Is it time to decorate for Christmas?

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1. Christmas in my country comes after the New Year, so we start to decorate for winter holidays closer to December 30.

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   • It’s great that you are able to wait until then, I am probably going to decorate this weekend.

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2. We don’t celebrate Christmas so I have no idea. Though I have seen some Christmas trees put up in the malls.

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   • The more holidays, the better. 🙂

3. We have Christmas with no snow as it is summer and we don’t get snow anyway. I do put a few decorations up

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   • I have always wanted to experience Christmas in the Southern hemisphere. I remember some beautiful trees are blooming there for Christmas, you have mentioned it in your post before.

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4. hate decorating for xmas. but usually get guilted into it anyway…

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   • Are there professional Christmas decorators? Sounds like a good business idea.

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     • they exist and rich folks in big cities use them

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       • I am late again, lol.

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         • you don’t have to be FTM, just have the best service and/or business model…

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5. I like Christmas but I do not decorate. People should start decorating in December no before

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   • Thank you for sharing your opinion!

6. I start decorating outside between the 1st and 15th of November. Inside it is usually around mid December

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   • It’s nice you create holiday mood for the people who pass by. 🙂

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7. I do not decorate any more. It has become co commercialized and a hard time of the year for me.

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   • You are right about it being too commercialized. The holidays can be a rough time indeed.

8. I used to get the Christmas blues a lot but always love celebrating when my mom was alive and when we lived in NYC. Then mom and I moved to Riga, Latvia and I met my soul mate and we had great Christmases. Now my mom has been gone for ages and in 2017 my love died and I returned to the US and now I have the Christmas blues again and I decorate if I am in the mood and at least put up a small artificial tree but I usually do that about a week before Christmas.

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   • I am so sorry for your loss, I hope you have cozy and warm holidays!

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9. Christmas is my favorite holiday. I start decorating in mid-December. In my opinion, some start decorating a little too early.

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   • It’s true that if we start too early, we may lose our excitement until the holiday comes.

10. I decorate the Christmas tree around December 15th, dear Ellie

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    • I don’t think I can wait until then, haha.

      • If I put it too soon, then I get the feeling that when the holidays come I lose that right mood … I get tired of it by the holidays

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        • That’s true too, a very good point!

          • I put it in mid-December and usually tear it down in mid-January … one month is enough

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11. Though I don’t really celebrate Christmas, I like to decorate my house and have some activities with my kids for Christmas. I usually decorate it just before or around 1 December. This year, my kids started to decorate it two days ago. My eldest told me there are only two more weeks to 1 December, so it’s time to decorate and start counting down. We have some activities for advent.

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    • I remember when I was little, I was so impatient for the holidays too. Children’s excitement is beautiful and contagious.

12. Our family used to put up Christmas decorations a week before D-day, but not anymore. Malls and shopping centers have done it.

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    • I love decorating for Christmas, but I don’t have Christmas mood yet. Maybe soon. 🙂

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      • The mood will come in time, take it easy. No one is chasing and being chased…?

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        • Absolutely! It’s too early anyway, it’s the time to enjoy November. 🙂

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          • That’s right, I’m even enjoying the November Rain by Guns N’ Roses… It’s better if it doesn’t pass quickly…

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        • Great song indeed! Will make sure to listen to it during the next rain instead of complaining about the weather, hehe.

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          • Make sure you also sing while listening to it so that I can enjoy your beautiful voice from here.

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        • Haha, my voice is definitely not something to enjoy, especially while singing. 😀

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          • That’s hard to believe since you are an X-Factor winner.

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        • Shht, I don’t want people to know that, they always ask me for an autograph or to sing for them. 😀

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          • Take it easy. I will not tell anyone.

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13. It has become a commercial mess honestly. Because there are 6 fewer sales days between US Thanksgiving and Christmas, the large US retailers are pushing more and more earlier!

    The same is true in the EU. it is very sad.

    I wonder sometimes is we have forgotten something in the rush to decorate.

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    • I agree about the commercial mess. However, I think that decorations create a nice mood and I love them.

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      • i love the decorations but I can’t maintain cheer for 50 days. 🙂

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        • Haha, that’s a good point!

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14. To be honest … I haven’t been decorating for Christmas for a long time. I was doing this when the kids were living with me. Now I no longer feel the need to decorate.

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    • Sometimes decorating create a nice Christmas mood even if you didn’t have it in the beginning.

15. I am always very late when it comes to decorations , I only start around the 20th but Not sure if I will decorate this year. I don’t feel like celebrating Christmas anymore.

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    • I am not in the mood yet, but once the decorations are put, I think the mood will come too. 🙂

16. We may be putting up the decorations next weekend since December is already in the corner.

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    • I have been thinking about putting them soon, but I don’t thave the Christmas mood yet.

17. You may have read my posts about christmas parties for the less privileged. I normally plan them right form August but this year for some reason I have not yet started getting my act together.

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    • I hope you have enough time to plan it this year!

18. Christmas is an exciting holiday but I personally think that the decorations are up way too early. Also since I do not have children, I would much rather have a quiet Christmas any day… But for most people Christmas is for spoiling, celebrating with family and having fun. Most do not remember that it is a Christian holiday… But this is just my humble opinion…

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    • I have been thinking about it too, and I came to the conclusion that it’s okay even if people are not religious and still celebrate Christmas for the reasons you mentioned, like spending time with the family or just having a good time in general. However, I don’t like its over-commercialization.

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