When is the best time to install the Christmas tree?- a real one.?
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A lot of people make a whole tradition of the tree experience- not just the decorating, but the set up time, take down time, etc. so it probably varies. It may also depend on how easy it is for you to get a fresh tree. If you live close to a tree farm, you can certainly put one up later in the holiday period. If you have to rely on grocery stores or Christmas tree lots, you may have to get one earlier to get a good, fresh tree. I hear most trees can last a good three weeks as long as it's kept well watered in a cool part of the house. Since we like to celebrate Advent and Yule, we try to get our tree around the first, then take it down a day or two after Christmas Day.
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Usually before Christmas
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Years ago, I saw a real tree that had been flocked a subdued shade of pink. It was at a very expensive Xmas tree lot near our house, so when the holiday was over, I could see that it was still there, and remained there until the owner cleaned up the lot.\nI wanted that tree. I loved it. It stood next to a powder blue one, and a white one,[ both  got sold,] right in the driveway. I was a kid, with no money, and my famaily made it a point to check to see if somebody bought it, everytime we went past the lot, which was often. We mourned when it's fate to never be owned became apparent. We wondered what kind a person had a house that could welcome  a pink tree.
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putting up Christmas decorations
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don't do the black friday....i go day following christmas...the best buys are then......do shopping throughout the year or just before christmas...
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I completely understand your desire not to cut a tree down or have a cut one in the house, but really, that *is* the tradition.  By bringing an evergreen tree into your home, you are bringing that promise of renewed life into proximity with your family and friends (all who enter your home while the tree is there).\n\nBut I think the idea of decorating a tree in your yard is GREAT - and it would serve the same purpose; a close and lovely reminder of the promise of Spring and light and life returning.\n\nSome cities have a spacial program for tree chipping, BTW; if you want to have a cut tree in your home you can check around for companies that don't just put the tree into landfill.\n\nPersonally, we use up the tree after the Yule season is over - the trunk goes to make a Yule log (for next year, or for friends), and the rest is allowed to dry out for ceremonial fires later in the year.  I very much like the symbolism of carrying that Yule energy over into other celebrations like Imbolg or Ostara.\n\nYule is the promise, and Imbolg is the fulfillment of that promise, so burning wood from your Yule tree ties them together.
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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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We have a Christmas tree, we bought a pre-lit tree on sale two years ago. We set it up two weeks ago. Lmao, we've only got four ornaments on it. I was excited to put it up, but then I felt that it was too soon to decorate it, so we took our time doing so.\n\nWe have the tree, because of two reasons. 1. I love the season, and the ability to put up special ornaments and decorations specific to the time of year/celebration. \n2. For six years my husband was in the military, (more than half of those years we did not know each other), most of the time he was either (a) alone or (b) overseas. When he was alone he didn't see any point in celebrating and when he was overseas he obviously couldn't do much in the way of a huge familial celebration.\nSO, I have taken it upon myself to make Christmas as special and fun as possible for him, even if it means putting decorations up early. And since we are newlyweds, that will involve lots and lots of fun!
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Christmas is a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. I'm pretty sure that no one knows exactly when he was born, so Dec. 25 was adopted to celebrate his coming. So theres really no need to change it. For myself, I don't think the date is as important as his purpose. On the other hand, Gods timing is perfect, so I'm not going to question it or say that it's not important at all. Also Christians chose this day to counter and influence The Pegan "winter solstice". Some pegans adapted christianity, and Christians adapted the Christmas Tree. "Just one Christians point of view".
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I'm guessing around late November-early December. Just in time for Christmas
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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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Girl please I already got mine! I get one everyday on Thanksgiving and it's pretty much dead by the time Christmas rolls around. It's a tall tree ehh I'd say about 8 feet tall? And 6 feet wide or so. A pretty picture to look at, let me tell you. I can't wait to decorate it. The smell of it shall fill up the whole house with the smell of Christmas in the air. All we need now is some cold weather down here in Florida and it'd be the perfect Christmas! And it's only November 24!
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Before you set it up, make sure to cut a couple of inches off the bottom of the trunk.  This exposes non-sealed wood which will absorb water better.  Some say to use aspirin or sugar in the water, but the best advice is to keep enough water in the pan so that the tree can absorb it.  The first week it will absorb the most, with the rate of consumption reducing thereafter.\n\nDon't set up your tree too close to heat vents, radiators, or fireplaces.  The extra heat from these sources dry out the needles and can reduce the enjoyable lifespan of it.  Also, in extreme circumstances, they can cause a fire hazard.\n\nUse low-heat lights - the mini kind work pretty well, and don't overload the circuit with too many strings hooked together.\n\nEnjoy, and Merry Christmas!
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Pick a color. Match your tree to the room it is in, or coordinate it. \nGold is gorgeous, so is silver. I personally like to mix green, red, and white.\nPick shiney ornaments, or glass ones. The lights of the tree shine through the glass ones, very pretty. Shiney ones reflect the light. Both pick up the light from the room in the daytime.\nPick a theme. I saw a tree decorated with painted wooden ornaments, like toys, boats, trains, soldiers, very cute, it had multi color lights. . Saw one in tartan plaid. Another was all snowflakes and icicles, clear lights. Saw one in all angels.\nThe style this year is all one color ornaments and lights, with big ornaments.. \nHere is a trick, buy some bigger, longer ornaments for the gaps in the tree[and the bottom], and some smaller ones for the middle of branches, and smallest ones for the top, and very ends of the branches. I coordinate the color of the end ornament to match the ornament on the branch, it draws your eye there.. I buy some of those little glass balls, that come in a plastic round package, so many for a couple of bucks.\nAnother cute trick, I tuck a small angel, or a doll, or a Santa face in some of the gaps, and I love to do so at eye level. People get a start when they come close to the tree and there is Santa looking back.\nI have a pink tree, a cardinal tree[the bird, not the baseball or football team], and a big whatever tree.\nI admit to having some Waterford Crystal ornaments. I play with the lights behind them, so they shine through the ball. It is spectacular, you can see the glow clear across the room.\nLast year, Good Houskeeping magazine, Martha Stewart, Better Homes and gardens, all had xmas trees, and ornaments. Type Christmas tree into your browser, I did. also ornament.\nHope this helps. Merry Christmas.
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have you seen the upside down Christmas trees stores are selling?\n(http://www.usatoday.com/life/lifestyle/2005-11-07-christmas-trees_x.htm)\nDo a Poinsettia tree with gold balls --- you can buy the poinsettia branches at a craft store or department store. Or a card tree(just use Christmas cards you received in the past - attached them to the tree with gold ribbon or string. How about a toy tree (put little toys on the tree). A friend of mine did a family photo tree (and various colored Christmas balls).
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I usually wrap the weekend before or the night before, the problem with wrapping ahead of time is where and how to store the gifts if they have bows. If you have small kids or pets I don't recommend putting them under the tree ahead of time, the gifts tend to get opened, it's also hard to so the "Santa" thing when the gifts are already under the tree.
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I love fresh Christmas trees. I sold them for a few years in south Florida, and I had the best looking trees till christmas. .\ntips: soon as you get home place in a bucket of water. \nmake sure you give it a fresh cut before you place in water in your stand. Add about a cup of sugar to the water. You should also place  \nan asprin tablet in the water every week or so. Make sure that the tree has plenty of water and keep it filled. I have had trees last till feb 1st (because I am lazy sometimes) But they where still green. I also suggest that you purchase a fir tree, pines will shed needles very often, but a fir holds needles for a long time.