Preparing for Christmas
By LK2018
@Letranknight2015 (51532)
Philippines
November 25, 2017 8:31am CST
They've been trying to remind me to set this up over the past few days but I was not in the mood then.
But since no one's around today I took the time to clean the tree. Unfortunately, I had trouble at first looking for the decorations because I forgot were to put it. Turns they were located in some unmarked box
The only missing here were the lights, I forgot what happened. It's either I lost them or they short circuited for some reason and then I threw it away.
I've also prepared the huge lantern but it's not yet in the picture. Sadly it has one busted bulb.
How are you now preparing for Christmas?
The only missing here were the lights, I forgot what happened. It's either I lost them or they short circuited for some reason and then I threw it away.
I've also prepared the huge lantern but it's not yet in the picture. Sadly it has one busted bulb.
How are you now preparing for Christmas?12 people like this
15 responses
@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
25 Nov 17
Our tree is already up and lighted, this is the first time we did it early in decades lol. I am also now using almost a hundred percent LED bulbs since price has gone down
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
27 Nov 17
@Letranknight2015 led lasts very very long because they are diodes not filaments like what incandecent uses, they are similar to power indicator lights of appliances, that sometimes outlasts the appliance itself.
Bought mine online at Lazada but I think it is out of stock now or the price has gone up
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@Letranknight2015 (51532)
• Philippines
27 Nov 17
@louievill Not the LED lights I have over here.
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@Letranknight2015 (51532)
• Philippines
26 Nov 17
Hello @louievill Were do you buy those led bulbs, they don't really last long, i guess it goes with the brand.
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@josie_ (9763)
• Philippines
25 Nov 17
I remember that Christmas trees when I was a child were real pine trees. Now we have to settle for made in China plastic trees. There was also a kind of religious solemnity surrounding Christmas. Today everything has become too commercialize. Sad.
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@Letranknight2015 (51532)
• Philippines
27 Nov 17
Hello @josie_ what kind of plastic trees? Well, this one's not real as well but it's around for decades. You were right, everything is so commercialized now. But back in the day I used to enjoy giving gifts.
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@Letranknight2015 (51532)
• Philippines
27 Nov 17
@josie_ I used to get gifts too.
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@josie_ (9763)
• Philippines
27 Nov 17
@Letranknight2015 _Mostly receiving gifts. Since we were children then.
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@ddnj2006 (652)
• Philippines
25 Nov 17
When I was young, we are setting up all the decoration mostly middle of november or the week after the haloween. But as I get older, we are doing this around 2nd week of december. Maybe because people in my generation today are much practical, I guess. Even my wife agrees with it.
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@ddnj2006 (652)
• Philippines
27 Nov 17
@Letranknight2015 that would be something!
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@Letranknight2015 (51532)
• Philippines
27 Nov 17
Hello @ddnj2006 It is practical since we take it down anyways by the month of January of Next year. Here, unless I win a lottery next month there won't be any kind of gifts.
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@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
26 Nov 17
Lovely tree you got there. I'm sure with the lights, it will look better.
No plans to put up a Christmas tree this year. I think we are doing something different for our Christmas decoration.
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@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
27 Nov 17
@Letranknight2015 
Will try to snap a photo and then make a post.
Will try to snap a photo and then make a post.1 person likes this
@Letranknight2015 (51532)
• Philippines
27 Nov 17
Hello @allen0187 good luck with your plan buddy, let us know what will be your decorations are.
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@marguicha (215441)
• Chile
25 Nov 17
We don´t start preparations usually until the first days of Christmas.
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@Letranknight2015 (51532)
• Philippines
27 Nov 17
Hello @marguicha Okay, that was my planned to until I had the time to do it.
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@marguicha (215441)
• Chile
27 Nov 17
@Letranknight2015 I will take care of Claudia´s children until the first days of December.
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@Letranknight2015 (51532)
• Philippines
27 Nov 17
@marguicha well,, grand children are important and the best gift than any other Xmas presents.
@Scrapper88 (5957)
• United States
25 Nov 17
Since I live alone; I do not set up a Christmas tree.
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@Letranknight2015 (51532)
• Philippines
27 Nov 17
Hello @Scrapper88 I could do the same thing If I was alone, probably a little christmas tree.
@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
26 Nov 17
i'm the one expected to decorate, but like you, i prefer to do it when no one's here, or everyone's asleep. i'd like to buy more decors this week so i can put them up by dec 1. i wish we had a new parol (lantern) though.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
27 Nov 17
@Letranknight2015 i feel like changing some decors this year. i can give the others to a relative.
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@Letranknight2015 (51532)
• Philippines
27 Nov 17
@hereandthere that's good they will get to use it.
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@Letranknight2015 (51532)
• Philippines
26 Nov 17
Hello @hereandthere I haven't bought new decors for a long time, I've always put it safely for next years use.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
26 Nov 17
I have put up my trees and some wreaths. I will finish today.
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@Letranknight2015 (51532)
• Philippines
26 Nov 17
Hello @BelleStarr I am sure you have got it done today, congrats.
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@Letranknight2015 (51532)
• Philippines
27 Nov 17
Hello @sallypup Thank you. Hard to believe that this tree had been around for decades.
@Letranknight2015 (51532)
• Philippines
27 Nov 17
Hello @JudyEv good thing you remembered, maybe next time I will put some labels on it before i put them back.
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@JudyEv (325808)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Nov 17
@Letranknight2015 I have a few plastic tubs with lids as storage containers and I'm gradually putting labels on them because I'm forever opening them wondering what is in them.
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
27 Nov 17
Our house is not yet adorned with Christmas decorations.
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@Letranknight2015 (51532)
• Philippines
27 Nov 17
Hello @ridingbet I'm confident you will have to put decorations soon, besides, it's still November.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
28 Nov 17
@Letranknight2015 my sister cleaned the windows' screen because the windows are the first that she put the decorations on.
@Letranknight2015 (51532)
• Philippines
27 Nov 17
Hello @thelme55 What day is the advent? I guess I have not catch up over the past few days.
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@thelme55 (76476)
• Germany
28 Nov 17
@Letranknight2015 They are the Advent Sundays, the 4 Sundays before the Holy Eve. This coming Sunday is the first Advent Sunday.
@Letranknight2015 (51532)
• Philippines
27 Nov 17
Hello @Kandae11 oh, well I hope some day we could put lights on it, that would be something good to see at night.
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
27 Nov 17
It's my gay brother-in-law who puts up the decoration at the house. She even bought a like disco light that when he lights it up at the front yard, he has to switch off the bright light at the garage and you can see the firefly like images of which we cannot decipher when it's at the garden. It doesn't look merry at all because it's dim.
But when he tried it on the wall at the dining room, they were of small santas, reindeers and others.
He rarely lights it up anymore.
