Have you begun your Christmas Decorations yet ?

Third Sunday in Advent is soon enough for me The Advent candle and calendar are out and in use

Not yet, two birthdays in December, so hope to go to the garden centre Sunday to pick a tree.

Not this year! We have a 16 week old kitten and she is crazy! So the decorations are staying in the storage box this year.

Christmas tree up and decorated this morning, ready for my birthday.

Posh‼️🎄🎁

This is my first posting on Gransnet as I became a gran for the first time this year. I live in a small house so unfortunately havn’t room for a tree, however, I do have lots of fairy lights and a mini metal hanger from which I hang Christmas decorations.

Everything looks lovely. I've got a few lights outside and the wreath on the door but nothing inside yet.

Cards are done, gifts are bought and wrapped, including for three December birthdays, but the tree will be brought in on Monday so that my daughter and granddaughter can decorate it with me. Last night I put out my nativity scene, the nutcracker, the mantelpiece garland, the front door ‘wreath’ (a homemade rag affair) and fairy lights around the porch door. Plenty more to do, but we’re in the middle of decorating the dining room, so it’s all a bit stressful.

However, it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. 🎶🎵🎶

My youngest daughters birthday is today. The rule is no Christmas until after her birthday.

No, minimalist me here. I might put the twiggy tree up but nothing else.
DH isn’t fussed and my record is decorations up Christmas Eve, down Boxing Day 😵‍💫

Mine go up to celebrate DS1s Birthday on the 15th always have done we always had a Birthd-day tea for him when he lived at home.
I will put up my outdoor tree lights over the week-end to dress up the drive way,

No not me, I try and get everything else done first - cards, gifts, donations and early food prep before I put up the decorations. that way I can enjoy doing it and it doesn't add to the general Christmas stress!

Bessieb Wishing you a very happy birthday.

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Tree up, lights on, but we’re leaving the decorations for Gdcs, who will be staying from tonight until Sunday night.

I have my two ‘strings’ of robins up, though - bought ages ago from Past Times - they come out every year.

Here’s the tree so far (NB hippos have their Christmas ‘hats’ on) and the robins - I love my robins!

Looks like Santas Grotto here!!

Nope,next week soon enough for me!

I always have a Poinsettia - but can I keep it alive is the question ?????? It’s looking good for now.

I will start when the tree arrives, but I’ve forgotten when it is coming😮. Might be today or next Friday🎄🎄🎄

Loving your decorations around your fire Frenchgalinspain.
If your door wreaths are fresh greenery and homemade I am in awe of you kitty and Witzend.

Yes, we started the last week of November. We have rather a lot of decorations and three trees. I want them to be up for a reasonable length of time before I have to remove them by 6 January and before my THR scheduled for 8 January.

None up yet as I am dependent on someone going in the attic to get the decorations down.

Not yet. Maybe next week. Both grown up daughters already have theirs up.

Just doing them!! The lights work so that’s a good start!

A house near us has got a big blow up Santa Claus hanging from a bedroom window (looks like he is climbing in the window) and some blow up reindeer in the garden pulling a sleigh. Every morning we go out and the figures are all flat, like deflated balloons. They then get blown up again during the day and the next morning they are flat again. What a lot of effort 😧

ginny I am in a similar position. It's my birthday today and I don't like having birthday cards and Christmas ornaments together. May start on the tree today though.