When will yours go up?

[OceanPrincess]

Your tree, that is? The green, Christmassy one?

DD is already asking...!!

How soon is too soon???

[LysnDan]

1st December for us!

Lol your DD asking already? How cute!

[Calluna]

No earlier than Dec 1st. It was always the rule in our house and Im carrying on the tradition.

[feeb]

1st dec or there abouts no earlier!!

DS1 has been telling me since oct that we need tree up!!

We saw santa today at highpoint kids went nuts LOL very excited this year!

[toomanyshoes]

Ours has been up for a month... They asked I said why not! We always waited until 1/12 but life is too short to be so rigid!

And meh to all those that say its bad luck, we make our own luck

[Ca Plane Pour Moi]

We put ours up on the Saturday before the first Sunday in Advent, or the 1st of December, whichever is earlier. As for Advent we hang stars on the trees rather than having a calender. This year, they both fall on the same day, so 1st of December here. The latest possible date. Have to make DH get them down from the loft... may start on that one this weekend.

DS started asking at the start of the month, we counted there were 29 days before we put the trees up. (But two and nine is eleven, and one and one is two, so can we put the trees up in two days, Mamma?)

[megs]

I have 2 boys with birthdays on the 22nd November so ours doesn't go up until after then. Generally it is the next weekend so this year it will fall on the 1st dec

[~Hestia~]

Outs will be going up after Buster's birthday which is on the 2nd of December Probably the weekend following so the 8th or 9th.

[LuluHB]

1st December for us too - DH is a total control freak about it so its not a day earlier or a day later.

I remember a kazillion years ago that my brother and I put up our Christmas tree when we got home from school one day - back in the days when it was just us and my Mum. Poor mum was at work and came home to the tree - lights, tinsel, the works. For some reason she got a bit grumpy with us and told us to put it all away. Don't know why. It was October after all . . .

[Rowellen]

We'll be doing it this weekend. Why not? DS is keen. He has had me reading him a little golden book called rudolph the red nosed reindeer already lol!

I've left it until 1.12 or later in the past. This will be our first early year.

[OceanPrincess]

This thread is making me laugh

Maybe we'll put ours up earlier! Why not, as TMS says???

[toomanyshoes]

lol I don't think it will be an every year thing, but as long as the kids are happy who cares?

[Doing my best]

Next weekend so 24/25 November. Normally it is first weekend in December, but we have things on both days that weekend, then I am taking the kids interstate for a week, so I want them to enjoy it for a while!

[Ca Plane Pour Moi]

So jealous, TMS. And Lulu, I have a similar memory. Only Sis and I didn't wait for my mother with the camera instead.

Sadly, I have to wait for DH to help: it's stashed in the loft and it does take 2 people to move everything and find it, then get everything safely down. Very tempted to put it up on the 24th, so it's ready to go for the 1st of December and we can hang our stars on that morning. Plus I have to organise DS's stars into his advent thing my mother bought him with pockets for every day (my mother intends for DS to have a lolly a day: still not happening even though she bought a big thing with 24 pockets on and lots of lollies). Stars are better than food, in both my book and Liebling's!

Going to push for the 24th. Liebling and I aren't doing anything else that weekend.

[The[cookie]Doctor]

I am sure as kids we always waited until December 1st but Im not sure this year. I would like to do it early but were so busy the next two weekends who knows! I am also not looking forward to it as i have a very curious toddler and were not really intt safety gates (and would prefer not blowing christmas $$$ budget on buying them!)

[nothing2lose]

Mid December so the tree lasts longer and is fresher for Christmas Day.
I take it down January 6.

[AwesomeFoursome]

1st December. the kids are just going to pulling and poke at it so I'm not in a hurry lol. we use to take it down on the 1st January but DD2's birthday is on the 31st Dec so it comes down on the 27th Dec now.

[diva det]

we put ours up after our twins birthday which is the first week in dec- only cause it takes up so much damn room and we really need that room when we have their birthday celebration with as they always end up being heaps of people.

My mum has had her tree up for 2 weeks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yup she is a bit excited about christmas lol