When do you start decorating for Christmas?
By Laurel (L_B)
@Happy2BeMe (99376)
Canada
November 7, 2017 7:31pm CST
Christmas is less then 50 days away. When do you start putting up your Christmas decorations? Next weekend, Nov. 18th, is the Santa Claus Parade here. I will start taking my decorations out after that. I usually have my tree up and everything decorated by the 1st week of December. Everything looks so pretty when it is all lit up and decorated. It is nice to have it up for a little while before to enjoy it. I can't beleive it is so close already. The year flew by.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
8 Nov 17
Lovely tree out there...Don't decorate for Christmas but all these posts make me want to
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@Happy2BeMe (99376)
• Canada
8 Nov 17
@Kandae11 that would be nice but i know plans don't always work out
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@averygirl72 (37859)
• Philippines
8 Nov 17
Santa Claus parade is an early christmas celebration. Maybe the first week of December we will prepare the house for Christmas
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@Juliaacv (48932)
• Canada
8 Nov 17
I love your picture! Its so cute-I collect snowmen.
I will take down our autumn decorations on Nov 10th, in honour of Remembrance Day.
And I don't put anything up for Christmas decorations until some time after that.
Bit by bit and usually by early December we're all decked out.
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@Happy2BeMe (99376)
• Canada
8 Nov 17
I never put up anything before Remembrance Day. I always wait until after the 11th before i take any of my decorations out.
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@JamesHxstatic (29420)
• Eugene, Oregon
8 Nov 17
The time has flown for sure. I am a grinch kind of guy I guess. With no grandchildren, we don't do too much. But that is okay with me. Christmas was a less than magic time for me growing up.
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@Happy2BeMe (99376)
• Canada
8 Nov 17
Sorry to hear that. That is understandable then. We all celebrate differently.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
8 Nov 17
The first day of December but I have to work so the 2nd. and 3 rd.
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@Ithink (9980)
• United States
8 Nov 17
I read the title and thought Ohh hush! 
I'm so not ready for it yet. The one room is torn apart in the middle of painting and such. Anyways a few weeks before Christmas is when I get the tree up normally. Last year it was way late but I'm gonna do it earlier this year.
I'm so not ready for it yet. The one room is torn apart in the middle of painting and such. Anyways a few weeks before Christmas is when I get the tree up normally. Last year it was way late but I'm gonna do it earlier this year.1 person likes this
@Happy2BeMe (99376)
• Canada
8 Nov 17
I was late last year too but this year I am excited to started decorating. Not sure I will wait until December 1st this year. Do you have a big family get together on Christmas?
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@Ithink (9980)
• United States
9 Nov 17
@Happy2BeMe All of us for the last 5 years got together. This year my daughter said she wouldn't be able to host and no other house is big enough. So I'm not sure what we will all do. Ours is a big house but like the living room will not hold all the family and neither would my table. I need it to be in summer, then we could be outside!! lol
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@dodo19 (47208)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
8 Nov 17
We tend to start decorate in December. We will slowly start thinking about it a little after my eldest's birthday, which is November 18th. We will slowly start planning things after that. For the most part though, our decorations still go up in December.
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@dodo19 (47208)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
9 Nov 17
@Happy2BeMe They really do. Mine definitely do get excited.
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@Happy2BeMe (99376)
• Canada
9 Nov 17
December is a good time. Little ones get so excited once the decorating begins.
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@Happy2BeMe (99376)
• Canada
9 Nov 17
@dodo19 It is so cute. Do they get their pictures done with Santa?
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
8 Nov 17
like you it would be 1st week of december or even later if i'm busy. can you tell us more about the santa claus parade? it's my first time reading about it.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
8 Nov 17
@Happy2BeMe is there a contest for the best decorations? i love the dual purpose - collecting the children's letters/wishlist and collecting food and coats. how long has this been going on in your area?
@Happy2BeMe (99376)
• Canada
8 Nov 17
It is a parade that is held in the evening. The various business decorate vehicles and transport trucks in holiday decorations. They are all lit up so it is very pretty. There are marching bands as well. The parade lasts about an hour. At the end of the parade Santa arrives and they have the letter carriers collecting all the letters for Santa. Also they have trucks along the route the collect non perishable food for the local food banks as well as winter coats for the people who can not afford to buy them.
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@Happy2BeMe (99376)
• Canada
8 Nov 17
@hereandthere Yes there is prizes in different catogories. It has been going on for 65 years.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
8 Nov 17
I usually start the weekend after Thanksgiving but this year I think, it will be earlier.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
8 Nov 17
@Happy2BeMe I feel like my celebration gets cut short by leaving for Florida on New Years Day.
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@Happy2BeMe (99376)
• Canada
8 Nov 17
That will be nice. I mart start early this year too.
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@LadyDuck (462661)
• Switzerland
8 Nov 17
@Happy2BeMe Yes it is. We keep the decorations on from December 6th up to January 6th, that is the Epiphany day.
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@Happy2BeMe (99376)
• Canada
8 Nov 17
@LadyDuck I keep mine up until January 6th.
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@Courtlynn (66918)
• United States
8 Nov 17
We have stockings on the living room walls 24/7. We put the tree up thanksgiving night before bed.
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@kobesbuddy (75907)
• East Tawas, Michigan
8 Nov 17
We usually get our Christmas decorations out, the second week of December. I love having a tree up, with pretty lights outside, around our front windows. It's wonderful time of the year!
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@kobesbuddy (75907)
• East Tawas, Michigan
8 Nov 17
@Happy2BeMe I use to be sad at Christmas, missing different family members. Now, I'm happy, because they're in a better place, 'Heaven!'
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@Happy2BeMe (99376)
• Canada
8 Nov 17
@kobesbuddy yes i agree and we will see them again someday
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@Happy2BeMe (99376)
• Canada
8 Nov 17
Yes it really is. Everything looks for pretty.
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@peachpurple (13890)
• Malaysia
8 Nov 17
i sure missed decorating xmas tree, after since my mom had stroke, no more decoration, my hubby is a buddhist so no xmas at home
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@peachpurple (13890)
• Malaysia
11 Nov 17
@Happy2BeMe it's OK, I make Xmas tree craft to decorate, looks ok
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@snowy22315 (172404)
• United States
8 Nov 17
It's a little different every year, but defintely after Thanksgiving..I am not one of these people that wants all my decorations up by Novemember first! Cool tree by the way, love the lights!
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@Happy2BeMe (99376)
• Canada
9 Nov 17
Thank you. I agree, get one holiday over before another one begins.
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@Happy2BeMe (99376)
• Canada
9 Nov 17
That is nice. I am going to start taking my stuff out of the storage closet next weekend and do a little bit here and there.
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@BloggerDi (3113)
• United States
12 Nov 17
We usually wait until about mid-December but leave it up until New Year's Day.
When I was growing up, we usually put the tree up on my mother's birthday, Dec. 17. It was a tradition and part of her birthday celebration. :)
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