Is it too early to decorate for Christmas?

We haven't decorated for Halloween for 3 years; this year suddenly all the weekends in October became busy, and last year, we had a family crisis and were barely home for Halloween (no decorating OR costume making that year ).

SO... The house is clean and I'm ready to decorate! It's too late for Halloween (right?...) and we already had Thanksgiving here in Canada. This Christmas we are using our blue and silver decorations for the second time (only!) and I LOVE the icy decorations! I can't wait! What should I do?

That's a tough one. We usually wait until the week after Thanksgiving, but that's American Thanksgiving. That's always been the catalyst, so I don't know what I'd do if Thanksgiving were moved!

Yeah, it's in early October here. And if you wait until December to decorate, those weekends get busy really fast, too. The last (and first) time we used the silver decorations was 3 years ago, I don't even remember everything we have, I can't wait! (I don't think my husband wants to come home to Christmas just yet, unfortunately.)

My tree goes up when the city has their xmas pageant, which was on Saturday so my tree went up Sunday along with indoor lights around the windows. Outdoor lights will go up this coming weekend.

If you want to decorate your house for Christmas in July, then decorate your house! Who cares what anyone else thinks?

I have Christmas lights around my window all year long and turn them on at night periodically, no matter what the time of year.

If you want to decorate your house now, go for it! But please post pictures!!!

Originally Posted by Natalie_ca

If you want to decorate your house for Christmas in July, then decorate your house! Who cares what anyone else thinks?...

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LOL! Just care what my husband thinks, he's not big on decorating too early. But it's encouraging that missymotus has decorations up already... I will post some pics.

Maybe I should just put up the icy stuff now, stockings and tree, etc. in December!

Decorate! Decorate! Decorate!

(And then post lots of pictures please )

It's never too early I've put up a few decorations but I'm doing the rest this weekend along with our tree

I guess its whatever makes you happy. My mom used to love to decorate for Christmas, and at one time I did too. But now its all just too hassle, you put it up, you have to take it all back down again

If I were to put up decorations now, I would be sick to death of them by the holidays.

My 7 year old put up her little tree in her room. Mom It is after halloween you know

YES!!! It's too early here in the U.S.

My mother used to hate it when they put up any decorations before Thanksgiving. Dottie is the same way.

I was at one of our stores last week, and Christmas music was on the PA!!!! AUGH!!!!

And I DO love Christmas, really!

Hey, why not! I have to do it next week myself, as our family can only get together on 11/27. It just feels so weird, though. I never decorate until after 12/1, and I just can't get into the Xmas spirit. I'm already sick of Xmas music in the stores! I was off today, so I wrapped gifts. It's almost surreal!

Decorate! I just did yesterday

I want to buy our tree this weekend and start decorating maybe the day after Thanksgiving if I can hold out that long.. Growing up, the weekend after Thanksgiving was decorating time. My mom goes all out on exterior decorations, but we might only have a couple things, if I can talk hubby into putting some lights on the porch. No one ever sees our house anyway.

Here's a quick PhotoBooth picture of the fabric I'm going to use to make slipcovers for our throw pillows. It's a batik with sparkly silver snowflakes (sorry not a great picture).

What beautiful material. I don't decorate for Christmas, however I leave some Christmas decorations out all year. (That sentence made a lot of sense. ) What I mean is, I have nutcracker that was given to me by a good friend on my bookshelf in the kitchen, as well as a ceramic church candleholder that my former nursing supervisor gave me for Christmas. And a metal rocking horse surrounded by holly leaves, also a gift, from one of my favorite cousins. If decorating now would make you and your family happy, I think you should do it!

Originally Posted by SwampWitch

Here's a quick PhotoBooth picture of the fabric I'm going to use to make slipcovers for our throw pillows. It's a batik with sparkly silver snowflakes (sorry not a great picture).

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very pretty

My family is decorating this weekend at a family member's request.

I put my tree up yesterday because I was bored. LOL Gigi is having a field day up in the tree now...Even Bacon is playing around the tree.