chair, listening to my favorite holiday mixed playlist, with a pupper on my lap and a cup of hot tea. The song playing right now is "Let there be Peace on Earth" by the Boys Choir of Harlem. Such a nice tone and way to start this Season. Who else is getting in the spirit with me??

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Sister Golden Hair — Sat, 26 Nov 2016 03:16:57 GMT

@FUTURE Not yet but will in a few days. I love everything Christmas.

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on the bay — Sat, 26 Nov 2016 03:20:09 GMT

It sounds lovely!

I put up all Christmas a few days after Halloween lol!-I just couldn't wait! And I've watched lots of Hallmark Movies and listen to Christmas music on the radio everytime I'm in my car.

I just love it too

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Moonchilde — Sat, 26 Nov 2016 03:30:05 GMT

That sounds lovely! Our tree is in the process of being decorated. TG leftovers have been consumed for lunch and dinner and the pie wiped out. Everyone's mellow. Supposed to rain.

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deepwaterdotter — Sat, 26 Nov 2016 03:32:43 GMT

There's a wreath of greenery with a gold bow hanging by my front door. Decorating is complete!

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FUTURE — Sat, 26 Nov 2016 03:46:36 GMT

@on the bay wrote:
It sounds lovely!
I put up all Christmas a few days after Halloween lol!-I just couldn't wait! And I've watched lots of Hallmark Movies and listen to Christmas music on the radio everytime I'm in my car.
I just love it too

@on the bay, as much as my husband loves Christmas, he vetoed my putting up decorations until after Thanksgiving!! So today I got after it!!

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on the bay — Sat, 26 Nov 2016 03:49:05 GMT

@Moonchilde~

Is that a tradition for you and others-to decorate the tree after Thanksgiving? I noticed one of my daughters does that too. It is so cheery to see the tree being decorated after a long Thanksgiving day (or maybe the day after).

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Moonchilde — Sat, 26 Nov 2016 03:58:18 GMT

@on the bay, I think it's a natural tree-decorating time if you have an artificial tree, which I think many people, and most older people, have these days. For those who are working, as my niece is, it's a nice long four-day weekend to get the tree up but also take your time doing it and enjoy. Ours will probably get finished tomorrow.

Back in the day when most people had real trees, I think most trees were bought and decorated 2-3 weeks before Xmas and taken down right after New Year's Day. They only last so long, even in water, before they start being a fire hazard ;-(

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Pook — Sat, 26 Nov 2016 09:13:32 GMT

I could/would never decorate so early. Growing up it was aleways so magical to decorate Christmas Eve. I like to enjoy my decorations but with baking and preparations for weeks, I couldn't. Now I do it about a week before Christmas. Plus it is more difficult to clean around the decorations and I wouldn't want the extra bother to do so. But then again I leave mine up until February to enjoy when things settle down and many remove all traces of Christmas by New Years and some the day after Christmas.

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meallen616 — Sun, 27 Nov 2016 01:47:15 GMT

Decorating while listening to Mariah Carey's Christmas CD,

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Noel7 — Sat, 26 Nov 2016 23:14:44 GMT

It was my asthma MD who told me I shouldn't have a real tree, there's too much that comes with them that can trigger asthma. I didn't want to switch but even more, I didn't want to sit around wheezing during December.

I like that we don't have to go out in the cold and wet, looking for a great tree. And especially, that we don't have to put lights on, the very easy going DH gets crabby when he puts on the lights.

We ordered a new one this year, the lights went out last Christmas. It should be here next week.

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bri20 — Sun, 27 Nov 2016 01:55:26 GMT

One tree is up and decorated. The other tree will go up tomorrow. I don't know if everything else will get finished, but it's all brought up from the basement. I will either finish it tomorrow or Monday.

I bought some new things this year and I'm anxious to see how it will all come together.

I'm trying to convince my husband to put a tree up in our bedroom. I'm still working on that one. Hahahaha