When is too early?

No way!, December at the earliest.

I MIGHT be getting my tree and decorations from a storage facility next Thursday (I live in a bedsit)
I already have small Christmas decorations up and my presents wrapped already

No, its not too early... Ill be busy from 2 weeks from now onwards with a course, and I doubt ill have a chance to think about putting décor during it... : )
Its your house, you do what you want.... if you want Christmas all year round, you do it....! : )

ene wrote: »

i think i want it up so early as its our first christmas in our own place and oh is working on christmas so i have to fly home and leave her here which makes me sad, i think this year the run up to christmas is more important then the day and i think i just want to start the run up!

also i feel i will keep buying decorations until the tree s up so its a money saving tactic mostly

It's daft. No matter what way you try to justify it. Listen to your OH.

I love Christmas. While I don't post here all year round, I do post in the run up to Christmas. For various reasons our trees went up late for us last year. Still early by 'normals' standards though. 12th IIRC. Being that late it almost felt like it wasn't as worth the effort. So I certainly cannot agree with the people who don't put it up earlier for fear of the decorations out staying their welcome. That's one extreme. However there is another extreme even for a Christmas lover like myself, and that's putting up the decorations anytime before the last week in November!!!

Any time before the 1st of December is too early....













....my wife tells me.

Definitely too early OP, you'd be sick of it by end of November and I think the tree and decorations get a bit dusty and sad looking if they're up too long. I would say no earlier than last week of November. Makes it more special. Keep buying the decorations, the anticipation is the fun part! Congrats on your new home with your partner!

The rule for us is the first Saturday in December, some of the neighbours go earlier but if they go up in November, by early January you they are dusty and you get a bit bored of them.

Our stuff is going up on the 14-15th November, thats the weekend here. We are doing it so early as we will be leaving for Ireland on the 18th Dec and want to get a month out of them before we go.

We will also have a Christmas dinner and party at our place before heading home. Turkey on the braai and cold beers by the pool

I'm like a kid and so is my OH. I am trying hard not to listen to Christmas songs or watch movies till 14 November.

Heading to Dubai this weeknd for Christmas shopping. I hope terminal 1 in Dublin is Christmassy on the 19th Dec. I will need a pick up after a 12 hour flight

For the past few years we haven't put up any decorations but this year we'll put up some, not sure what yet, but we'll put up a few anyway Not sure when we will put up our tree, decs etc, I would like to put them up the weekend of the toy show, but depends on others in the house too, so we'll see.

Christmas this year will be bittersweet for us as we've lost a very dear family member who was always the life and soul of any party, celebrations etc so it will be very strange and sad not having her around this year.

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

At this rate we will have the trees up in August.

Do you all know that ten years bad luck applies if the tree is put up before 8th December and taken down after 6th January!

Yeah I remember being told that and many other stories too by my parents when growing up; anything to delay the actual tradition until they thought it suitable

StripedBoxers wrote: »

For the past few years we haven't put up any decorations but this year we'll put up some, not sure what yet, but we'll put up a few anyway Not sure when we will put up our tree, decs etc, I would like to put them up the weekend of the toy show, but depends on others in the house too, so we'll see.

Christmas this year will be bittersweet for us as we've lost a very dear family member who was always the life and soul of any party, celebrations etc so it will be very strange and sad not having her around this year.

Yeah, my own Dad was laid to rest the day before Christmas Eve last-year so not sure what to expect this year tbh.
I like seeing Christmassy items in the stores as they bring a smile to my face; but that's just temporary until my mind reflects reality and I get shivers of this Christmas without Dad.
Hope you'll all be okay though , keep strong & focused though whatever else.

kerry4sam wrote: »

Yeah, my own Dad was laid to rest the day before Christmas Eve last-year so not sure what to expect this year tbh.
I like seeing Christmassy items in the stores as they bring a smile to my face; but that's just temporary until my mind reflects reality and I get shivers of this Christmas without Dad.
Hope you'll all be okay though , keep strong & focused though whatever else.

You have expressed exactly how I feel too about it all.

Lost my youngest sister recently. A party animal who made us all feel fantastic no matter what the problem was.

Lost Dad too a few years ago. Wonderful man, as I'm sure your own Dad was.

Wishing you the best. It is not easy, Christmas brings out everything emotional in us.

I don't mind hearing the Christmas ads/music, etc. from the beginning of November, but I won't put up the tree till well into December; not from any anti-Christmas feeling, but because I like a real tree.

I've been hearing people complaining about "Christmas starting earlier every year" since I was a kid - in the 60s!! If that were true, we'd be having year-round Christmas by now. In fact, it seems to me that in the last three or four years, it seems to have been "starting" even later than usual.