Ours is up as are the decs. Want to enjoy it for as long as possible the better side of Christmas and then comes down before we go back to work.

Ours is up as of yesterday. Watching my 2 year old decorate the tree was brilliant, she was so excited about hanging the decorations on her ‘Santa’ tree.

Yup, ours went up on Saturday.

I would normally either not bother with a tree (because I try to spend Christmas away from home), or put it up as late as possible, probably the weekend before Christmas. However, my girlfriend really loves Christmas, so it is up and the weekend has been spent doing Christmas stuff.

It’s actually been quite nice, like being a kid again.

No Words.

I have. Lighten up :-).

Yep.

8 footer in the lounge, 6 footer in the living room, 6 footer in the hall, 3 footer in the dining room, 3 more 3 footers in each of the kids rooms. That’s 26 feet* of Christmas trees.

‘s a Christmas forest. Panthers love a forest. 🙂

*excludes little plug-in fibreoptic trees

It was certainly tradition in Scotland to leave the tree up until after New Year – and that still seems to be most common. Remember, Xmas was never as big a festival as Hogmanay.

Our xmas tree went up on Satuday afternoon.

Wife and both kids got stuck in. I went out and walked the dogs! I’m not bah humbug, but CBA with the faff…

Given how things change I can anticipate a time when people put their trees up in November, and take them down mid December.

Ours always comes down on New Years Day, then the following weekend I burn it in the garden. Pine trees that have been indoors for a few weeks burn brilliantly! Stand it in an oil drum for maximum column-of-flame effect.

I grew up in a strict ‘up on the 24th, down on jan 6th’ house.

wife is always keen to get a tree up in early Dec. We compromise somewhere in the middle….

Life’s little pleasures.

All the lights off apart from the xmas tree and the other fairy lights around the room.

Good whisky by my side.

Xmas film on the tv.

Good times.