When is it appropriate to put the tree up?

I've never dusted my baubles either BBbevan

I suppose they get a kind of a dust when they get packed away again in tissue paper.

I've never dusted my baubles either - I have some that were my mothers so they must be well mucky by now

Yes, some of ours are ancient too!

I'm not even going to try to wash them

I'm afraid my baubles never get a dust either, poor things. I envy those of you who have inherited some. When DSIL and I were clearing out my DMIL's house, he took all her lovely glass tree decorations to the tip. He just couldn't understand why I'd have wanted "those old things".

Wow, what a lot of work! Well done, it looks fabulous!

Maggiemaybe DH's uncle threw away all the family treasures, including all the photographs, saying that they were 'sentimental old rubbish'.

DH did once walk in on DMIL tearing all the old family photos out of her albums and throwing them one by one on the fire, so that someone could use the albums again. Fortunately he was on time to save most of them!

I have a white twiggy 'tree' that goes up in the conservatory on the 1st Dec. That's only because since the GC were little, it was [and still is] our Advent tree and was hung with tiny red stockings each with a number on and a sweet inside. The children used to take off a stocking and replace it with a red bauble. DH hangs some lights around the conservatory and I change the cushion covers to Christmassy ones, also add some Christmas ornaments to the window sills. Because it's all in the conservatory it doesn't intrude too much and we don't really do Christmas in the house until half way through Dec. For 25 years we had a gorgeous traditional tree but sadly after refurbing the house last year we realized we could no longer fit a tree in the lounge. Downsized to a prelit Scandi type twig hung with red hearts and baubles. Pretty but I do miss my trad red, green and gold extavaganza of a tree.Everything then come down on New Year's Day. Love that feeling of a fresh start on Jan 1st.

They do not go up or is Christmas advertised here until St Nikolaas has been on the 6th of December.
But;;; it is your house and if you want to put up the tree go for it, enjoy the season Happy Christmas.