Originally Posted By amazedncal2 OK, so I'm here to confess that today I put up my Dept. 56 Christmas houses. Time is short this year and if I didn't get them out now I may not have the time. YIKES! I feel so weird. I did toss some fall leaves on the "snow" and left out the fall trees. Does that help? DH got in the spirit and put the white twinkly lights on the outside bushes. They WILL NOT be turned on until after Thanksgiving. He was forbidden to put out the snowmen or the Mickey and Minnie blow up car or the Winnie and Tigger see saw or the rotating snowflakes There, confession is good for the soul, right? Anyone else have any Christmas things up? Come on, confess
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 OK, so I'm here to confess that today I put up my Dept. 56 Christmas houses. Time is short this year and if I didn't get them out now I may not have the time. YIKES! I feel so weird. I did toss some fall leaves on the "snow" and left out the fall trees. Does that help? DH got in the spirit and put the white twinkly lights on the outside bushes. They WILL NOT be turned on until after Thanksgiving. He was forbidden to put out the snowmen or the Mickey and Minnie blow up car or the Winnie and Tigger see saw or the rotating snowflakes There, confession is good for the soul, right? Anyone else have any Christmas things up? Come on, confess
Originally Posted By csgoofygirl We put up some outside lights today. The weather was nice so we took advantage of it.We won't turn them on until Thursday. I promise.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance I would have it all up if I had had the time. I want to get it all done by the end of next weekend. My son turned 3 yesterday and his party was today, and Santa arrived at the mall this morning, and my mom's party is tomorrow. It's been hectic!
Originally Posted By iamsally You just started??!!?? The day after Halloween I was very proud of myself for getting the decorations down and even getting the table cloth off the dining table. I only have a few Thanksgiving things and I got those out. Then I brought in a couple of Christmas boxes. (I have about 15.) My intention was to bring in some more before now but have not had the chance. I may bring in some tomorrow. So yeah, I have started. I am already wearing Christmas shirts. I just love this time of year.
Originally Posted By alexbook At work, we started putting out some Christmas merchandise on the day after Halloween, but the full decorations will probably go up on Thursday afternoon.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip I installed our outdoor lights this week, and they were turned on when installed... Tuesday - Friday. I'm not apologizing either... if the department stores can put their Christmas stuff up immediately following Halloween, I can certainly run my light the week before Turkey day! LOL (For the record... my Dad taught me ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about Exterior Illumination.) ;-)
Originally Posted By KatieKate123 Christmas season is such a short time. I love coming home to lights up its so pretty, so truthfully I think the earlier the better well not to early not like september or something but any time in November.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 OK, I feel better First of October we put up our exterior Halloween lights. November 1st the Halloween lights come down with all the decorations but we have LED outlined pumpkin lights and orange lights that stay out through Thanksgiving (yep, we are THAT house then Thanksgiving night when everyone goes home we turn on our white Christmas lights Friday while I shop Dave puts out the rest of the mostly Disney themed decorations. RoadTrip, DH's father didn't teach him about "exterior illumination" either (good one It's still hit or miss with him but he is determined to get it right one of these days
Originally Posted By mickeymeg I haven't started with the decorations just yet, I have thought about finding everything is the garage though. I got out the Christmas music and loaded up the phone the other day ! We have been jamming to Fred Penner's Christmas album ever since.
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight I'm getting our Xmas stuff down today and will try to get most of the indoor decorating done today as well. Anytime in November is good to decorate for Christmas in my book.
Originally Posted By Tandelothien Well the plan for yesterday WAS to put on Christmas movies while we put up the tree but after we cleaned all the living room thoroughly we lost momentum so now we are doing it next weekend
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight Likely story. I bet you just discovered your belly button and lost track of time. ;-)
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 I love my christmas decroations. But my oldest would freak if we did anything before Thanksgiving.
Originally Posted By TXDISNEYNERD Well, since Thanksgiving is at my house, I don't feel like I can start yet. It will all go up this weekend though.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 Thanksgiving is at our house too so I really TRY to keep Christmas decorating to a minimum. Thus the fake fall leaves dusted around my snow villages! Classic for several people to walk into the house on Thanksgiving and say "well, it's snowing someplace" When the guests leave I get compulsive about taking all the Thanksgiving/Fall things down. It's like I'm itching for them to leave and I really like them The past few years the "kids" and DH go to a movie and I'm practically shoe horning them out the door. A MUST is for my Fall coffee mugs be washed and put away and the Christmas mugs be put out for Black Friday Everything else is piled on the dining room table to be put away another day
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb Thanksgiving weekend is usually when the lights go up and we buy the tree. But since I'm out of town for the holiday it will have to happen a week late. And that's the weekend I drive down to Hollywood for my niece's birthday. I don't know how I am going to get it all done before family arrives on the 24th. Oh, and in spite of living in a house full of men, guess who's up on that ladder stringing lights! And believe me, my dad didn't teach me a thing about exterior lighting either.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder Our outside C-9 lights went up on Saturday the 20th (those are the larger, ceramic lights for those scoring at home). It takes 3-4 days to put everything up, so we've started the weekend before Thanksgiving for a while now. And they're on, too. The C-9's go along the roofline and take some time. The new LEDs, the remaining C-7's and the plastic molds, figurines and light show Christmas trees go up all during this week after work and into Thanksgiving weekend. This not so little vintage beauty from Bronner's is our newest addition: <a href="http://www.bronners.com/product/lighted-plastic-santa-face/1124027" target="_blank">http://www.bronners.com/produc.../1124027</a> My Dad taught me nothing about anything, but I do know a few things about exterior illumination.
