Anybody else decorating for Christmas yet?

[azmouse]

I haven't set up the tree but I've been putting out candles and wreathes and random holiday decorations.

I just couldn't wait. The house looks really great at Christmas, and my mom will be arriving for a visit next weekend and I wanted her to see the house ready for the holidays.
Should I be nervous or excited that I'll be meeting my mom's new boyfriend next weekend too?

[blueamy66]

1. We're going to buy our tree today....

but probably won't decorate it until next weekend.

You should be absolutely excited!!! I'm sure that your Mom is.

[azmouse]

2. It's a great time of year, isn't it? I love the holidays.

My mom has been a widow since '94 and I've wanted her to met someone nice it seems forever. So this year she has and I'm finally meeting him. :)

[blueamy66]

24. I hope that everything turns out well

for you and your family!

You're in AZ too?

[old mark]

3. I put our only window display - a large wreath made of vines with appropriate

christmas shit all over it.
We have a brass wire christmas tree somewhere, but I haven't seen it since last year.It will probably go up soon if I can find it.
Oh, yeah - I swiped some big pinecones for a display, too - will be near the brass tree.

mark

[azmouse]

4. Question about "Christmas shit":

Is it red and green or silver and gold? :P :hi:

[old mark]

18. Some of each - it's an old wreath and stuff keeps falling off of it.

I just hung it on thanksgiving, and didn't even bother to really examine it.
It used to have a lot more decorative shit on it than it does now - kind of a wooden vine wreath with some ribbons around it in places. Not really as festive as it could be, I guess.

mark

[lumpy]

9. Got brass balls for that there tree ?

v

[old mark]

16. Not brass, but one large sterling silver ball and several birds and other

odd decorations.

mark

[Kali]

5. um...HELL no!

I like to aim for the 10th or so. Usually it's x-mas eve, though:rofl:

that way it lasts better for when I take it down in February:rofl:

[azmouse]

8. Putting up is fun, taking down is not.

If I could get away with it I'd leave the decorations up through at least January but hubby would get bent out of shape. :)

[tigereye]

26. you sound like me, Kali!

My family never got the tree until the week before, if that, so it it's up too early it doesn't feel right to me. OTOH, my husband likes to get it 2 weeks before. (but then we never do, or there's a blizzard or something.) One year the tree we got had frozen pine cones on it that made cracking noises when they opened in the warmth of the house.

[Archae]

6. I can't decorate for Christmas this year.

New kitten. :-)

[azmouse]

10. Just don't use tinsel and you'll be ok.

If you've have cats before you'll know what I mean. ;)

[texanwitch]

7. Almost finished.

The outside is done.

Just in the inside is left, we will put up the tree tomorrow when I get home.

[azmouse]

11. The tree is my fav part of decorating.

I love to take the ornaments out of their boxes and remember past Christmases.

[texanwitch]

12. I like that to.

I have some really old ornaments from my Grandparents.

We will have two trees.

One downstairs and one in my room.

I will be cutting the cedar tree down tomorrow morning.

It it about 6ft. tall and beautiful.

[valerief]

13. I've got my Festivus pole up. And I'm not a guy. nt

[azmouse]

14. .....

:spray:

[valerief]

15. It was a feeble double entendre, but a double entendre nonetheless.nt

[trof]

17. Nope. Not gonna.

Going to our daughter's for Christmas.

[femmocrat]

19. I still have my Halloween decorations up.

Things are moving too fast for me lately.

[Book Lover]

20. Yep

My little handmade Santa set is out: I set it up differently every few days as Santa, et al, plan for Zero Day

[UrbScotty]

21. We've had our tree up since 2006!!

We just like having it up year-round. Of course we re-decorate it each year! ;-)

We put up a few more decs this weekend.

[mnhtnbb]

22. Tomorrow. Put out the house decorations and get out the tabletop tree.

Or, since it's after midnight, I guess I'm decorating today. But now, I'm going to bed.

[cowcommander]

23. We don't put ours up until it's December

It's more fun counting down starting then

[tabbycat31]

25. I am putting up my tree today

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

27. I have a little

artificial one my daughter bought me that I put up Friday. :toast:
As for your mothers new boyfriend, if he's not a raging alcoholic who makes a pass at you, it should be all good! :)

[tigereye]

28. I did get an Advent wreath - but the rest of the house is still fall colors

for Thanksgiving! We usually wait until about 2 weeks before...

[Bertha Venation]

29. My sister decorates on the tenth, the anniversary of

our mother's death. A joyous celebration!

/dark humor

[RadicalGeek]

30. Will get started on it in a few minutes

Well I need to clean the place up a bit 1st.

[woo me with science]

31. Yep. Ours is the house on the right.

(j/k)