Too early? [Archive] - Christmas Forum

joyfulheart

09-26-2007, 05:43 PM

We;ve always started around or right at Thanksgiving.

Depending on the weather, we will out up the outside lights early November, so we can turn on the outdoor lights as soon as Thanksgiving is over.

Xmasflora

10-04-2007, 08:51 AM

bobbibrowneyes

10-08-2007, 06:04 PM

inside I have now some fall/autumn colour baubles in bowls around house end of november I replace those with red/green gold/red red/silver baubles in bowls and on dec 1 that is when I put up xmas decorations and the tree I wait until around mid dec since my heating system will dry out that xmastree so for it to be fresh for xmas must wait patiently.
I don't wait till after thanksgiving to put up my tree. I do it on Halloween and enjoy it for 2 months. I love having the spirit of Christmas in my house. I am already saving up money to buy gifts but next year I will start early with my shopping.I would think Nov 1 would be good for outside decorations

Oliver

10-10-2007, 04:53 AM

I'd say november is fine.

Normally I find its best to get all other festivities out of the way such as haloween, bonfire night and thnaksgiving.

Best Wishes
Oliver

saraht2712

10-18-2007, 12:13 PM

i live in the UK and we dont celebrate thanksgiving but we still wait until dec 1st to put decorations up cos i live with my parents and my mum wants to put them up early but my dad wants them up later so dec 1st is their comprimise, but to us the season has already started!! but we do have halloween and fireworks to think about bu christmas is sooo much better!!!

rockmysox

10-18-2007, 04:31 PM

We start a few days after thanksgiving. Taking down those decorations, cleaning the house. Then say, november 30 or so we start decorating. And about the second week of december, we go out and get our tree.

My dad and I put out our outside decorations about the same time.

trish_j

10-29-2007, 12:15 AM

Well, my plan as always is the first weekend in November. Thursday I will take down the halloween deco's, saturday, hubby and i will decorate the outside and sunday, the inside is done.(We have an artificial tree) The way i look at it, Time Flies! Why not enjoy the wonderful x-mas decorations as much as you can.

Sean

11-05-2007, 11:38 PM

I L O V E christmas! It has been by far my favorite season since i knew what it was. The way christmas makes me feel cant be beat! So im a freak and im already startin to decorate at november first! Like said before enjoy it as much as you can time flies! waving
Now im just waiting for a certain radio station to start playin the music haha singing

cmrobert

11-06-2007, 03:24 AM

It's November 5th which almost means its Thanksgiving which means it's absolutely okay to start decorating. I put up lights today :) go for it. But definitely save the tree for early December.

Annabelle

11-06-2007, 03:25 AM

I would love to decorate today, but alas-the bf wont have it. Ive found that it just comes down to when I have time to do it. Although, with outdoor decor-I may say that its ok to put up the lights now, but maybe wait until after Thanksgiving to turn them on.

PumpkinJack81

11-06-2007, 12:21 PM

Is it wrong for me to decorate my house before Christmas? My family always has started around 1th november. Is that wrong?

No one can tell you if it's "wrong" to start decorating now, so I say do what you are comfortable with. :) Personally, we never start until the day after Thanksgiving or maybe Thanksgiving Day, if I'm able to talk my wife into it. ;)

oct2667us

11-06-2007, 12:44 PM

hi all, I am new here. I think Nov. 1 is fine. I am already putting mine up .:smiling angel:

PumpkinJack81

11-06-2007, 03:38 PM

hi all, I am new here. I think Nov. 1 is fine. I am already putting mine up .:smiling angel:

Hello! : waving :And welcome to our holiday forums! : santa :

PS - Would your username reflect your b-day by any chance? If so, I'm an October 26th b-day too!

Sean

11-06-2007, 09:54 PM

I agree a tree shouldnt be put up till just after thanks giving. But as for starting to decorate the house and lights out side i think november is a great time. Cuz not only do i like to put lights up i like to see everyone elses in the neighborhoods lights as well. So the sooner you put yours up the sooner every one else will to! : tree :

Annabelle

11-06-2007, 09:55 PM

Ohhhh! I found another site with really cool ideas! notmartha.org

PumpkinJack81

11-07-2007, 01:17 AM

Ohhhh! I found another site with really cool ideas! notmartha.org

Pretty neat stuff on there... I think the name is really funny: NOT Martha. I really like Martha Stewart, but some of her "good ideas" are way too time consuming to recreate.

Sean

11-10-2007, 06:47 PM

So i have a confession. My family put up our 12 ft christmas tree yesterday haha! But its ok because the neighbors could see it through the windows and have now gotten theirs! Its addictive :tree:

PumpkinJack81

11-11-2007, 01:26 AM

So i have a confession. My family put up our 12 ft christmas tree yesterday haha! But its ok because the neighbors could see it through the windows and have now gotten theirs! Its addictive :tree:

Glad to hear your family is getting others in the holiday spirit! :waving:

christmas-goth-fairy

11-15-2007, 10:58 PM

to all who have their decorations up now:mad: i would love to start putting up the decorations now but my girlfriend has forbid it before dec 1st. life is so unfair.

PumpkinJack81

11-16-2007, 01:27 AM

to all who have their decorations up now:mad: i would love to start putting up the decorations now but my girlfriend has forbid it before dec 1st. life is so unfair.

Yeah, my wife is the same way...

hpntoph

11-16-2007, 02:51 AM

PumpkinJack81

11-16-2007, 11:54 AM

We can start putting up decorations! As a poor kid, I'm gonna need to whip out the construction paper and make paper chains! I'm thinking of a miniature tabletop tree since we don't have a lot of space... Any suggestions?

I don't know how "crafty" you want to be, but Disney's FamilyFun website has a lot of great Christmas crafts:

Christmas Crafts (http://familyfun.go.com/arts-and-crafts/season/specialfeature/christmas-crafts-ms/)

Let us know if you make something really fun! :waving:

xxxlhxxx

11-16-2007, 02:10 PM

I think 1st November is quite fast in Poland people star decoration homes around 1-10th December

Annabelle

11-16-2007, 11:20 PM

We can start putting up decorations! As a poor kid, I'm gonna need to whip out the construction paper and make paper chains! I'm thinking of a miniature tabletop tree since we don't have a lot of space... Any suggestions?

Maybe for a small space you should just try a color scheme. And if you're careful, it shouldnt be very expensive. You could use things you already have in a different way.

When I lived in my apartment I hung ornaments from mirrors, I put a small (3 foot) tree on an old end table and let the tree skirt hang over, it gave the tree more of a presence in the room. If you have empty space above your cabinets, I put Christmas lights up there and just used my own glassware to illuminate and give more of an effect. Plus it creates a nice mood. Wal-mart also has great holiday scented candles ($5) that make the whole apartment smell great and set a mood!

Hope that helps!

PumpkinJack81

11-19-2007, 01:25 AM

Maybe for a small space you should just try a color scheme. And if you're careful, it shouldnt be very expensive. You could use things you already have in a different way.

When I lived in my apartment I hung ornaments from mirrors, I put a small (3 foot) tree on an old end table and let the tree skirt hang over, it gave the tree more of a presence in the room. If you have empty space above your cabinets, I put Christmas lights up there and just used my own glassware to illuminate and give more of an effect. Plus it creates a nice mood. Wal-mart also has great holiday scented candles ($5) that make the whole apartment smell great and set a mood!

Hope that helps!

Great suggestions Annabelle! :D

disneydreamer98

11-19-2007, 01:33 PM

It's never too early to put Christmas decorations up! Shame on you Jen for holding Bobby back!

PumpkinJack81

11-19-2007, 06:13 PM

It's never too early to put Christmas decorations up! Shame on you Jen for holding Bobby back!

LOL! :kinky elf:

Nari

11-23-2007, 05:52 PM

Well, my Dad isn't that into Christmas, and neither is my mom, but I LOVE the holiday. We don't decorate until pretty close to Christmas, but I start listening to a station that plays Christmas music only the day after Thanksgiving.

I like it when people put up lights, because then the whole city looks pretty!

I think decorating early is fine!

(My two cents)

PumpkinJack81

11-25-2007, 05:41 AM

Hello Nari and welcome! :waving:
Hope you enjoy your time and have many happy holidays here with us! :santa:
PumpkinJack81
AllThingsChristmas Staff

I like it when people put up lights, because then the whole city looks pretty!

I agree, I love seeing Christmas lights on houses and shops! :rudolph:

beautycastvixen

11-25-2007, 09:58 PM

Never too early!! Decorations are so beautiful!

karanmi

03-01-2008, 06:33 PM

I start decorating in early November. I will have most of my decorations up by Thanksgiving. I have mostly artificial trees so can leave them up for a longer time. I will usually if we decide to have one real tree wait till the first week end in December to purchase that one and put it up. I have been known to put up an artificial tree and move to another part of the house after pucasing the real tree.

If you enjoy your decoations as much as I do I say go for it way before Thanksgiving. Took me several years before I got my hubby enthused over early decoarations.

Christmas-Lover

04-11-2008, 08:45 PM

Never to early to trim up for xmas! :santa:

PumpkinJack81

04-17-2008, 03:50 PM

Never to early to trim up for xmas! :santa:

Hi Laura,

Welcome to the forums! :waving: Hope you contionue to enjoy your time here with us. :D I like the Tinker Bell avatar!

PumpkinJack81
AllThingsChristmas staff

persimmonpudding

07-12-2008, 01:36 PM

It isn't wrong if you like it. I found myself whistling Christmas tunes last week...in JULY!!!

We usually put them up thanksgiving night at my folks...mainly because the family is all together then. My folks knock it down a day-or-three after Christmas so they can "get back to normal". I always seem to not think I was able to enjoy the Christmas stuff long enough.

At work, people were on my case for playing Christmas tunes in October. Last year I waited until November 1 but I think I'm going back to whenever the spirit strikes me this year (NOT July!).

It's hard for me as I'm whistling Christmas tunes and thinking about holidays while harvesting persimmons and processing/freezing pulp. I'm usually hitting early ripeners by mid-Sept. While harvesting I start salivating for persimmon pudding. When thinking about that, even though we eat it nearly any time of year, we HAVE to have it for Thanksgiving and Christmas at the very least. As a kid it was association with the pudding that stayed with me until today.

Sorry to stray from topic but the start of Christmas celebration is whenever you want it to be. Enjoy it!

love2decor8

08-15-2008, 08:29 PM

I have christmas decorations up year round, on the inside at least. So I think its fine whenever you decorate.

anniesplace

08-15-2008, 09:06 PM

Is it wrong for me to decorate my house before Christmas? My family always has started around 1th november. Is that wrong?

i allways like to get december under way first my brothers birthday is on the 10th so from being a kid we always put them up on that dad.:tree: but if it was up to me they would never go down:waving:

hazelnut

08-16-2008, 05:13 AM

i usually estrain myself and put them up the first weekend of december, i work in a shopping centre though and they go up in november so i get to see all those ones daily :D

my son has taken to singing 'so here it is merry christmas' by slade already, he has got some funny looks as he shouts it while we are walkign to places lol

anniesplace

08-16-2008, 09:58 AM

anniesplace

08-16-2008, 09:58 AM

I have christmas decorations up year round, on the inside at least. So I think its fine whenever you decorate.

oh how lucky wish my other half would let me do that:waving:

McDLT

08-16-2008, 04:14 PM

Right after our town's Santa Claus parade is when I put up the outdoor stuff (we don't have a big front yard, but we light it up). Then the first Sunday of Advent is the day I put up the indoor stuff. The day before I hold a children's Christmas party where we make ornaments and get everybody in the Christmas mood. Sometimes I'll put up a bit of Christmas stuff, but usually it all comes out on the Sunday because I need the extra room in the house for all the party-goers.

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08-18-2008, 12:29 PM

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Daisy

09-09-2008, 06:41 PM

Ohh, I personally hink that's a tad early, but then agian, I live in England and it's "bad luck" to have the decorations up for too long! I'm not really superstitious but my mum is!

We put ours up on the second Saturday of December. :)

Shellie

09-09-2008, 09:20 PM

We have a tradition of putting everything up over the long weekend associated with Thanksgiving.

And we leave everything up a week past New Years. If it were up to my 5 year old, we'd have Christmas up all year! :kinky elf:

Shellie