When do you put up your christmas tree?

Debaser · 11-21-2010, 01:34 PM

When I was a kid, we always put our tree up sometime in the first half of december. I didn't have the greatest childhood, but I always liked christmas.

I just put mine up today, just letting it rest a bit and waiting for my wife to get home, then I'm going to go smoke a big fat bowl and decorate it with the wife and kids.

I'm late though, I wanted to put it up 2 weeks ago, but I was too busy, too early? When do y'all set up your tree?

my_scatterheart · 11-21-2010, 01:50 PM

like a few days before xmas

myxomatosis · 11-21-2010, 02:07 PM

I asked my dad that not too long ago because I honestly have no idea when they "should" be put up or when we ever put them up. He told me any time after thanksgiving. Knowing my family I'm going to assume it's likely a lot closer to the week of christmas. I'm intending on putting mine up probably around the beginning of December. No ones even selling xmas trees around here yet that I've seen.

**Mafoo** · 11-21-2010, 02:08 PM

whenever we take it out of the box

its a nice fake tree, though

Lloydy · 11-21-2010, 03:17 PM

I put it up 12 days before and take it down 12 days after christmas day.

Debaser · 11-21-2010, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by myxomatosis

I asked my dad that not too long ago because I honestly have no idea when they "should" be put up or when we ever put them up. He told me any time after thanksgiving. Knowing my family I'm going to assume it's likely a lot closer to the week of christmas. I'm intending on putting mine up probably around the beginning of December. No ones even selling xmas trees around here yet that I've seen.

I wonder how that would work up here in the great white north...our thanksgiving was on Oct. 12!

Rubix · 11-21-2010, 05:18 PM

Day after thanksgiving if/when we get one.

Debaser · 11-21-2010, 07:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mafoo

whenever we take it out of the box

its a nice fake tree, though

I had a real tree one year and it was nice, I liked the smell, but come july when I was still picking needles out of the carpet, I got nothin' but love for the fake trees! I got me a 7 foot scotch pine that always looks great!

**Mafoo** · 11-21-2010, 07:43 PM

they have these cool useful machines called vacuum cleaners

if you miss the smell, they always sell trimmings at christmas tree lots

Qui-Bong Jinn · 11-21-2010, 08:11 PM

Usually the first or second week of December.

**mothernature** · 11-22-2010, 02:53 AM

I'm actually considering a fake tree for the first time in my life.

As a kid, our tree went up on Christmas Eve. I always put the tree up about 2 weeks before. We left it up well into Jan.

I know someone who has a Christmas room. All she does is opens the door and dusts and she's ready. I don't know about that. I'd use the room to grow. lol.

**SageTree** · 11-22-2010, 06:11 AM

My parents always put one up around the 1st weekend of December, even after they split up this continued.

I haven't put up a tree outside of that... so it's been like 10-11 years now that I haven't.

Mombo, my Grama, sends me a few snowman dishtowels and sometimes a little snow dude and lady... I set them out for the winter and hang a little greenery around for the Solstice and that is it.

my_scatterheart · 11-22-2010, 07:47 AM

I love the smell. I usta love goin out in the yard with my dad after to plant it when I was little. Trees are cute.

myxomatosis · 11-22-2010, 08:14 AM

My family did the fake tree thing for about 3 or so years. Our neighbor had a real nice fake one and bought another one and gave my father the old one so he decided to use it. It looked alright but I missed the smell/feel/look of the real tree. I'm pretty sure the cats didn't climb up and inside of the fake one either. Anyway point is, I'd rather have a real one and deal with some needles and whatever hassles a real tree brings then bother with the fake guys.

adventure · 11-22-2010, 08:46 AM

This weekend im going to put up my tree. I will decorate all weekend! cant wait

my_scatterheart · 11-22-2010, 10:48 AM

HTAM · 11-22-2010, 11:33 AM

The day after Thanksgiving for us.

This morning I brought a couple of boxes of things in to go through with my daughter, and we put some decorations up in the house.

I'm going to hang the lights later which will be wicked easy because I already have nails in place from last year, but they won't go on until friday night. Old Town FC already has all the light strings up and illuminated. They look great. I'll take a picture and post it later.

We're thinking about getting a live tree this year, but haven't decided if we can trust the cat. Any sort of string, anything that dangles, it's hers as far as the cat is concerned. This cat would be the one that drags the christmas tree over.

**SageTree** · 11-22-2010, 11:47 AM

scatter!!!!!that's a renob worthy post!

Parallax · 11-22-2010, 08:21 PM

never

BudSniffer · 11-24-2010, 06:57 PM

I always heard anytime after Thanksgiving, but we usually go the weekend after Thanksgiving, which is the first weekend of December

Gotta have a real tree, the scent is part of the childhood memories!! and smells good too!!

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myxomatosis life is music Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: between a pair of headphones Posts: 3,917 Thanks: 1,026 Thanked 934 Times in 597 Posts	I asked my dad that not too long ago because I honestly have no idea when they "should" be put up or when we ever put them up. He told me any time after thanksgiving. Knowing my family I'm going to assume it's likely a lot closer to the week of christmas. I'm intending on putting mine up probably around the beginning of December. No ones even selling xmas trees around here yet that I've seen. __________________ oh sometimes the blues is just a passing bird and why can't that always be tossing aside from your birches crown just enough dark to see how you're the light over me last.fm blog deal (updated 12/22/11)

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11-22-2010, 02:53 AM	#11 (permalink)
mothernature ancientbongmaster Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Kentucky Posts: 1,232 Thanks: 1,201 Thanked 809 Times in 487 Posts	I'm actually considering a fake tree for the first time in my life. As a kid, our tree went up on Christmas Eve. I always put the tree up about 2 weeks before. We left it up well into Jan. I know someone who has a Christmas room. All she does is opens the door and dusts and she's ready. I don't know about that. I'd use the room to grow. lol.

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SageTree ~Kalyāṇa-mitrā~ Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: In Love Posts: 23,414 Blog Entries: 26 Thanks: 13,070 Thanked 6,768 Times in 4,664 Posts	My parents always put one up around the 1st weekend of December, even after they split up this continued. I haven't put up a tree outside of that... so it's been like 10-11 years now that I haven't. Mombo, my Grama, sends me a few snowman dishtowels and sometimes a little snow dude and lady... I set them out for the winter and hang a little greenery around for the Solstice and that is it. __________________ "What's oppressive is letting your life be confined by old definitions of what everything is." -Zen Meister my_scatterheart YaHooka is.... Cannabis lovers from around the world pulling up a comfy chair, picking up a vaporizer, a bong, a brownie, a pipe, or a joint, getting high, stoned, buzzed or healthy. Uniting our minds in conversation...While Portraying a Positive Image of marijuana and marijuana users to the world. Treat your fellow YaHookans with kindness,respect and tolerance.

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my_scatterheart Today, I am alive. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: NJ Posts: 3,559 Thanks: 1,487 Thanked 3,328 Times in 1,870 Posts	I love the smell. I usta love goin out in the yard with my dad after to plant it when I was little. Trees are cute. __________________ Be mindful even if your mind is full. -J. De La Vega

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myxomatosis life is music Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: between a pair of headphones Posts: 3,917 Thanks: 1,026 Thanked 934 Times in 597 Posts	My family did the fake tree thing for about 3 or so years. Our neighbor had a real nice fake one and bought another one and gave my father the old one so he decided to use it. It looked alright but I missed the smell/feel/look of the real tree. I'm pretty sure the cats didn't climb up and inside of the fake one either. Anyway point is, I'd rather have a real one and deal with some needles and whatever hassles a real tree brings then bother with the fake guys. __________________ oh sometimes the blues is just a passing bird and why can't that always be tossing aside from your birches crown just enough dark to see how you're the light over me last.fm blog deal (updated 12/22/11)

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HTAM Old School Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 3,872 Thanks: 2,368 Thanked 2,117 Times in 1,179 Posts	The day after Thanksgiving for us. This morning I brought a couple of boxes of things in to go through with my daughter, and we put some decorations up in the house. I'm going to hang the lights later which will be wicked easy because I already have nails in place from last year, but they won't go on until friday night. Old Town FC already has all the light strings up and illuminated. They look great. I'll take a picture and post it later. We're thinking about getting a live tree this year, but haven't decided if we can trust the cat. Any sort of string, anything that dangles, it's hers as far as the cat is concerned. This cat would be the one that drags the christmas tree over.

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BudSniffer Just bein' me Join Date: May 2002 Location: waayyyy over yonder Posts: 822 Thanks: 413 Thanked 306 Times in 186 Posts	I always heard anytime after Thanksgiving, but we usually go the weekend after Thanksgiving, which is the first weekend of December Gotta have a real tree, the scent is part of the childhood memories!! and smells good too!! __________________ "Nobody thinks the way that I do, I guess nobody dares. My head's so full of things, I set my mind free of them. I'm breaking the rules, breaking all the rules. " -Ozzy Osbourne

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