Burning Question: Premature Decoration?
Ok, Christmas decorations. How soon is too soon to put them up? With stores beginning to display them on Halloween Day (someone even mentioned seeing Valentine’s Day stuff already at Target!) we’re dying to know what everyone thinks about this phenomenon. Are some of you so giddy for the holidays that you’re turning on the Christmas music in October? Are others so miffed by the ever-encroaching seasonal spirit that you go on a decorating strike until the week before Christmas? In short, if you were elected as the official person in charge of picking the exact date for people to start decorating (and no one could deviate), what date would it be?
And while we’re on the subject, how long after the holiday season are lights and seasonal decor permitted to be on display? Is there a two week rule? Do people get a month of leeway? Do tell.
Image courtesy of Inhabitat.
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I like decorating over the Thanksgiving weekend. It’s easier because we (usually) have a long weekend to focus on it and then we have a whole month or more (we can be slow to take things down). To enjoy it. I’m ok with stores setting up right after Halloween but not ok with homeowners doing it.
I started decorating on November 15th – the absolute earliest I have ever started. I actually really liked it because when December rolled around, I was already done decorating – I even had time to bake a few things for an early December party we were hosting and I wasn’t rushing to decorate, bake and shop all at the same time. I think I am going to do that again in the coming years. Ukrainian families also leave their tree up until after Christmas on Jan 7th (according to the Julian Calendar). Happy Holidays Everyone!!
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We (I) decorate the first weekend of December including putting up our tree. We leave everything decorated until the 12th day of Christmas which is January 6, Epiphany.