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[Thrive]

When will you begin decorating for Christmas? How soon will you put up a tree?

[minkbunny]

December.

[gidgetgh]

The tree and the other decorations go up two weeks before Christmas and come down on the 26th. By 10:00 AM on the 26th there's no sign of Christmas at our house.

[minkbunny]

On 11/1/2014 gidgetgoeshawaiian said: The tree and the other decorations go up two weeks before Christmas and come down on the 26th. By 10:00 AM on the 26th there's no sign of Christmas at our house.

Sounds almost like me, gidget. We always put up the tree the weekend closest to December 15th and take it down on or before January 1st - ready for a new beginning.

I like for my house to look like Thanksgiving on Thanksgiving, the family Fire King dinnerware, fall themed tablecloth/napkins/candles,. etc. Don't want people to have to admire my Christmas décor at Thanksgiving AND again at Christmas

[brii]

I always started the day after Thanksgiving. Last year we started the weekend before Thanksgiving. It was nice to have it done and ready to light on Friday.

I'm still debating when we're going to do it this year. It depends how much I'm cooking for Thanksgiving - LOL

It comes down right after the New Year.

[Snowpuppy]

Christmas decorating begins after Thanksgiving. No mater what the retailers want me to believe.

We may travel this Thanksgiving so definitely not before Dec 1st.

[shoesnbags]

The weekend after Thanksgiving. It totally ruins my Thanksgiving mood when I'm thinking and planning Thanksgiving dinner and see homes decorated for Christmas. I also think it looks kinda goofy that some houses have harvest decor outdoors while others have already put out Christmas decorations. Bad enough that retailers have to rush the season! I start taking Christmas decorations down on New Year's Day.

[151949]

I used to start as soon as Thanksgiving was over but now I live where there is an HOA and we aren't allowed to decorate until Dec 11th. So you betcha I am out there right on the 11th no matter what putting up my decor. Then it is required to be down by Jan 2nd. And also - very limited what we can put up - 2 decor items plus lights for Christmas only.

[brii]

On 11/1/2014 happy housewife said:

I used to start as soon as Thanksgiving was over but now I live where there is an HOA and we aren't allowed to decorate until Dec 11th. So you betcha I am out there right on the 11th no matter what putting up my decor. Then it is required to be down by Jan 2nd. And also - very limited what we can put up - 2 decor items plus lights for Christmas only.

Isn't that only for the outside?

You can put your tree up inside whenever you want, right?

[151949]

On 11/1/2014 brii said:

On 11/1/2014 happy housewife said:

I used to start as soon as Thanksgiving was over but now I live where there is an HOA and we aren't allowed to decorate until Dec 11th. So you betcha I am out there right on the 11th no matter what putting up my decor. Then it is required to be down by Jan 2nd. And also - very limited what we can put up - 2 decor items plus lights for Christmas only.

Isn't that only for the outside?

You can put your tree up inside whenever you want, right?

As long as it can't be seen from the outside. I got "the letter" one year for putting my window candles out before Dec 11th, and i was told we have to keep the garage door closed so the tree wasn't seen from outside. (our house is like a southern shotgun house - you can see all the way through it from the street)Our solution to that was to buy a garage door screen that blocks the ability to see into the house.I think our HOA president is a voyeur - he rides his bike around all day long and complains about things people have in their homes. I hate him and I don't say that word often.