So, how early do yall start decoracting for Christmas, just wonderin cuz my mom wanted us to decorate already!
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I've already started, usually take me about a month to finish. I light up the neighborhood thanksgiving night.
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I'm to excited to wait til DEC 12, but i will wait til DEC 1, but i keep buying new stuff to put on the tree .. it helps me not to put it up sooner. ...have a merry Christmas & wonderful new year.
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Not yet. But I have a question for you...\n\nIt's my birthday on christmas, do I have to \nbuy gifts? Or is it the thought that counts?\nBecause people nowadays feel\nunappreciated when they recieve nothing \non holidays and I don't grow money trees.\n\nps.\nI'm only 14.
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you guys shoud do the "it was the night before Christmas" story. I did that in school when i was in elementary, and it was so much fun! but you might need more then just two people. There was the dad, who was telling the story, the mom, and two kids. then also, there was a guy who played the mouse, a santa clause of course, and some reindeer, but you don't need all those. you guys can just pretend. i hope this works! Happy Thanksgiving, and early Merry Christmas!
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I can give you a job up here if you want 1 you can come decorate my living room before christmas,ive done that much decorating in the past i cant be bothered do anymore,lol
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I usually put them up the day after Thanksgiving.\n\nMy mom started this a couple of years ago.  She has her grandkids decorate her tree on Thanksgiving day.  The kids love it.
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I love to look at my decorations!  Some are from my Parents, when I was a kid, some my kids made!  It brings back so many memories.  Don't you think it's fun to make things look "special"  once a year?  It feels like magic seeing everything lit up!  Don't be a scrooge!  Find the joy of the season so you can pass it on!  Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!!
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Thanksgiving weekend is the time we put up our tree! we ned atleast 2 1/2 days to get tehj job done right. I am particular!!!!\nIt's an artificial 7 1/2 ft  Mountain King. We always get visitors claiming that it won't last until Christmas because it looks so real!\nIt has individual branches to insert and shape separately and stands about 7 ft wide at the bottom. I have over 600 ornaments from antique to current Hallmark, including blown glass, and lots of hand crafted ones.  We also have complete sets like the Lenox Carousel set and some older Hallmark Club designs.  Oldest is a very plain glass, oval shaped bulb. It's about 75 years old and was my grandmother's.  We use over 500 of them each year. The lights I use are the larger C5 and I use about 75-85 of these,  very carefully spaced and proportioned for color.  I add about 5 or 6 'twinkle' lights to give a soft  twinkling background effect and it works very nicely. You have to go light with these or it starts to look like a store front ! We add candy canes to be given to the younger visitors and they all go by time the tree is ready for it's rest. I also use and love our blown glass icicles and hang them off the very ends of specific branches to give a more majestic effect to the tree. I have a colorful tree skirt with a horse drawn sleigh to cover the base. \nI recently added a few bubble lights to give it some additional life.\nIt gets to be more fun with each passing year and as my two girls lend a hand and share laughs. \nMan, do I live for this!!!  Have a Merry Christmas!!!!
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You mean there's no Santa? *TEAR!!!!!!* lol, jk, Uh, I've probably known since like I was 8 or 9 but actaully talked to my mom about it this year(13) because my sister is 2 and we were wondering about what "Santa" should get her
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I want to do it this weekend.  We usually put up all of the decorations the week of Thanksgiving.  I takes about a week to do both the inside and outside decorations. But, this year I've had to put my hubby in the hospital a couple of times here recently and I am so thankful to have him home that I want to start celebrating early!
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Girls LOVE planning parties.....happy 13th!  Get a piece of paper, write in the time from now until then, and fill in what you want to do during these times, and what it takes to do them...it's a snap!   Caterers?  Won't you have parental help?  This post makes me think of my daughter
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I like the colored lights.  I think that  Christmas is the time of year when everyone should have lights and have lots of love and fun and yes I said "CHRISTmas" sorry for those you have gotten offended but as long as I am here I will still believe.  So put up lots of colored lights and add a few white ones with it make sure everyone can see you are in ready from Christmas.
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Remember the meaning and origin of Christmas! It's Jesus Christ's birthday. If you are a Christian I encourage you to make an effort to make Jesus Christ this year's theme in your decoration! Merrry Christmas!!!! :)
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I think that paper chain garland is a great idea!  Hope you don't mind if I borrow that idea from you for our family, Claudia.  I always buy an ornament for our tree every year. The one we bought for this year has 5 snowmen on it, one for each of us.  We also try to make a popcorn garland for our tree. I say try, because we usually end up eating more than we string. LOL  We also sing some Christmas carols on Christmas Eve.  And during December we usually try to watch all the Christmas specials, like Rudolf the Red Nosed Raindeer, Frosty the snowman, How the Grinch stole Christmas and The Drummer Boy.
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Count me in your bandwagon. Being addicted to Yahoo Answers, I just didn't get any time to carry on with the Xmas celebrations. Why not celebrate it here in the Yahoo community, asking questions on the Christmas theme. Merry Christmas to all of you.
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This year my bf and I are trying something new. NO GIFTS. No one gets anything. We do send out homemade cards with personal notes in each card.\n\nWe are trying to get out of the extreme holiday behavior this world is coming to. We shouldn't have Christmas stuff for sale in all the stores before Thanksgiving and have to spend so much money on gifts for everyone. Gifts should be homemade and well thought out. We are trying to do what we can to change our families and teach them that we dont need gifts, we just want love and quality family time during the holidays!!\n\nIs it me or did I just go way off track on that answer? ;-)
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Start anytime after Thanksgiving.  I used to work in a department store and they had Christmas decorations up before Halloween (very tacky).  We used to joke about needing to put jack-o'-lanterns and witches on the wreathes!