When do you put up your Christmas Tree?

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PostRe: When do you put up your Christmas Tree?
by Balladeer » Mon Dec 02, 2019 2:13 pm

Cheeky Devlin wrote:We've only got a wreath up for now, but I'm sure the rest will follow next weekend.

My neighbours across the road, who went pretty big for Halloween and only just got rid of their pumpkins, now have three massive inflatable characters on their lawn. They're going to be fun to live with.

On the plus side, at night it looks like the aftermath of a Christmas Mexican stand-off. Yesterday the Elf on the left hadn't quite inflated properly and was doubled over. Looked like Santa had kicked it in the nuts.

Copious updates in the neighbours thread please.

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PostRe: When do you put up your Christmas Tree?
by Cheeky Devlin » Mon Dec 02, 2019 2:14 pm

Snowballadeer wrote:
Cheeky Devlin wrote:We've only got a wreath up for now, but I'm sure the rest will follow next weekend.

My neighbours across the road, who went pretty big for Halloween and only just got rid of their pumpkins, now have three massive inflatable characters on their lawn. They're going to be fun to live with.

On the plus side, at night it looks like the aftermath of a Christmas Mexican stand-off. Yesterday the Elf on the left hadn't quite inflated properly and was doubled over. Looked like Santa had kicked it in the nuts.

Copious updates in the neighbours thread please.

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PostRe: When do you put up your Christmas Tree?
by Ironhide » Mon Dec 02, 2019 3:09 pm

Its become a bit of a family tradition to put our tree up on the first saturday of December.

We now have the added joy of a 6 month old kitten to climb up and knock it over.

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PostRe: When do you put up your Christmas Tree?
by Hexx » Mon Dec 02, 2019 3:12 pm

Albear wrote:It seems to take longer the older I get, but eventually got it up on Saturday after much effort from both me and the GF. Doesn't look too bad although it does lean at slight angle and needs trimming around the base. Not sure how stable it is, Keep having to tell the kids not to touch it.


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PostRe: When do you put up your Christmas Tree?
by Ironhide » Mon Dec 02, 2019 3:55 pm

Hexx wrote:
Albear wrote:It seems to take longer the older I get, but eventually got it up on Saturday after much effort from both me and the GF. Doesn't look too bad although it does lean at slight angle and needs trimming around the base. Not sure how stable it is, Keep having to tell the kids not to touch it.


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PostRe: When do you put up your Christmas Tree?
by Meep » Mon Dec 02, 2019 8:49 pm

Probably the 14th this year. I'd be completely sick of it by the 6th of January if I put it up sooner. No way am I going have the house in Christmas mode for over an entire month.

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PostRe: When do you put up your Christmas Tree?
by Bunni » Mon Dec 02, 2019 9:26 pm

I put up 4 at work today. I've had my tree and house decorated for over a week.

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PostRe: When do you put up your Christmas Tree?
by Lime » Tue Dec 03, 2019 3:19 pm

Ding Dong Merrilly on Hide wrote:
Hexx wrote:
Albear wrote:It seems to take longer the older I get, but eventually got it up on Saturday after much effort from both me and the GF. Doesn't look too bad although it does lean at slight angle and needs trimming around the base. Not sure how stable it is, Keep having to tell the kids not to touch it.


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:lol: I thought just the last sentence was bait, then I re-read the whole thing. :lol:


(edit: can't get the original quote to appear, even though it shows in my post when I edit it :? )

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PostRe: When do you put up your Christmas Tree?
by Rightey » Tue Dec 03, 2019 6:57 pm

Traditionally my family only put it up the week before Christmas, but this year my wife wanted us to put it up early so we put it up yesterday.

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PostRe: When do you put up your Christmas Tree?
by Meep » Tue Dec 03, 2019 11:25 pm

Tree bought. Safely stowed in the back garden and will be put up sometime this weekend or next week.

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PostRe: When do you put up your Christmas Tree?
by Mommy Christmas » Wed Dec 04, 2019 5:34 am

Mrs puts it up at the weekend.

I take it down Boxing day.

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PostRe: When do you put up your Christmas Tree?
by SEP » Wed Dec 04, 2019 9:19 am

Jerusalime wrote:
Ding Dong Merrilly on Hide wrote:
Hexx wrote:
Albear wrote:It seems to take longer the older I get, but eventually got it up on Saturday after much effort from both me and the GF. Doesn't look too bad although it does lean at slight angle and needs trimming around the base. Not sure how stable it is, Keep having to tell the kids not to touch it.


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:lol: I thought just the last sentence was bait, then I re-read the whole thing. :lol:


(edit: can't get the original quote to appear, even though it shows in my post when I edit it :? )


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PostRe: When do you put up your Christmas Tree?
by Vermilion » Wed Dec 04, 2019 9:40 am

Starting to send out christmas cards and stuff now, so it's only a matter of time before i start work on the tree, been buying some fresh decorations from christmas markets lately to add to it.

I'm in quite the festive mood at the moment, and so may well even at some point, post the lego christmas story video i made 23 years ago (i invented the lego santa design before lego themselves did).

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PostRe: When do you put up your Christmas Tree?
by Jenuall » Wed Dec 04, 2019 9:45 am

Tree has gone up in reception at work today. :toot:

People were putting it up as I walked in this morning and I made a comment saying "Nice, tree's going up!" Not sure if I had a sarcastic tone or whether those working on it we're just pissed off but my comment was greeted with a "if you think you can do better than do it your strawberry floating self!"

Gotta love that XMAS spirit! :slol:

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PostRe: When do you put up your Christmas Tree?
by Tomous » Wed Dec 04, 2019 12:58 pm

Jenu-All I Want For Christmas wrote:Tree has gone up in reception at work today. :toot:

People were putting it up as I walked in this morning and I made a comment saying "Nice, tree's going up!" Not sure if I had a sarcastic tone or whether those working on it we're just pissed off but my comment was greeted with a "if you think you can do better than do it your strawberry floating self!"

Gotta love that XMAS spirit! :slol:


Wow :lol:

Perhaps they'd had a few sarcastic comments earlier and resentment was building up?

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PostRe: When do you put up your Christmas Tree?
by Green Gecko » Wed Dec 04, 2019 1:00 pm

I read this as "who do you put up your christmas" tree, which conjured some weird imagery.

This year apparently we are making a "flat" tree out of pallet wood and decorating that, because we're fed up of nursing miniature trees in the garden. I'm not sure if this affects the rules on when you put up the tree, which I'm personally ambivalent about.

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PostRe: When do you put up your Christmas Tree?
by Hexx » Wed Dec 04, 2019 1:24 pm

Merry Christmous Everyone wrote:
Jenu-All I Want For Christmas wrote:Tree has gone up in reception at work today. :toot:

People were putting it up as I walked in this morning and I made a comment saying "Nice, tree's going up!" Not sure if I had a sarcastic tone or whether those working on it we're just pissed off but my comment was greeted with a "if you think you can do better than do it your strawberry floating self!"

Gotta love that XMAS spirit! :slol:


Wow :lol:

Perhaps they'd had a few sarcastic comments earlier and resentment was building up?


Sounds to me like they just knew Jenny

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PostRe: When do you put up your Christmas Tree?
by Seven » Wed Dec 04, 2019 1:27 pm

Would like to put it up on Day 1 but alas we don't have christmas tree yet! We will in next few days though, so can't wait to have Christmas feeling in our living room :mrgreen:

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PostRe: When do you put up your Christmas Tree?
by Jenuall » Wed Dec 04, 2019 1:31 pm

Hexx wrote:
Merry Christmous Everyone wrote:
Jenu-All I Want For Christmas wrote:Tree has gone up in reception at work today. :toot:

People were putting it up as I walked in this morning and I made a comment saying "Nice, tree's going up!" Not sure if I had a sarcastic tone or whether those working on it we're just pissed off but my comment was greeted with a "if you think you can do better than do it your strawberry floating self!"

Gotta love that XMAS spirit! :slol:


Wow :lol:

Perhaps they'd had a few sarcastic comments earlier and resentment was building up?


Sounds to me like they just knew Jenny

How dare you! :capnscotty:



Tbf this is probably the reason :lol:

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PostRe: When do you put up your Christmas Tree?
by Kezzer » Wed Dec 04, 2019 1:49 pm

pro tip for tree putter uppers, when decorating with lights make sure you squint at the tree, it blurs the foliage and you see where there are gaps nice and easy

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