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When do you put up your Christmas Tree?

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Helen1959

Helen1959 Report 25 Nov 2009 18:57

Hello peeps,
when will you be putting your tree up? We haven't decided yet, but we shall probably getting a new one this year as the one we have had for the last 15 years is just too big to go in the room with our other furniture.

Helen

Researching:
Booth's and Hughes from Birmingham

♥ Kitty the Rubbish Cook ♥

♥ Kitty the Rubbish Cook ♥ Report 25 Nov 2009 19:08

When I can't put up with the nagging any longer.................lol

PollyPoppet

PollyPoppet Report 25 Nov 2009 19:08

Hi putting mine up the 1st december would have it up now but im in the middle of decorating the front room hopefully be done by then

MrDaff

MrDaff Report 25 Nov 2009 19:09

Next week, lolol..... can't wait! I need to paint some furniture first.... then I am ready to roll!

Love

Daff xxxxx

MrDaff

MrDaff Report 25 Nov 2009 19:10

Ooooops.... see how eager I am.... posted this twice!!

Love

Daff xxxxx

Jane

Jane Report 25 Nov 2009 19:19

Not yet lol ...It has always been a tradition here that my son and me go and choose and buy the tree.But he is at Uni and won't be home until about the 21st,so it will just be little ol' me on my todd.
I will probably get it about a week before Xmas.Then I will be in a bad mood trying to put the lights on LOL

Elizabethofseasons

Elizabethofseasons Report 25 Nov 2009 19:21

Dear BrummieHelen and all

Hello

Usually, about 4 or 5 days before Christmas Eve.

And we put decorations on the doors and some paper chains
(old fashioned maybe but lovely to look at).

Best wishes
xx

StrayKitten

StrayKitten Report 25 Nov 2009 19:31

des and nick nacks went out last week, tree as soon as there on sale int he garden centre probly next week yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Researching:
It wasn't me

Rambling

Rambling Report 25 Nov 2009 19:32

It's up , very early I know :)) the artificial one, though I might get a real one just before Christmas as we have lots of decorations still.... Son 'dressed' the tree this year and has made it look lovely .

xx

Researching:

Joanne in Burgess Hill™

Joanne in Burgess Hill™ Report 25 Nov 2009 19:39

My tree and all the other bits get put up between 10pm Christmas Eve and 1am Christmas Day. It's the last thing I do before going to bed.

I don't do it intentionally, but am usually so disorganised. I'm sure it would go up earlier if I had children.

Julie

Julie Report 25 Nov 2009 19:49

Mine goes up the 1st weekend in December,

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 25 Nov 2009 20:05

Beginning of December.

Researching:
Photo spring Researching Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, Staffs, Devon, Glamorganshire. Ingram, Masters, Tamblyn, Knight, Warner, Bate, Allen, Riggs, Dominey, Duffin

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 25 Nov 2009 20:05

alice,
I have 3 cats who seem to enjoy knocking the tree over too!
I use a fake tree, put lights on it (they seem fairly robust), but instead of having glass balls, I have corn dollies!
If the tree gets knocked over, I just put it back up and it seems none the worse for it's 'trip'! LOL

My tree will go up whenever my 7 year old grand daughter comes over for the weekend.
I personally wouldn't bother, but every year one or other omy daughters comes over and calls me an old misery guts - and puts it up!
Must have one - and the open fire lit this year, as eldest daughter and my 2 grandchildren will be over on Christmas day.

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

MrDaff

MrDaff Report 25 Nov 2009 20:08

So far we have not had a problem with the cats... don't know how Jessie (Peggy, as was) will be... but don't think she will demolish it with three legs, lol...... and as with Maggie, I now have tree decs that bounce and not shatter, lolol!!

Love

Daff xxxxx

Persephone

Persephone Report 25 Nov 2009 20:25

Christmas Eve it goes up.

It comes down on the twelfth day of Christmas.

Tradition and then we have a summer Christmas.

Researching:
The latest tree member our Grandson, Stellan born 09/12/14

Julia

Julia Report 25 Nov 2009 22:08

our family has always put up the tree christmas eve afternoon. It was agony when we were kids as everyone else had theirs up weeks before! We then always keep it up till twelfth night. Julia (in cambs)

Researching:
Rogers, Angus, Royston, Strickland, Nayler, Mountain,

Crystalcat

Crystalcat Report 26 Nov 2009 08:36

Since my daughter was born on 17 Dec 22 years ago we have put it up at around that time.