Comments for Christmas Decorating Ideas

Comment on When do you start decorating for Christmas? by angelbaby

angelbaby — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:01:41 +0000

I don’t do much decorating, but we usually get our tree and put it up maybe a week or two before Christmas. The people downstairs from us put up their (fake) tree on Thanksgiving, when everyone is over for dinner.

You are definitely right, it gets earlier and earlier every year! I was just remembering, last year I was birthday shopping for someone mid-Oct. at Walmart. When we got there, I didn’t know it beforehand but they had trick-or-treating for the kids, AND SANTA AND MRS. CLAUS WERE THERE! Seriously – no joke. My daughter got her pic with Santa on Oct.12 last year – obviously before Halloween had even come and gone! Now that’s ridiculous!

Comment on When do you start decorating for Christmas? by Kristy - Kaitlyn's mommy

Kristy - Kaitlyn's mommy — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:05:00 +0000

The Friday after Thanksgiving is when we get everything down from the attic.

The stores have Christmas stuff out way to early! It’s still fall and we didn’t even get to Thanksgiving yet.

My town does there holiday decorating the 1st weekend in December (I believe). It makes the village look so pretty!

Comment on When do you start decorating for Christmas? by ? Charli ?

? Charli ? — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:46:10 +0000

Excuse my ignorance, but I don’t know when Thanksgiving is.

We have started decorating, BUT it’s only putting the outdoor lights up. They aren’t going, but they take a long time to get up. We moved last November here, and never put them up (I was pregnant) so this year, we have them all to do.

Christmas decorations, and all the to buy have been up in the stores since September 15th (3yo’s Birthday).
What a joke. I will be honest, I am limiting my kids time out, because they will lose interest in Christmas

We put all the other decorations up on December 1st, then take them down 12 days after Christmas.

Comment on When do you start decorating for Christmas? by Haven_Summers

Haven_Summers — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 07:24:37 +0000

I decorate most of the house the second weekend in December as we put our tree then too. After that its just tiny touches here or there outside to accent everything. One of our sister stores set up their christmas stuff the first of August along side the Halloween now thats early

Thanksgiving is always and has been always that 4th thrusday of November and this yr its Nov 27

Comment on When do you start decorating for Christmas? by I love my Lil & Jill

I love my Lil & Jill — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 05:05:57 +0000

If you ask me…(which you kinda did…) I think it is NEVER too early to get into the spirit of Christmas…I personally start decorating after we clean up from Thanksgiving dinner…I LOVE CHRISTMAS!

Comment on how to protect a christmas tree from cats? by leonleonceur55555

leonleonceur55555 — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 04:21:59 +0000

just hang thing that can break out of the cats reach.

Comment on When do you start decorating for Christmas? by truebrunetteforever

truebrunetteforever — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:07:53 +0000

I just started today. 11.5.08. I dont decorate the outside untill Dec. 1st but my inside is always done by November 15. I love Christmas, and the earlier the better. Plus seeing all those decorations makes me feel better. It means that a new year is just around the corner…a time to start fresh! LOL

Comment on When do you start decorating for Christmas? by jjjkylan

jjjkylan — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:20:19 +0000

I always try to put the tree up the day after thanksgiving

Comment on When do you start decorating for Christmas? by Hannah's mommy

Hannah's mommy — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:35:28 +0000

UGH!! I HATE when stores have decorations up so early. I was at Kohl’s in mid-October and they were decorating already. I complained to the manager and then left without making a purchase.

I don’t decorate until after Thanksgiving either. Some malls are already decorated, but a few more *upscale* malls wait a few more weeks.

I love Nordstrom’s…they don’t decorate until after Thanksgiving. They even have signs at the entrance of their stores saying they take one holiday at a time!!

Comment on When do you start decorating for Christmas? by Aaron's Mommy

Aaron's Mommy — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:05:59 +0000

I am a procrastinator from way back, so it wasn’t uncommon for us not to get going decorating until mid-December. Last year was our first time joining the masses decorating Thanksgiving weekend.

We do enjoy listening to Christmas music weeks and weeks before Christmas. We listened to our Charlie Brown CD in July!

I love Christmas, family, the traditions, even the weather(okay I grew up in Hawaii so I pined for snow as a child), so I hate the fact that Christmas season starts earlier and earlier. I feel that to keep something special, you also must keep it short and sweet.

ETA: I have to admit, I have most of my shopping done already! I have to ship things out and was tired of paying $30 to gets some gifts sent out.