Christmas Decorations and Tree: should I bother? Help me decide!  

Usually I would be putting up my tree and decorations this coming weekend, as it is the first weekend in December. But when it comes to Twelfth Night and I have to take them down and pack them away - I hate it! It's not that I don't want to see them go - by January I am usually sick of the sight of them and longing to get back to normal!

But it's such a hassle packing everything away - unwinding all the lights from the tree, carefully packing them away, taking down all the ornaments and packing them in bubblewrap. I just don't know if I can be bothered this year.

I live alone and I have lots of family within walking distance - as they have children I usually spend most of the festive season at their homes. I don't expect anyone to come to me over Christmas - so why bother? I do like the tree and the lights in the evening, but after I get home from work there is so little time left to enjoy them.

What do you think? Am I being incredibly miserable? Should I stop being a Scrooge and just get the tree up?! Or do you feel the same way? Will I regret not putting the decs up if I have an unexpected visitor?

Can you help me decide? If not I will probably just stick it out - and end up decorating my tree in a last minute panic on Christmas Eve!

MM x