Have you begun your Christmas Decorations yet ?

My husband and I put up the christmas tree today and he is almost done with the outside lights. All that is left is to decorate the back deck for christmas day

All up in our house as we had visitors at the weekend and i thought they would enjoy it and they did. Everything comes down on NYD.

Frenchgalinspain

We have started our main livingroom .. which includes our fireplace.

(Photo below) ..

Beautiful. Yes mine up for first advent day, love the run up to Christmas.

We did at the weekend usually do it the first weekend of Dec. Grandaughter very artistic she does a display on all the downstairs windowsills they look gorgeous

Outside trees, Christmas grotto, and light done.

Inside - accidentally a tree has been accomplished. We do fresh trees, but our eldest granddaughter brought us a fake tree Sunday (family emergency at her daughters home, so we needed to be prepared? Assembled it in the playroom. Lots of lights already attached to flip open limbs, quite easy.

Yours are really gorgeous Frenchgalinspain! I’ve just put the candle bridge up on our bedroom window sill. I love the warm soft yellow light. It comforts me.

grandMattie reminded me last year I can leave it up until Candlemas, which is, I think, 6th February. It sees me through the dark afternoons of winter. My mum bought it for me which is a poignant memory. Mixed sadness and comfort.

Oooooo your fireplace looks fabulous, love the deers.

Yes all is decorated, i asked for help with the tree which I got and am very pleased with the result...

I light my Christmas candles and view the Christmas decorations and feel happy, happy, happy.

🎄 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄

Don’t usually put mine up until week before Christmas but today we were both here with nothing much planned and I was in the mood.

Put tree up ( about 20 year old fibre optic with decorations going back to 1977 and each year I buy a new one) and greenery up the banisters. Wreath on front door and new angel on lounge door. That’s it, I don’t like stuff hanging all over the place. Feels all twinkly and cozy in here tonight.

For a number of years I've put the decorations up just after Advent Sunday. This will be my second year in a retirement flat complex with common room. Last year felt pretty grim mentally, so this year I've bought myself a new (artifical) tree and decs in blue and white to match my decor. Looks good.

I'm just glad that it's all optional - as I really dislike clutter - so no, I haven't started yet - and won't be starting either. I used to do it for the kids (reluctantly) but now I'm a guest elsewhere, there's no point - and the freedom to choose not to.

Only the front door wreath so far.
Tree and everything else will go up on Thursday, because Gdcs are coming on Friday to stay for the weekend.

That's a lovely scene, Frenchgalinspain, especially the dog posing in front of the hearth!

Tinsel and ceiling decorations? 😱. Takes me back to the 1950s.

Ours were put up at the weekend, 1st weekend of December as usual. We have the tree, tinsel on the bannisters of the staircase and various bits on shelves that the GC have made over the years.

Our wall and ceiling decorations are very old retro. They are the ones my mum and dad had for yonks that I rescued when my dear dad died, red gold and green foil garlands and hanging ceiling lanterns. My two DDs insist that we put them up every year - I think they are more attached to them now than we are even though it makes our living room and dining room look like a Chinese restaurant!

Lexisgranny 😂
We have that joy to come!

Not just yet. Too soon for me.

We spent yesterday afternoon untangling a box of newly purchased lights. We spent this afternoon attempting to hang them up. Or to be more accurate DH hung them, I offered constructive advice. (Note to self -Do not become swayed by pictures on boxes, it probably had a cast of thousands making them look like that.). Even untangled they still managed to get themselves twisted into impossible shapes.

Incidently a few years back, our largest supermarket advertised for someone to untangle lights. What a glutton for punishment

For the first time ever, I have started this early. I needed to do things differently this year, as DH died recently.

So a low key Christmas ahead, but I have put up fairy lights in the windows facing the road.

Not until next week, on the 13th, MrJ’s late fathers birthday, ready for the grandchildren staying on the 15th.

Not yet, I’ve not got any decorations up, just Advent calendars. The only thing that’s smelling of Christmas so far is my new Winter Spice scented Zoflora (which smells lovely). My daughter’s home on 15th, we will do all the decorating that weekend,

Oooh and an advent calendar and a poinsettia. Going great guns here.

I can assure you, our decorations will not look anything like yours Frenchgalinspain.
Tree has been brought in. That is as far as we have got.

AreWeThereYet - only 2 houses going into the local town were lit up a few days ago. Way less than normal. I think cost of living has bitten around our way.

Forgot the photo.

I've just come back from a weekend away in Harrogate. I plan to make a start tomorrow. We bought some new lights for the hall. I'm itching to hang them up.

Our children finished school for Christmas at lunchtime, usually about a week before Christmas. We always got fish and chips for lunch then decorated the tree.

Now it's a bit piecemeal. Our non tree is up and the gardener delivered the door wreath yesterday but that's it upto now. Our door wreath is on the porch wall as the door is a bit odd.