Is it too early to put the Christmas tree up?

It is still November. If you put it up any earlier why bother to take it down? Decorations have not gone up in my house since I was a child.

I have to say though that we have white fairy lights around the fireplace and around various parts of the kitchen and hallway all year round, so we are fairly well ‘lit up’ every evening.

We treat it as the midwinter festival our decorations will be up next weekend when my teenage gd,s come to stay .Its been their job to dress the tree for a few years now and they love it.They also marzipan the cakes made in October as teachers gifts None of us believe in religion so why should we follow guidelines for something we don’t agree with?

YES!
It is FAR too early.
What I hate is when all the trees and decorations are dismantled on Boxing Day, when Christmas lasts until Epiphany.

I also like foods in season, not just strawberries in June, and not in December, but also keeping certains foods or dishes with tradition. Hot cross buns are for Easter, etc.

I wouldn't even ask, entirely up to the individual. Me, I don't start decorating the house until well into December, although I do like Christmas lights. If you feel so inclined, put your Christmas tree up and enjoy it.

Your choice, yout tree, your home.
No need to worry what anyone else does.

2nd weekend in December for us, any earlier and I’ll be dusting the cobwebs off of it all.

Yes, mee too. But your choice.

keepingquiet

Are you also buying Easter eggs? Making pancakes? Letting off fireworks and dressing up as a vampire?

If so then go ahead- have Christmas now as it clearly doesn't mean much but I wonder what you will do when January comes, maybe send Valentine's cards?

In fact why bother even having birthdays or anniversaries on the actual dates?

It seems we can do what we want in this crazy world so yes, go ahead.

I'm going to have Christmas at Christmas though, call me old-fashioned!

Totally agree with you. 👏👏👏

It absolutely is too early.
Our tradition is to have a large, Blue Nordman Fir tree chosen for shape and symmetry after the first week in December. It then stays in a deep bucket of water until around the 20th of December and then is brought in and carefully decorated. It is usually still looking beautiful by Twelfth Night with very little needle drop. After the decorations are removed it stands outside the French Doors for a couple of weeks longer, usually with some apples and fat balls added. I've come to the conclusion that the magic of Christmas is hard wired into me.

Yes

Each to their own, two houses near us have outside lights up. Our real tree will be up and dressed on the 14th, coming down after my sons birthday on the 2nd January.

Ours will be going up earlier than usual, on about the 12th December. That’s because we’re going to be away (a long drive) from 13th-16th, and my sister will be arriving from across the pond on the 17th.

It will come down on/around 6th Jan as usual - but that is also younger Gdd’s birthday so we could be helping at her party.

Housecraftandcommunitystudies

I think you should do whatever you want to do. I’m not bothered about Christmas decorations but I do love listening to Christmas music/songs and started this weekend with them.

Those repetitive, ad infinitum Christmas songs forced down our throats for the last 40 years are what I hate about Christmas! When I hear ‘do they know it’s Christmas’, for the tenth time in one day, I want to throw myself under the nearest bus.
I love Christmas. It’s Band Aid, bl**dy Brenda Lee and the like that I hate. Please can we have some new Christmas songs??

Too early for us.
Ours will go up after 11 th December. It’s DD2s birthday on the 11 and we always waited for her to have her own day before we did anything Christmas and have carried on.
DD3 we definitely have hers up on the 1st Dec.
I love the decorations for a couple of weeks but they are down again by January 3rd.

When on a short drive out, I like to see the homes that have dressed the windows and outside … NOVEMBER is much too early for me .. and , my tree blocks the big radiator and can’t put it anywhere else in my small house…

I’m the same as you georgesgran 🤣👊

As I’ve written before, I’m a Bah Humbug Christmas person. My decorations (ha - a couple of pop up trees and a fireplace garland) will go up the weekend before the Day and come down Boxing Day or the day after.
DD1 tells me she put up hers yesterday - madness!

TopGunner

Yes, put it up, my family have all their trees up and even homes in my street have decorated outside their homes. Christmas only lasts two days this year so get trimming up.

I don't understand that last sentence. If Xmas only lasts two days (?) why put your tree up now?

Are you also buying Easter eggs? Making pancakes? Letting off fireworks and dressing up as a vampire?

If so then go ahead- have Christmas now as it clearly doesn't mean much but I wonder what you will do when January comes, maybe send Valentine's cards?

In fact why bother even having birthdays or anniversaries on the actual dates?

It seems we can do what we want in this crazy world so yes, go ahead.

I'm going to have Christmas at Christmas though, call me old-fashioned!

I know I have posted this before, when my C were at Primary school they always had a Carol service/concert on the Wednesday of the week which had 15th December in it.
My H used to set the tree up, always real, and when we got home we would decorate it.
It was a tradition for several years.
I do still put it up around then, usually the weekend before and it’s an artificial one now.

Yes, put it up, my family have all their trees up and even homes in my street have decorated outside their homes. Christmas only lasts two days this year so get trimming up.

YES!
🤣🤣🤣

I saw 2 in people's houses last week. But mine will go up on the 1st and my grandsons will decorate it .I only put on the lights and the breakable ornaments. I always take mine down on new year's day.