Decorating For Christmas ?

[SoddenJack]

Last year was the first year my both my boys were old enough to really appreciate and understand Christmas, so it was the first year we really decorated the house.

 

[J.GANDY]

I'm starting to get in gear now. Last of the Halloween decorations are down. LET THE GAMES BEGIN! I keep it classy on the outside, tacky on the inside. I have tons of 1950's Christmas decorations.

You have me beat by a mile with 10 trees though...? CAD (Christmas Tree Acquisition Disorder)

 

[scloyd]

Last year was the first year my both my boys were old enough to really appreciate and understand Christmas, so it was the first year we really decorated the house.

When our kids were young I put up outdoor lights and decorated the front porch. Now they're all grown in their own homes so I don't decorate outdoors anymore.

 

[STP]

I'm starting to get in gear now. Last of the Halloween decorations are down. LET THE GAMES BEGIN! I keep it classy on the outside, tacky on the inside. I have tons of 1950's Christmas decorations.

You have me beat by a mile with 10 trees though...? CAD (Christmas Tree Acquisition Disorder)

Ha... some are small w/little effort, like the 5’ living Norfolk Island Pine in the foreground of the pic. We just finished the inside today. We will start on the outside next week.

Like BROBS mentioned, we take everything down on Jan 7th, the day after the Epiphany (12 days of Christmas).

 

[Magpiety]

Looks great! You have a really beautiful place there!

 

[STP]

... not compete w/o a 6’+ nutcracker and Christmas Story lamp... Ha.

 

[wordheavy]

BUT...
This has always been one of my hangover cures...
Steely Dan playing, and taking down Christmas stuff...
The tradition does, and will, continue...for me!
(religious calendars and our commercial calendar don’t always meet nicely in the second millennia...)

Steely Dan, Second Millennia....are you from the past? ?

 

[3rdguy]

I like the lights inside. We go with a few small things outside. Can’t get into it until there is some snow on the ground however.

 

[bnichols23]

We don't do a tree any more because we're generally out of town, plus 3 cats. Nuff said. We do do a wreath & some hanging cut glass things from the ceiling. I'm an Epiphany guy myself too (Episcopalian).

My late b-i-l had a rule that their main tree (1 of 6) couldn't go up till Thanksgiving. You'd have to know my sister.

 

[weezell]

The wife and I don't do any of it anymore. BUT!, The week before Christmas we do our Martha Stewart ride. She drives, I drink with the dog in my lap, and judge all the outdoors displays by Marthas standards. Been doing it for years now...

 

[STP]

^^^ Ha... sounds fun.

 

[Old School 3319]

I only put the tree up for the kids. I used to hang lights outside but we would always forget to plug them in so i quit. The tree comes down Christmas day