do you buy christmas tree every year? when are you going to put yours at home

I live in the US, and we buy a tree evry year, bring it in, and decorate. we usually go the day after thanksgiving (the last thursday in november every year) and get the tallest one our house will fit, and then everyone who is around helps to decorate when we get home! We always stick it in the front window so everyone cansee how proud we are of it and turn the lights on eveyrnight while we are out in the lving room with the tree! We take it down after the first of the year (I have always been told it is bad luck to take it down before the new year, though I don't knwo why) and then we bid the poor crispy thing good buy! I am excited and looking forward to the holidays! Merry (early) Christmas to you!

I do like to decorate my home for the holidays. I have had an artificial tree for some time. My husband is on deployment in Iraq and it is just easier to use the artificial one that we have on standby when he is gone. I usually put the tree up around the end of November, usually on Thanksiving after dinner and everything is calmed down, we will put the tree up.

Ah, Bluewaves, a topic near and dear to my own heart.

Many years ago, when my husband and I were just dating, he surprised me (the poor college student that I was) with a Christmas tree, on Christmas Eve. It was perfect in every way. We cooked up popcorn, and used the cranberries in the fridge to make garland. And, cut out snowflakes to decorate that tree. It was magnificent! It was so special to me that he brought me a Christmas tree that I left that tree up 'till February ... when most of it's needles had been vacuumed up.

I do love Christmastime! Of course, now we set up an artificial tree indoors, and decorate the natural trees outdoors with edible bird feed. Hubby helps me set up the tree, and check the lights, but after that it's my gig. I'll decide what theme to follow for the year, based on my overall feeling of the year. I might used a dove theme, or an apple and gold ball theme, etc... Regardless, my great joy is in placing the Angel atop the tree each year. And, of course, it's always a bummer to take all the decorations down.

Oh, and Christmas Carols ... I simply love them! They embody the part of our being's that recognize all that is good: Love, Charity, Family, Understanding, Faith, Compassion ... I could go on and on. But ... I'll accomodate your need to respond to the many other responses about our varied Christmas traditions, and stop here.

When I was young, we went to a Christmas tree farm. They asked what kind of tree we wanted. We wanted a balsom. They smell very beautiful. So the tree farmer showed us where the balsom's were. We walked around and found the best looking one that would fit in our livingroom without being too high for the ceiling. Then the farmer chopped it down for us. We dragged it back to the truck while my Dad paid for it, so much money per foot (unit of measure in the states). Then he put it in the back of his truck. We brought it home. He cut the bottom flat and put it in a tree stand. We decorated it with lights on a string, then garland, ornaments, and finally tinsel. We had an angel that lit up on top.

Late on, my Dad bought some land and we got a tree from our own forest. The tree wasn't as nice as the one from the tree farm. Usually one side grew into another tree and was bad. That side we had face the wall. When we had treefarm ones, we put them in the window. But ours we put against the wall. If it was really bad on 2 sides, then in a corner. I'm US in norhtern NY state.

I like the idea of having a small tree outdoors to decorate. Most people where I live decorate outdoor trees with lights or their houses on the outside. We have many hours of darkness in the winter, all the lights help us to see, esp. in the country where streetlights are only at the 4 corners or on main roads in populated areas. Nice topic, thanks. Take care.

I had an American colleague as well as a best friend in real life. I still remember one year when Christmas came, she went to the plant market and bought a real Christmas tree together with some decorations to be hung in the tree with some beautiful colorful tiny lights and it was placed in the sitting-room making the room very romantic, which was a nice enjoyment.

Where I am from we would buy a real Christams tree every year.It is just about one week before.We would put it to the garage and 2 days before we put it to the house.i love to decorate it with my brother.We put there just ornaments from glass, light and maybe some candies.I love to have real christmas tree since it would broght that beautiful smell to all house.Also we would put some lights on the tree outside.

Well I'd say yes we always get a tree. Normally we put it up just like 2 weeks before Christmas. My sister and me both have December b-days so we normally get the tree around the inbetween time of our birthdays so like around the 13th or a bit sooner. We are moving out on our own so i dont know if we will get a big tree if any but probably still the same time.

We don't buy Christmas tree every year. We have our own. And we bought that when I was just 10 years old. My parents would just improvised it. They would decorate it with more lights. They put more colors to it. As it looks so vivid, Christmas is truly in the air. We usually put on our Christmas tree every December 1. I'm so excited for Christmas.

it depends if we are going to be home for christmas. we have bought a tree from ikea once because the trees were fairly cheap ($10-) but usually we just put up our artificial tree...
september? actually i know some people that get ready for christmas this early, but not me...dec. 1st.

When my daughters were younger I had a fake tree we would use each year. But the last couple years we have gotten a new real tree each year. I love the aroma it brings to the house. We all help decorate the house for Christmas. It is a fun way we can celebrate the season together. We will put on music while we decorate.