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Posted: 11/19/2023 9:39:04 PM EST
[#1]
I hung my house lights today. Just around the roof edge. Had time and the weather was right, and I have lot going on all week.
I have a strand of colored lights strung over my mantle just because I tested some last week and my kids wanted them to stay. We will do the Christmas tree and other decorations next weekend. |
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Posted: 11/19/2023 9:44:54 PM EST
[#2]
Both mine are up in the living room and look damn good too.
Porch tree is up as well. |
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Posted: 11/19/2023 9:53:08 PM EST
[#3]
I like having some December between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
40 days of Christmas belies it's true meaning. |
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Posted: 11/19/2023 10:07:53 PM EST
[#4]
When do the Mangers go up?
The reason for the Season. |
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Posted: 11/19/2023 10:24:47 PM EST
[#5]
Meh. I'm older now, so it takes longer to get everything up, so I start earlier. Started the Christmas tree yesterday, outside lights tomorrow. Nothing will be lit until after Thanksgiving.
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Posted: 11/19/2023 10:27:59 PM EST
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Posted: 11/19/2023 10:33:03 PM EST
[#7]
Went up today.
Time to watch the official Christmas movie of Arf |
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Posted: 11/19/2023 10:34:57 PM EST
[#8]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I like having some December between Thanksgiving and Christmas. 40 days of Christmas belies it's true meaning. Shouldn't we be thinking about the true meaning of Christmas everyday??? |
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Posted: 11/19/2023 10:40:13 PM EST
[#9]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Went up today. Time to watch the official Christmas movie of Arf |
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Posted: 11/19/2023 10:45:06 PM EST
[#10]
11/1 anything else is late. I tend to do it after thanksgiving but this year I was early.
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Posted: 11/19/2023 10:49:07 PM EST
[#11]
Wife and kids usually put ours up the weekend after Thanksgiving
 . So did my mom and dad when we were kids in the 70's and 80's. |
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Posted: 11/19/2023 11:00:19 PM EST
[#12]
Tree and all interior and exterior decorations are up. Fuck it, I love Christmas and we had some nice weather recently, so I would rather be outside putting up decorations in 50 degree weather than 30 degrees weather. IDGAF if you don't like it
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Posted: 11/19/2023 11:02:16 PM EST
[#13]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Nah. They are just fixated on the artificial “feeling” of Christmas nostalgia. The holiday has been surgically separated from it’s intent by some eastern syndicate Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I attribute it to peoples general lack of discipline and need for instant gratification. They probably tearing into the Christmas gifts the 2nd week of December cause they just can’t wait any longer. Nah. They are just fixated on the artificial “feeling” of Christmas nostalgia. The holiday has been surgically separated from it’s intent by some eastern syndicate Jeez, some of you just have big dumps in your pants. Not everything is so deep. |
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Posted: 11/19/2023 11:02:39 PM EST
[#14]
I have no problem with anyone wanting to celebrate the birth of their Savior the Son of the Living God.
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Posted: 11/19/2023 11:07:20 PM EST
[#15]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Went up today. Time to watch the official Christmas movie of Arf Home Alone? |
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Posted: 11/19/2023 11:08:22 PM EST
[#16]
Quoted: Lived alone since leaving my parents house so I have never had a Christmas tree in my apartment/house. Going to work last night I noticed one of the neighbors already had their tree up, decorated, and in the front window for all to see. If I ever put up a tree I think the ideal time is between the 10th and 15th of December and it should come down the first weekend of the New Year. When do you put your Christmas tree up? |
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Posted: 11/19/2023 11:11:27 PM EST
[#17]
Ours went up a couple weeks ago, but it was just because that was a convenient time. We had my granddaughter and her friend over, so they decorated.
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Posted: 11/19/2023 11:13:04 PM EST
[#18]
We don't have children, so we haven't put up a tree in at least 10 years but are putting one up this year to just try and have a nice Christmas.
I enjoy all the decorations; they bring back good memories of my grandparents. Plus it's fun to see my brother's children get so excited for Christmas. |
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Posted: 11/19/2023 11:17:38 PM EST
[#19]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Die Hard? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Went up today. Time to watch the official Christmas movie of Arf Welcome to the party pal |
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Posted: 11/19/2023 11:23:11 PM EST
[#20]
They are for sale everywhere around here. Tractor Supply had the best price I've seen yet (glancing while I'm at a store), although I'm not buying one this year.
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Posted: 11/19/2023 11:23:52 PM EST
[#21]
We are usually very traditional and do it Friday or Saturday after Thanksgiving. But the wife feels like she has a time crunch on her with our kids infrequent visits and she wants a little Christmas atmosphere this week with some of them making back into town.
We put it up yesterday. |
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Posted: 11/19/2023 11:24:43 PM EST
[#22]
Growing up it was always about a week or two after thanksgivings. As an adult/after getting married, the past 7 years it’s been going up a week before Thanksgiving.
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Posted: 11/19/2023 11:26:53 PM EST
[#23]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I don't care what other people do. It's their business. |
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Posted: 11/19/2023 11:27:03 PM EST
[#24]
Weekend and/or day after Thanksgiving....
Now, I have been advancing some things - like hanging lights, but haven't turned them on. 
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Posted: 11/19/2023 11:27:20 PM EST
[#25]
My tree doesn’t go up until after Dec 1.
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Posted: 11/20/2023 12:43:07 AM EST
[#26]
I have a live tree in my living room.
I never take it down. When it reaches the ceiling i'm going to take it outside and plant it in the yad. Then I can start over with another small three footer. |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 1:18:25 AM EST
[#27]
2nd week of Dec
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Posted: 11/20/2023 1:29:34 AM EST
[#28]
We don't bother with a tree any more. Or gifts. Wife is in charge of decorations. We got a wreathe today, but she says it can't go up until December 1.
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Posted: 11/20/2023 1:32:44 AM EST
[#29]
Quote HistoryQuoted: lol... i havent exchanged gifts with anyone, my spouse etc for years. i have all i need and she asks for nothing. people blow all kinds of money on so called Christmas. |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 1:36:02 AM EST
[#30]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Home Alone? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Went up today. Time to watch the official Christmas movie of Arf 
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Posted: 11/20/2023 1:36:36 AM EST
[#31]
wife wanted me to get the crap down from the garage attic a couple weeks ago. she put the tree up yesterday. fuck this bullshit. one year I am going to say fuck Christmas and go on a cruise. might just go alone.
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Posted: 11/20/2023 3:25:31 AM EST
[#32]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Yep, Christmas is really mostly for kids. We already have everything we need and a hell of a lot more. We're trying to GET RID of stuff, not collect more. My girlfriend usually buys me clothes to replace all the tore up and worn out stuff I should have already thrown out. In return, I buy her expensive electric devices. ?? |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 3:44:08 AM EST
[#33]
The Christmas decorations have been up at malls in the Philippines since August 22nd. Here, the Christmas season officially starts on the first of September.
NOT kidding. |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 7:33:45 AM EST
[#34]
Have a neighbor who has hers up all year. |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 8:04:28 AM EST
[#35]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Ours go up on November 1st. This place turns into a winter wonderland and it is awesome. I didn’t get to do that this year because I was traveling but that’s normally when ours goes up Christmas sucked in my house when I was a kid and I hated it as an adult because of that too Then I married a wonderful woman who didn’t grow up in a house with cancer and abusive alcoholism and I was hell bent and determined that my kids would know only joy at that time of year So if I want to put it up on the 4th of July I will and there is fuck all you can do to stop me |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 9:05:07 AM EST
[#36]
If we wouldn't be expecting new flooring for the living room, the tree would've been up 2 weeks ago.
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Posted: 11/20/2023 8:05:20 PM EST
[#37]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I didn’t get to do that this year because I was traveling but that’s normally when ours goes up Christmas sucked in my house when I was a kid and I hated it as an adult because of that too Then I married a wonderful woman who didn’t grow up in a house with cancer and abusive alcoholism and I was hell bent and determined that my kids would know only joy at that time of year So if I want to put it up on the 4th of July I will and there is fuck all you can do to stop me 
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Posted: 11/21/2023 8:18:58 AM EST
[#38]
Bah, humbug!
We put ours up after Thanksgiving, but the wife does pretty much all of it. I just help her put the artificial tree together. I could do without any of the pagan holiday crap. But I'm an admitted scrooge. The tree I'd like to put up would be a small fake palm tree, and put a few decorations on there. I do however play along and I do give out gifts to the wife and kids of course. Though more and more it's just cash, because hey... who doesn't want more cash? Easy for me and they like it. The wife and I usually get each other gift cards. She always gets me a Scheel's gift card and there's nowhere else I'd rather shop. |
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Posted: 11/21/2023 8:23:06 AM EST
[#39]
I'm sure the miserable people of arf will bitch about it either way.
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Posted: 11/21/2023 8:23:12 AM EST
[#40]
The weekend after Thanksgiving is traditional.
Retailers start Christmas in July October now. 
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Posted: 11/21/2023 8:32:02 AM EST
[#41]
Quote HistoryQuoted: My girlfriend usually buys me clothes to replace all the tore up and worn out stuff I should have already thrown out. In return, I buy her expensive electric devices. ?? High five!  |
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Posted: 11/21/2023 8:41:45 AM EST
[#42]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I didn’t get to do that this year because I was traveling but that’s normally when ours goes up Christmas sucked in my house when I was a kid and I hated it as an adult because of that too Then I married a wonderful woman who didn’t grow up in a house with cancer and abusive alcoholism and I was hell bent and determined that my kids would know only joy at that time of year So if I want to put it up on the 4th of July I will and there is fuck all you can do to stop me  Ummm... okay? |
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Posted: 11/21/2023 8:41:47 AM EST
[#43]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm sure the miserable people of arf will bitch about it either way. For fucking real. Who cares that someone wants to get into the spirit early? They're not hurting anyone. Personally, mine goes up day or two after Thanksgiving, as do the lights. But if people want to do it earlier, who the hell am I to judge? |
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Posted: 11/21/2023 8:44:54 AM EST
[#44]
Quoted: Lived alone since leaving my parents house so I have never had a Christmas tree in my apartment/house. Going to work last night I noticed one of the neighbors already had their tree up, decorated, and in the front window for all to see. If I ever put up a tree I think the ideal time is between the 10th and 15th of December and it should come down the first weekend of the New Year. When do you put your Christmas tree up? Totally read like a childless man telling parents how to raise their kids. |
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Posted: 11/21/2023 8:51:05 AM EST
[#45]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Totally read like a childless man telling parents how to raise their kids. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Lived alone since leaving my parents house so I have never had a Christmas tree in my apartment/house. Going to work last night I noticed one of the neighbors already had their tree up, decorated, and in the front window for all to see. If I ever put up a tree I think the ideal time is between the 10th and 15th of December and it should come down the first weekend of the New Year. When do you put your Christmas tree up? Totally read like a childless man telling parents how to raise their kids. Wow... it totally didn't.  Maybe reread his post again? |
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Posted: 11/21/2023 9:16:46 AM EST
[#46]
Quote HistoryQuoted: lol... i havent exchanged gifts with anyone, my spouse etc for years. i have all i need and she asks for nothing. people blow all kinds of money on so called Christmas.  |
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Posted: 11/21/2023 9:19:34 AM EST
[#47]
Usually after Thxgivign but my 9 year old wants us to put it up this week, so fuck it, we will. Kids like xmas and grow up too fast, I'll do it while I can.
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Posted: 11/21/2023 9:21:59 AM EST
[#48]
Got ours out for the wife, it’s up not decorated. She likes Christmas. I thinks it too early but she doesn’t. Who cares? lol
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Posted: 11/21/2023 9:22:49 AM EST
[#49]
My neighbor has had their tree up for a couple of weeks. When I commented about it, she said her 6 year-old son wanted it up. I had to bite my tongue to keep from saying, "What? You can't say no?"
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Posted: 11/21/2023 9:30:03 AM EST
[#50]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The poll needs a "Never took it down from last year" option.  Oh, this for the win! |
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