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Xmas Decorations Up Yet ?
I usually wait until the week before Xmas, to put my tree and decorations up.
But this year I plan to put them up a week today...ie the 1st of December, and am now looking forward to that like an excited school boy !
I live alone and I am now of the opinion that you have to make an extra effort at this time of year, otherwise what is special about Yuletide ?
But this year I plan to put them up a week today...ie the 1st of December, and am now looking forward to that like an excited school boy !
I live alone and I am now of the opinion that you have to make an extra effort at this time of year, otherwise what is special about Yuletide ?
Answers
I've got four very good reasons why there's no point in putting up decorations in my house. (They're called Tablo, Moonbeam, Biscuit and Chequers). This gives you an idea of the type of thing I'm thinking of ;-)
18:06 Thu 24th Nov 2016
I put my tree up the 8th of December and take it down the 6th of January, today is the first day of advent and I have my advent candle lighting as I type here :) as for Christmas birthdays, until about 6 years before my Mam passed away, we always celebrated her birthday on the 23 December, when she hit her 70s, she told us it was actually ¼ way through the year, she just didn't want us wasting our money on her twice a year. I am looking forward to putting my tree up though, as good as it is, my neighbours will be lit up like a landing strip in Cork Airport.
We spent a fortune remodelling and decorating 'Chez Baldric' at the start of the year, so not going to start sticking drawing pins or sticky tape all over it now. There will be a large Tree in Dining Room window at front of house and cards will be strung between discrete permanently placed screws.
There are three adults in the house, we can enjoy Christmas without tinsel and paper chains.
Ummm...I sort-of agree, which is why I limit myself to the two LED trees.
These are not the ones that use fibre-optics, but look like a small, 1 foot high tree, with different coloured LED stars on the ends. You can bend the arms into different shapes.
I have been trying to find one like it on the 'net, to post a picture, but haven't been successful yet. They are very neat and sit comfortably on a window sill.
These are not the ones that use fibre-optics, but look like a small, 1 foot high tree, with different coloured LED stars on the ends. You can bend the arms into different shapes.
I have been trying to find one like it on the 'net, to post a picture, but haven't been successful yet. They are very neat and sit comfortably on a window sill.
Yes it would be wonderful to roll back the years and go back to those times again.Also this year will be different for Mrs. Grump and I as our son will not be sharing Christmas with us.He now lives in the U.S and will spend Christmas with his fiancee and her family.Hopefully we can still enjoy the forthcoming season just the same.
Our sons are spending Christmas with their other halves families this year too Grumpy, we're treating it as an opportunity to have a very self indulgent time, eating and drinking exactly what we want. We're all getting together for new year though, with the wider family, at a ski resort in Sweden. I don't ski!
When we were younger and had young kids, the Christmas tree went up on Christmas eve and our Christmas meal was on Christmas eve evening. The decorations came down on 12 th night as per tradition. Nowadays, a few candles and Holly wreaths and our little artificial tree and the family heirloom Santa will come out on Christmas eve and put away on 12th night.
