No way. Christmas trees go up Christmas Eve while somebody takes the kids out and they come back after dark with the room full of candle light and presents and the tree. Well, that's how it works back home anyway and I used to do it with my wee ones, but the grandchildren are used to the tree being there a week or so before Christmas and presents on Christmas day.

Yes my tree is up.
Took me ages.
Lots of faffing and tweaking which went on and on for ever.
But I vow I do not need to adjust it further.

No man, ....................I've only just about finished cleaning the paintwork in the sitting room. Got the dining room to do tomorrow. That's if I 'participate* and the tree and decs go up 

mine's been up since the 1st  even though my baby is 16 now i still do the whole xmas thing and she still loves it  she's just come in from seeing JLS in concert and she's very hyper

Nope - not got my tree up yet ................it'll probably go up on the 17th or 18th ..............and the way I'm feeling at the moment. I couldn't give an eff if I never saw snow again. Two weeks ago it was very, very pretty. Now it's a nuisance and has got in the way of pre planned events.

Just hope the freakin lights come on first time. Nothing worse than trying to find a defunct bulb.

Exactly how it should be IMO. Two or three weeks before is positively naff IMO.

Well said Sats 

Put the tree up today, but one in four of the lights aren't working, so I've spent all evening fiddling with them. It will be decorated by tomorrow. 

  No time ...busy planning a murrrdurrrr - will probable be next weekend - but i have bought new lights and the chocolates

Knew there woud be someone with the same prob as me---- the lights. Why do they suddenly stop working fom one  year to the next? Its not as if we have messed with them. just put them away and hope for the best. Seems like it might be better to buy a new set of lights each year.

Is 75% good enough for you though Blizz?

We don't do Xmas decorations - just some small and tasteful lights which are up.

We got a set of LED lights from Habicrap 5 years ago, and we've never had any problem with them.

mOST YEARS i BUY ONE OR TWO EXTRA SETS OF LIGHTS.oooops sorry for the CAPS. I haven't got out much this year with the snow and all that - fingers crossed!

Not sure if this is the right place to say I like danglies 

 No tree,no lights.Christmas is cancelled in this house.I'm working (apart from the 2 weekends).So Christmas can go shove it where the sun don't shine.
''Merrrry Chrisssmas Mr Lawrence!'.

Flashing away under the fairy.

Just how I like it.

Did mine yesterday

Agrees with gouryella. Bah! Humbug! Etc.

Who? what is? 

 Damn right Champagne Joe.I'm all up for the Christmas bullshit- when i've got a week off.But when my employer decrees 'Christmas is cancelled'.I have no option but to say 'to hell  with the baby Jesus'.

*looks down to see*

I feel your pain. Last Xmas I was helping my boyfriend to revise for 5 exams he had at the beginning of January. We had a break fro Xmas dinner and that was it

*Wonders what PC has found*

 Yeah PeterCat.I'm all up for Christmas and New Year celebrations.Trees,lights etc.The whole bulid up,from 2 months before.But this year i just can't get into any of it.The week inbetween Christmas and NY this year is a normal working week for me.It's unheard of,but i have no say in the matter.'Business requirements' dictate.
How are you supposed to get into the whole Christmas thing,what's the point?.

 Mine will go up tomorrow, Sunday.

Sorry had to bypass all the grumps, can't be doing with that..yes my tree went up the 1st of december, I love xmas, its the one time all my family are together and we can remember all the ones who are'nt with us either through death or through work..I truly do not understand anyone who gets upset over xmas..

We're all different though Stonks. It affects us all in different ways 

I really wasn't being a grump about it, just trying to convey how I felt as a child and how I was trying to do the same for my children. Things change over the generations, but I like the way it was when I was a child because it was so magical and it wouldn't have been the same if the tree and decorations had been there for weeks on end before the big day.

It is what it is for each and every one of us. It's nice to think that it's all jolly, ho ho ho and lovely ...................and generally it is. Sometimes though we can't alter things in our life that coincide.

I really and truly hope that everyone on here has a lovely Christmas though. It's one time in the year to kick loose and try to enjoy. Thank God for Christmas - it makes us make an effort ....................and if for whatever reason this one aint good ..............................let's hope the next one is!

i'm a christmas fanatic...........i've been nagging mr sponge for weeks to put the tree up.......he finally gave in on the last weekend of november........

even though the spongettes are now 17 and 15........we still do the carrot for rudolph and milk for father christmas thing.....and i still ring the sleighbells to say father christmas is near.........and if that makes me a sad act.........i don't care!!!.....we love it.......

Its New Year that kills me ,I get so emotional when the Bells come in .

Tree is up, the children did most of it, they look forward to it.

The optics needed new halogen bulb, and i got that, then the adapter didnt work .. but got it sorted eventually.

They like to buy new baubles decorations to hang on it every year, its great to collect them, going way back to when i was a child.

We do and there's no kids in the house now!!! Actually I'm mega excited! My sons partner (god Bless Her) isn't great at Christmas and all the traditions etc. (very sad but she didn't have a great childhood).

She gets a bit frazzled re Christmas and my son said to her 'Why don't you get my mum to do the stockings this year - she's good at that'. (I was touched TBH as he's not one for giving compliments).

She was quite happy to give it up ..............and me ..............well I'm like a pig in ***** YIPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE it's a long time since I've done proper kiddie stockings!

Same here Sponge..mine are 20 and 14 but all my traditions go on, feck that I should see things differently cos its a date in a year, no I won't xmas is for my children no matter how old they are, they'll have a great time....

Skould move to Ireland they don't celebrate New year....

sorry, I love some of you to bits and you know who you are, but Christmas should be the amazing surprise that it used to be for me, even if the kids don't believe in Santa Clause anymore, the surprise element can still make it magical. That's why I try to stick to the old ways.