Did you put up your Christmas Tree yet?

Galwayguy35

Past by a couple of houses yesterday and the tree was up already.

Vito Corleone

From the 8th on is when we usually put it up.

NIMAN

You mad? Its only the 2nd Dec.

But I have seen plenty up, chavtastic.

The earliest I seen this year was Nov 1st - I sh1t you not.

force eleven

When I was a child, trees went up about a week before. Now it's 3-4 weeks before. I like Christmas but lets face it, it's overload central from now on.

Hello Lady!

I saw a few up last week, never mind since yesterday! :eek: and what's the bets that the people who are first to put them up will be on Facebook Bitching and moaning how they are sick of Christmas on December 26th and tree down by the 27th

I usually try to get my tree up the weekend closest to the 8th or if I am mega busy just least the weekend before the big day. But seeing as I am preggers with twins and can't tie my shoes laces let alone decorate a tree, my sister and sister in law will be putting mine up this week for me because we are pretty pretty sure the babies will come early and we want it all done beforehand just in case!

bigron2109

No it won't go up to after the 8th and that will be long enough !

December2012

Up and proud!

Sunnyisland

Yes, it went up on Friday to coincide with the late late toy show,it comes down on the 8th jan 2014 :-)

Sir Humphrey Appleby

No.
One of the houses in my estate has theirs up well over a week now!

Not yet, next weekend.

Irish Stones

In this part of the world the tradition is to put the tree up on 8th and to remove it after Jan 6th.
Alternatively, or at the same time, we may prepare the nativity scene (also known as crib), with the same dates.
Nice to read that traditions are the same in different countries.

Frank Black

Put it up yesterday.
Bit early perhaps, but I'll be away next weekend.

mackeire

No, wouldn't put it up this early. But I did see some houses in Sallynoggin that you could probably see from space! Have been like that for a couple of weeks now. Looks very tacky and will cost the community welfare officer a fortune on esb bills.

.jacksparrow.

Never got the buzz of xmas on the 3rd of 5th of January, its over by then, everyone is back in work etc.

Should come down new years day.

oldyouth

If I had my way, I'd reluctantly put it up on the 24th and take it down on the 26th. Unless you've kids, it is the stupidest thing ever. Think about it. It's a tree (which belongs outdoors), you drag it in and cover any natural aspect of it with all the shiny crap that you carefully stored from last year

Rubeter

oldyouth wrote: »

If I had my way, I'd reluctantly put it up on the 24th and take it down on the 26th. Unless you've kids, it is the stupidest thing ever. Think about it. It's a tree (which belongs outdoors), you drag it in and cover any natural aspect of it with all the shiny crap that you carefully stored from last year

The whole point of a Christmas tree is about bringing something inside that really belongs outside.

caustic 1

Next weekend 7th comes down on 6th Jan

SEPT 23 1989

Put mine up yesterday,i think when you have young kids who are all excited about Christmas you have an excuse to put the tree up early because in a few years time they wont be bothered with it all

stefan idiot jones

Up on the 1st, chocolate advent calender opened. Ah, it's great to be forty two.

Ghost Buster

force eleven wrote: »

When I was a child, trees went up about a week before. Now it's 3-4 weeks before. I like Christmas but lets face it, it's overload central from now on.

We still do that in ours. Sunday 15 is d day this year. The novelty is long gone by the 24th if you put em up too soon.

danniemcq

up on the 8th down on the 6th, always the way ...

unless the GF decides to do it on her day off today

hoodwinked

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Put mine up yesterday,i think when you have young kids who are all excited about Christmas you have an excuse to put the tree up early because in a few years time they wont be bothered with it all

This,


i read it somewhere and it scared me,

if you actually think about it per child, the first 2/3 christmases they don't really 'get' it, and by 10ish they stop believing,

which leaves only 7 'santa' christmases with them, and possibly only 4 of those where they are genuinely excited by the magic of it all,


so for the sake of 4 christmases out of the 20+ years of christmases would you still begrudge the parents who want 4/5 weeks of enjoying their child's christmas?

leahyl

All our decorations are up since yesterday - took me about 5 hours (had the tree and garland up on Friday night but needed to decorate tree) and I had a pounding headache afterwards but it was worth it And I still love Christmas and I will never get sick of the lovely lights

preston johnny

I went to the garden centre yesterday and bought a christmas tree. The assistant asked me, "Will you be putting that up yourself?"

I replied, "No, you sick fcuk. I'll be putting it up in my living room."

Sunnyisland

preston johnny wrote: »

I went to the garden centre yesterday and bought a christmas tree. The assistant asked me, "Will you be putting that up yourself?"

I replied, "No, you sick fcuk. I'll be putting it up in my living room."

:D:D

Irish Stones

oldyouth wrote: »

Think about it. It's a tree (which belongs outdoors), you drag it in and cover any natural aspect of it with all the shiny crap that you carefully stored from last year

In the last years a more environment-friendly awareness pushed most of the people to get a synthetic tree, a plastic tree. It lasts forever and no trees are killed for this celebration.
So, when it's over you store the tree along with the decorations in a cardboard box in the garage

oldyouth

Rubeter wrote: »

The whole point of a Christmas tree is about bringing something inside that really belongs outside.

Which is very clever isn't it

MurdyWurdy

I had intended to put it up next weekend but my husband went out for a walk yesterday and impulse purchased a tree. I had to go collect him, standing by the side of the road holding a tree

fishy fishy

put up mine yesterday and all my decorations - had to do it as next weekend I am having a dinner party and won't have time - didn't light it up tho, so nobody knows any different. Delighted I got all that work done tho, all I have to do next weekend is flick a switch and its all lit up.

The thought of putting xmas decs up is very exciting -however the reality of it tho, is that it is a LOT of hard work and mess. Took me ten hours altogether to get everything up and the house cleaned afterwards

sydthebeat

Put it up yesterday, couldn't play canute anymore with the constant battering of Christmasness everywhere. The kids have been badgering me for a week now.

cuilteanna

.jacksparrow. wrote: »

Never got the buzz of xmas on the 3rd of 5th of January, its over by then, everyone is back in work etc.

Should come down new years day.

The tree / decorations always come down on New Years Day. Being non-religious the 6th of January has no significance to me and I dreaded going back to work with all that work still waiting.

OH disagrees, but whatever year he magically becomes willing to do all the work himself he can take them down whenever he likes (within reason of course).

Will probably put them up this week.

Penny Dreadful

I put my tree and decorations up yesterday. Every weekend between now and Christmas is hectic and so this weekend was our only one at home with no obligations to go anywhere else.
Had a really nice evening on Saturday putting it up, nice meal, bottle of wine.

Rubeter

Irish Stones wrote: »

In the last years a more environment-friendly awareness pushed most of the people to get a synthetic tree, a plastic tree. It lasts forever and no trees are killed for this celebration.
So, when it's over you store the tree along with the decorations in a cardboard box in the garage

Real trees are more environmentally friendly.
Plastic trees are usually made from dead animals and plants (oil), which involves some pretty nasty and dirty work to produce, whereas real trees are carbon neutral and about as natural as you can get.

MJ23

It was up when I got home saturday night. Unreal.

LordSutch

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

Past by a couple of houses yesterday and the tree was up already.

Rediculous carry on^

Anytime after the 8th is time enough. We usually put ours up around the 20th/Dec, and we take it down on the 7th Jan (the day after the last day of Christmas).

Badly Drunk Boy

I last put up a tree in 2002. No tinsel either. And the only Christmas spirit contains alcohol.

I don't care how early or chavtastic or tacky it is, I'm doing it on Thursday and I'll love every minute of it. I'll probably be in a trance all Thursday night looking at the sparkly stuff. I love it all and I shamelessly embrace the sensory overload.

I love putting them up and hate taking them down. I'd have them up from Hallowe'en to March if I'd get away with it and I don't care how uncool that makes me.

Dravokivich

Got a couple of bookcases the other week I still haven't put up. Not a chance in heck, I'll be getting a Christmas tree up in too much of a hurry!

Banjo String

No, we've to get a new one this year. New furniture in living room so need a smaller tree.

2 little ones mad looking it up though.

Ush1

Yeah, mines up an all. Lookin mighty.

Johnny Drama_11

wont be up until this day week.

iguana

I haven't got around to the tree yet but I've made a start on getting the lights up and some other bits and pieces ahead of the toy show last Friday. Tbh, even though I'm normally from the 'earlier the better' camp I'm putting it off a little this year as I'm slightly dreading have a tree up with a 1 year old in the house. It was surprisingly easy to teach the dogs in years past not to pull the baubles off it. I don't think I'll be that lucky with a toddler.

Timmyctc

The house opposite us has had the full shabang (lights on the roof santa in the porch, sleighs et al, whole house lit up like a fecking landing strip) for about a week now . Will upload pics later

BeerFear

Bah humbag, can't wait till this money racket is over! If I could wreck every direction around Dublin I would. I just hate Christmas.

WilyCoyote

Yesterday. Tree? Trees!
And our hound started barking at the painting of Santa on the window ledge

Holsten

No, it's only 2 days into December.

Christmas is one day.. not the whole month! Ugh!

iguana

Holsten wrote: »

No, it's only 2 days into December.

Christmas is one day.. not the whole month! Ugh!

Technically Christmas is 12 days.

Greenmachine

Still waiting for mine to grow out.

hot buttered scones

Up since last week. Its always up in our house for the Toy Show.

anncoates

Up a couple of days.

My desk also looks like a mixture of Santa's Grotto and an airport runway.

F#ck the begrudgers.

I spend enough time maintaining and growing and nurturing all the live plants and vegetables and herbs that I grow - so the concept of finding a large dead one taller than me and putting it in my house to drop dead bits all about the place - has never really appealed.