Anyone have the Christmas Tree up yet?

Galwayguy35 · 29-11-2018 10:00PM #1

Usually put it up around the 8th myself.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 29-11-2018 10:03PM

Around the 15th to 18th for me. The garden lights will be turned on earlier though.

Edgware · 29-11-2018 10:04PM

I put it up last night. Ooooh Vicar!

cbyrd · 29-11-2018 10:04PM

Put the small one up in the kitchen on Monday, the real tree is bought, drying out in the hall ready to be put in the sitting room and decorated tomorrow..
I'd put it up in July if I was let. Started playing Christmas music on November 1st though, just cos

SEPT 23 1989 · 29-11-2018 10:09PM

Get the big net out some of the inmates of the Christmas forum have escaped

hatrickpatrick · 29-11-2018 10:10PM

The 8th is a standard date myself and my friends were always told as kids, but I'm not sure where it originates from or what the thinking is behind it - I suspect it's related to how long a tree can realistically maintain its shape before the branches begin to droop? If there's no practical reason like this behind it, I'd have thought the first weekend of advent would make more sense.

EDIT: Also, when we were kids the "tree with a water bucket for it to drink from" type of tree stand was pretty much unheard of, so perhaps with this now being standard, trees are able to maintain their firmness for longer? I have no idea if a water supply is related to how long it takes for the branches to get all droopy and forlorn looking, but it would make some kind of sense if that was a factor.

mad muffin · 29-11-2018 10:10PM

No

buried · 29-11-2018 10:10PM

Don't put up a tree myself, I lucky to got one of them ancient open oven fireplaces in the living room of the gaff I have. Few lights and candles about the place, I got the warm Christmas vibe going down all goddamn Winter ya'll

mad muffin · 29-11-2018 10:10PM

Fücking

mad muffin · 29-11-2018 10:11PM

Way

mad muffin · 29-11-2018 10:12PM

buried wrote: »

Don't put up a tree myself, I lucky to got one of them ancient open oven fireplaces in the living room of the gaff I have. Few lights and candles about the place, I got the warm Christmas vibe going down all goddamn Winter ya'll

Why you mess up ma follow motherfücka??

buried · 29-11-2018 10:14PM

mad muffin wrote: »

Why you mess up ma follow motherfücka??

sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeit sorry cuz

Toots · 29-11-2018 10:16PM

I've had mine up since the weekend. I put up the outdoor lights this evening

mad muffin · 29-11-2018 10:18PM

buried wrote: »

sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeit sorry cuz

It’s all curry bruv

EmptyTree · 29-11-2018 10:20PM

Wait for the neighbours to put up theirs and every time I want to look at a Christmas tree I open the curtains

JohnnyFlash · 29-11-2018 10:21PM

Never took it down.

29-11-2018 10:22PM

Probably won't put mine up until about the 14th. Will decorate before that though.

Signore Fancy Pants · 29-11-2018 10:23PM

Up on 08th, down on 26th.

TomSweeney · 29-11-2018 10:24PM

I have rule that no Christmas decorations are to be put up before December.
And traditionally I put them up on Dec. 8th.
But the kids now pressure me , so I cave and put them up around 1/2 December - but never in November .. that's crazy.

I remember actually one year my Grandad left the tree up till the end of February ... lights on every evening too!!

Fordcspri23 · 29-11-2018 10:24PM

Wait till 20th December anyway, anyone with trees up need to address their premature ejaculation.

Pinch Flat · 29-11-2018 10:25PM

Considering advent hasn’t started nope

OldMrBrennan83 · 29-11-2018 10:26PM

I'll do it around the 10th to the 15th. Probably pointless because I spend as much of Christmas away from this house as possible but the Mrs likes the decorations.

buried · 29-11-2018 10:27PM

Chewbacca wrote: »

Up on 08th, down on 26th.

Proper job. I try regiment my drink and general disaster behaviour to that same calendar regiment too

29-11-2018 10:27PM

Haven't taken it down since 1996. Will unwrap it from its 11 month clingfilm cocoon next week.

railer201 · 29-11-2018 10:29PM

Started playing Christmas FM today - waiting for the brain washing effect to kick in, then it's all systems go including the tree. Expecting to hear Noddy shortly with his raspy voice .........It's Christmas Time !

MadDog76 · 29-11-2018 10:41PM

Up since last Sunday, house is fully decorated too........ anybody who doesn't have their tree up before the Toy Show is a f#cking degenerate low life scumbag who deserves daily kicking in the crotch area...... in my opinion. Happy Christmas!

29-11-2018 10:44PM

I usually am adamant about December, maybe a week in, but maybe before the toy show this year, so tomorrow

Toots · 29-11-2018 11:30PM

Usually we'd be the 1st of December, or if that fell on a weekday, then the first weekend of December (my trade off for having to have a fake tree is at least I get to put it up earlier) But my husband is away the first weekend of December this year, and we've stuff on every other weekend between now and Christmas, so last weekend it had to be.

eviltwin · 29-11-2018 11:31PM

Doing it all tomorrow, toy show night is our official start of silly season.

Noveight · 29-11-2018 11:32PM

Up the 8th, down soon enough after New Years.

Anyone wishing people a Merry Christmas in November would want a word with themselves.

t1h9mgqsxopj0r · 29-11-2018 11:38PM

Every year without fail on the night of the toy show, my mam insist on putting the tree up. I’m the female Scrooge. Honestly. I like being around the family and whatnot for Xmas but Jaysis the whole decrating business infuriates me at times. I would gladly have Xmas without the whole hog of the decrorations but birthdays my Jaysis I’ll go all out for that.

Anyone have the Christmas Tree up yet?

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