When is it too early to put up the Christmas tree

Alicat

Eva Longoria has her tree up. Just sayin'. :pac:

kitten_k

They are currently putting the trees up in work :D:D

kitten_k

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

Anything before the weekend second before Christmas is bonkers.
The weekend before Christmas is just about tolerable in this day and age, though far from ideal.
Christmas eve still has a lot to recommend it.
But certainly, earlier than the 12 or 13th is too early.

Sunny Dayz

I prefer to put the tree up and get the house decorated the week before Christmas (or thereabouts, depends on when it's falling - Christmas, not the tree!).


As much as I enjoy Christmas, I want to really savour and enjoy the build up and excitement. I just feel that if I started too early (IMO) a lot of the fun and excitement would have faded by the time the Big Day arrives.

GerHankey

We would generally do it the last weekend in November (Toy Show weekend), but the wintry weather last weekend just put us in the mood so the tree is already up!
That said, we will have it down again a day or two after Christmas. Once the big day is over it seems a bit "in the way". Its nice to start the New Year with a clean fresh house.

MadDog76

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

Anything before the weekend second before Christmas is bonkers.
The weekend before Christmas is just about tolerable in this day and age, though far from ideal.
Christmas eve still has a lot to recommend it.
But certainly, earlier than the 12 or 13th is too early.

You're wrong.

eurobillschulz

Far too early to be even thinking of putting up Christmas Trees. It is confusing to children.

Ginger83

Up on Dec 20th, down on 3rd Jan

Posy

eurobillschulz wrote: »

Far too early to be even thinking of putting up Christmas Trees. It is confusing to children.

Well since my house is one of many which doesn't have any children in it, that's not really an issue. :pac:

Young children usually can't tell the time or read, so also make sure there are no clocks or books in your house to confuse them with.

xDisneyDivax

We put up our trees tonight!! planned to do it next Friday before toy show but we will be back from Dublin the night before and we will be working

Loughc

xDisneyDivax wrote: »

We put up our trees tonight!! planned to do it next Friday before toy show but we will be back from Dublin the night before and we will be working

Don't forget to post in the show us your trees thread

Toots

Wanna put up the tree soooo badly right now, but the hubby is insisting we wait until next weekend. The only thing that's putting me off suggesting some sort of duel to decide it is that I haven't gotten my little man his Christmas jumper yet, and tradition dictates that you must wear your Christmas jumper while putting up the tree. I'm pretty sure it's a law.

crossmolinalad

The 1st of Dec and will be removed around the 7th of Jan

xDisneyDivax

Loughc wrote: »

Don't forget to post in the show us your trees thread

Trees aren't decorated and I think I will try to hold it off until Friday evening.... Not sure how long that will last though!

The Rape of Lucretia

crossmolinalad wrote: »

The 1st of Dec and will be removed around the 7th of Jan

Yes, 1st is still to early, but not as crazy as the putting it up in November crew. Down on the 7th is a good choice.

Loughc

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

Yes, 1st is still to early, but not as crazy as the putting it up in November crew. Down on the 7th is a good choice.

No crazy time. There's no right or wrong answer here. Putting it up in November or December are both grand. It's down to what people want to do and what makes them happy.

MadDog76

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

Yes, 1st is still to early, but not as crazy as the putting it up in November crew. Down on the 7th is a good choice.

Wrong again .......... I hope there's a "three strikes and you're out!" rule here ....... Mods???

MadDog76

Ours went up yesterday and the house is fully decorated so it's Christmas movies, songs and hot chocolate in our house for the next month!

Loughc

We decorated the sitting room and window yesterday and today the tree went up. Delighted it's done now

French_Girl

MadDog76 wrote:

Ours went up yesterday and the house is fully decorated so it's Christmas movies, songs and hot chocolate in our house for the next month!

Sounds wonderful.
Enjoy!

Malari

Ours are up today!

My dad would always leave it until the last weekend before xmas to get the tree, so I'm probably compensating

Crazyteacher

I'll probably have to wait until this weekend to get our stuff out of the attic. Parents are wanting an extra tree for the dining room to decorate for themselves because I've apparently taken over the main one ! Looking forward to browsing the shops for Christmas items , there's not enough time in the day at the minute. At least a lot of the cleaning is started.

omb0wyn5ehpij9

All going to plan, I'll be putting up our tree on Sunday

Sunny Dayz

Not planning on putting up the tree and decorations for another 2 weeks. But hoping to take everything down from the attic this week and sort out what we have. I think we are ok for tree decorations but I want to put a bit more effort into the house decorations this year!


I got spray snow for the windows last year, it looked nice enough, think I went a little overboard with it and left it on too long, it was a pain to clean off the windows.

maximum12

Are all ye early erectors using artificial trees?

kitten_k

Yea I use an artificial tree

maximum12

kitten_k wrote: »

Yea I use an artificial tree

Was going to put a real tree up this week but worried it will look awful by the 25th

xDisneyDivax

Yeah we use artificial trees- if I was you, I would hold off until 7th Dec to use a real tree maybe- but we never had a real tree and my father bought one closer to Christmas last year or should I say I did

Loughc

Artificial tree here as well, a real tree would dry out by Jan 6th at this range.

maximum12

Loughc wrote: »

Artificial tree here as well, a real tree would dry out by Jan 6th at this range.

I dump mine by the 2nd. Can't stand to look at it once new year is done and everything is back to normal.

Shoe Lover

Loughc wrote: »

Artificial tree here as well, a real tree would dry out by Jan 6th at this range.

This is why we are having both this year! My OH wants a real tree but he forgets that the one we had last year was dead before Christmas. So this year, we are compromising & getting an artificial tree this weekend which will be put up instantly in the kitchen & then on or around the 15th, we will get a real tree for the sitting room and hope to get more life out of it this year!

iguana

maximum12 wrote: »

I dump mine by the 2nd. Can't stand to look at it once new year is done and everything is back to normal.

If you use a real tree do you soak the ends in a basin of water? I've read that if you treat the tree like you would a bunch of flowers, it will soak up some of the water and that will help it live longer indoors.

maximum12

iguana wrote: »

If you use a real tree do you soak the ends in a basin of water? I've read that if you treat the tree like you would a bunch of flowers, it will soak up some of the water and that will help it live longer indoors.

Yes, for the first few days it will soak up several litres. Some years they seem to last better than others.