Decorate for Thanksgiving?

I've had some years like that. One year I put up a tree and our kittens climbed all over it and bent the branches down and I got all bothered about it and took the whole thing down and put it away. I bought a couple little ornamental trees from the dollar store and set them up on the cabinet and that was all. That year I wasn't feeling too festive anyway. A tree would have seemed out of place.

@enlightenedpsych2 That worked for me with some of my kitties, but these latest ones just look at me when I spray them. They don't even run.

@clrumfelt that kinda reminds me 'f when i'd 2 cats indoors (one sadly perished). i'd decorated the tree with pine cones 'n green chilis - the latter which they thought made grand toys. didn't take the tree down, jest removed the temptation, lol. the hubs'd jest 's soon no decorations be p, but i've gotta 've a tree.

A lot of people around here put out yard decorations made up of hay bales, pumpkins, pots of mums, corn stalks, scare crows and that kind of stuff. More of a fall/harvest theme but that goes with Thanksgiving too. I have a few pilgrim figurines and harvest themed candy bowls that I use for decorative arrangements and a flower arrangement with sunflowers and plastic pumpkins, goards, etc.Harvest, fall, Thanksgiving, all go together. I thought more about it after I posted the question and realized that a lot of people decorate for it .It's the stores that kind of skip over it because it doesn't hold as much marketing potential as Halloween and Christmas. I love to decorate for Christmas too. I agree those decorations create a warm and inviting atmosphere.

@ms1864 I don't decorate as much as a lot of people do, but it does look like fun. I will probably get some potted mums for the front porch and set out my pilgrim figurine for inside.

@clrumfelt Sounds like one could have some fun with it.... maybe I will collect things and try it next year.

I think decorating for the holidays make such a warm and inviting atmosphere.

@clrumfelt I agree.When I was married I use to love to decorate for other holidays besides Christmas.

I'm glad you get to enjoy the decorations even if they aren't yours.

Cooking and eating is the best part!

I want to put out my Thanksgiving stuff the first of October because seeing it gets me in the holiday mood especially when the weather turns cool. I will put up my Christmas tree the first week of December because we don't have a lot of room for it and my husband gets tired of looking at it if I put it up too early.

Diwali is similar to Christmas and Holi has a lot in common with Easter. Some people claim Christmas and Easter are not religious holidays but they do have religious significance for many people. Both holidays have decorative, colorful elements.