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When should Xmas trees go up?

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EW NEWBIE

Latest post on 19 November 2011 - 13:47

Can't for the life of me think! Is there a "traditional" date? My kids are driving me nuts nagging!

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Latest post on 21 November 2011 - 10:33

we normally put it early december , as soon as i get the tree , as we get fresh trees, by if i had my way i would have it all year long!!!

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EW NEWBIE

Latest post on 21 November 2011 - 10:08

My kids are nagging to decorate, but I refuse to do it until December. :)

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EW GURU

Latest post on 21 November 2011 - 09:56

There's no golden rule for when decorations go up. When I was a child my parents slowly started decorating starting on the first advent when the advent wreath came out. The advent calendar also started on December 1st. Usually at the end of the first week of December my mother would go out to a friend's farm to cut branches of bittersweet vines to decorate the house with, and the tree usually went up two weeks before Christmas along with the rest of the decorations. Everything stayed up till Epiphany, January 6th. We haven't decorated for Christmas out here in Dubai as we've always gone home for Christmas. I like taking the boys from the land of sun and sand and suddenly plunging them into "Christmas" at Grandma and Grandpa's house literally overnight.

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EW MASTER

Latest post on 21 November 2011 - 09:33

After National Day and all that excitement is finished! :) Can't deal with too much happening at the same time :D We always leave putting the tree up till Christmas Eve, and tradition has it you're supposed to take it down on Twelfth Night (6th January, the Epiphany or Feast of the Kings), but in Geneva, we used to leave it up for as long as possible to cheer us up through the dark winter days :) MS, I can't figure out who you are, but do you have anything to do with Alex's shoes?

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EW NEWBIE

Latest post on 21 November 2011 - 09:21

National Day weekend, always. Can't wait!!!

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EW NEWBIE

Latest post on 20 November 2011 - 22:12

@DubaiCat is it the album with Robbie Williams on it too doing a funny song, and the Spice Girls covering 'Xmas Wrapping'? If so, I possibly have it in my stuff coming over from the UK!

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EW NEWBIE

Latest post on 20 November 2011 - 13:41

Previous to Dubai... ours went up right before December and came down after New Years Day. This year we have guests galore coming out here to celebrate. So, I have already started getting the xmas stuff out. The tree is up but, everything else will wait for a week. I have to admit that I am just as excited to be touching all my ole decorations as we are not used to a sunny November and warm winter. This will be an interesting season for our Family.

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Latest post on 20 November 2011 - 13:37

Always do my tree and decs on 1st Dec and I take them all down on the 1st Jan...

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EW GURU

Latest post on 20 November 2011 - 11:28

when we started our own family we decided to put our tree up on the 1st december ( as opposed to our familys putting ours up when little on 24th dec.) but as we are away till 9th dec we have put ours up already so its all done for when we return. i have to say it looks lovely and all the lights i have put around too.:)

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Latest post on 20 November 2011 - 09:29

Yet again, though, I'm mourning the loss of my favourite Christmas album. I always used to play it when I put the tree up and I took it home a few years ago, played it at Mum's for a couple of weeks and then took it up to my sister's on Christmas Day and it's never been seen since. In case anyone might have a copy, it's a Now! compilation but I think it must have been a Far East version as I got it in Singapore in about 2002/2003 and haven't ever been able to find any record of it online since. It's got Spice Girls, Britney Spears, John Denver, Kate Winslet and a load more on there. Here's hoping! :D

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EW NEWBIE

Latest post on 20 November 2011 - 09:26

Ooh Christmas tunes! I am desperate to put mine up (dont even have kids) and resisting until the 1st. However, Christmas tunes may be played from now on....;-)

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EW EXPERT

Latest post on 19 November 2011 - 20:56

December 1 in this house. Although we did have a little go with the Christmas tunes on the iPod today... :D.

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Latest post on 19 November 2011 - 20:53

mines going up today! :\:

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Latest post on 19 November 2011 - 20:48

I wanted to order my fresh Christmas tree this past week in spinneys to be informed no orders taken until 1st week of December. Very late for ordering but maybe order and delivery will go together , I don't know Does anyone know any more ?

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EW GURU

Latest post on 19 November 2011 - 20:43

Any time after the first day of advent is fair game :). The first Sunday of advent 2011 is 27th November. It comes down on twelfth night. Or when I can be bothered. So if you're driving through the streets of Fujairah in February and wondering why the lights are still on in one of the windows...

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Latest post on 19 November 2011 - 20:40

we put ours up 2nd weekend in December, so this year 9th or 10th...and it always comes down before the 12 days after Christmas have passed, usually before school resumes

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Latest post on 19 November 2011 - 17:10

We always put the tree up on 16 December growing up. Now we put it up on 1 december but parents stick to the 16th tradition. We always take it down 12 days after xmas.

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Latest post on 19 November 2011 - 17:09

We always put the tree up on 16 December growing up. Now we put it up on 1 december but parents stick to the 16th tradition. We always take it down 12 days after xmas.

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EW NEWBIE

Latest post on 19 November 2011 - 16:22

After National Day and all that excitement is finished! :) Can't deal with too much happening at the same time :D

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EW GURU

Latest post on 19 November 2011 - 15:56

When I was a child it always went up the day after school broke up for the holidays. When we didn't have DD it was the Saturday before Christmas and came down nearest Saturday to New Year. Now we have DD it is going up 2 weeks before Christmas as her Grandparents leave the next day and hopefully will make them feel part of it all.

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Latest post on 19 November 2011 - 15:23

Ours has always gone up 7 days before Christmas Day which was always enough for us even when the kids were young. A friend said that she saw a tree up last WEEK in a neighbouring village!! It's personal preference of course but in my view, putting them up before December is way too early.

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EW NEWBIE

Latest post on 19 November 2011 - 15:17

Thanks ladies- will try to hang out to the 1st dec then!

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Latest post on 19 November 2011 - 14:18

Riham on the main page it has at the top add new thread thats where you put your new topic. Welcome :)

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Latest post on 19 November 2011 - 14:06

hello ladies, im new to this websiteb and i cant figure out how to add a new topic, this is why im replying to a msg.can somebdoy help me become friendlier to this website? thank you

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Latest post on 19 November 2011 - 14:01

We always put ours up Dec 1st but in the states a lot of people put theirs up the day after Thanksgiving mainly b/c they have that four day weekend to drag all the decorations out of storage and get things set up.

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Latest post on 19 November 2011 - 13:48

mines going up today!

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