Belly35
Posts: 9,716
Nov 5, 2010 3:25pm
Christmas Tree… now
Each year we put up three Christmas Trees …. I know crazy
The wife is talking putting up two of the trees before Thanksgiving…. Does anyone do this?
Each year we put up three Christmas Trees …. I know crazy
The wife is talking putting up two of the trees before Thanksgiving…. Does anyone do this?
OneBuckeye
Posts: 5,888
Nov 5, 2010 3:36pm
No. That is nuts. It ruins Thanksgiving and the time that is supposed to be designated for Christmas.
darbypitcher22
Posts: 8,000
Nov 5, 2010 3:44pm
i could deal w/ the day after thanksgiving or something like that, but not three weeks before it
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mella
Posts: 647
Nov 5, 2010 3:48pm
Christmas does not exist until the day after Thanksgiving. Its like hiding the easter candy before Valentines day. Do people shoot off fireworks on May 4th? STOP THE INSANITY!!!! I'm waiting for stores to have Christmas all year long.
NWIndianNation01
Posts: 996
Nov 5, 2010 3:48pm
I don't believe any Christmas decorations should be put up before Thanksgiving...it is just wrong. I agree that the day after is fine to start.
Belly35
Posts: 9,716
Nov 5, 2010 4:32pm
Guys I agree... the reasoning from my wife is... my daughter in Chicago is coming home for thanksgiving and my wife want her to enjoy the decoration ..... She wants the formal living room tree up and the Muffy VanderBear (North American Bear Company) tree up (collection of all the Christmas Bears)
What the hell ..... each tree takes two days to put up ....
Reason for not putting up (artificial) trees?
Come on guys I need help to battle the evil forces of Christmas anticipation
What the hell ..... each tree takes two days to put up ....
Reason for not putting up (artificial) trees?
Come on guys I need help to battle the evil forces of Christmas anticipation
CenterBHSFan
Posts: 6,115
Nov 5, 2010 4:54pm
If you wife is busy makin sammiches, she won't have time to put up a tree.
YIKES! Did I just say that?
YIKES! Did I just say that?
j_crazy
Posts: 8,372
Nov 5, 2010 5:00pm
belly lives at walmart.
them sum bitches got 20 christmas trees up already.
them sum bitches got 20 christmas trees up already.
krambman
Posts: 3,606
Nov 5, 2010 5:26pm
We had a family in our church that used to have elaborate themed trees in each room of their house so they would begin decorating them on early October because it would take so long to get them all done.
Honestly, I think that the only Christmas decorations that should be up before Thanksgiving are Christmas lights because you don't want to wait until it's too cold to hang them. However, they should not be turned on before Thanksgiving.
Now, if you are having family over on Thanksgiving and you're going to do Christmas with them then, then I think it would be okay to put up a few decorations, but put them up the week of, not three weeks before.
Honestly, I think that the only Christmas decorations that should be up before Thanksgiving are Christmas lights because you don't want to wait until it's too cold to hang them. However, they should not be turned on before Thanksgiving.
Now, if you are having family over on Thanksgiving and you're going to do Christmas with them then, then I think it would be okay to put up a few decorations, but put them up the week of, not three weeks before.
Stiffman
Posts: 512
Nov 5, 2010 6:00pm
CenterBHSFan;546048 wrote:If you wife is busy makin sammiches, she won't have time to put up a tree.
YIKES! Did I just say that?
Amen Preacher!
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tk421
Posts: 8,500
Nov 5, 2010 10:05pm
We haven't put up a tree for years. Does that make us un american? 
KR1245
Posts: 4,317
Nov 5, 2010 10:29pm
My gf is a Christmas freak, she put our tree up on Monday night. I dont really get it but it seems to make her happy, doesnt really matter to me
Scarlet_Buckeye
Posts: 5,264
Nov 6, 2010 12:28pm
With the reasoning that you have a daughter coming in, go for it.
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I Wear Pants
Posts: 16,223
Nov 6, 2010 4:08pm
My mom is having me put up the tree within the week. She is a Christmas person. I'm not particularly but it doesn't bother me and she likes it.
Cat Food Flambe'
Posts: 1,230
Nov 7, 2010 5:15pm
Belly.. Man up and toe the line HERE. This is reindeer's nose in the tent...
If you give in here, next comes the Christmas music piped into every room in the house starting on Halloween night... then the taped Andy Williams Christmas Specials on the DVD player mid September.
In three years, a Christmas tree in every room, set up by Labor Day.
Finally - you have to dress as Santa Claus every day after Thanksgiving.
At this point, you will be stripped of your Man Card, and cast into the outer darkness of German Village wearing nothing but a pair of red felt boxer shorts and a green pair of elf slippers (along with a sprig of mistletoe stapled to your navel).
Fight the good fight, brother!
If you give in here, next comes the Christmas music piped into every room in the house starting on Halloween night... then the taped Andy Williams Christmas Specials on the DVD player mid September.
In three years, a Christmas tree in every room, set up by Labor Day.
Finally - you have to dress as Santa Claus every day after Thanksgiving.
At this point, you will be stripped of your Man Card, and cast into the outer darkness of German Village wearing nothing but a pair of red felt boxer shorts and a green pair of elf slippers (along with a sprig of mistletoe stapled to your navel).
Fight the good fight, brother!
Belly35
Posts: 9,716
Nov 7, 2010 8:37pm
Cat Food Flambe';549101 wrote:Belly.. Man up and toe the line HERE. This is reindeer's nose in the tent...
If you give in here, next comes the Christmas music piped into every room in the house starting on Halloween night... then the taped Andy Williams Christmas Specials on the DVD player mid September.
In three years, a Christmas tree in every room, set up by Labor Day.
Finally - you have to dress as Santa Claus every day after Thanksgiving.
At this point, you will be stripped of your Man Card, and cast into the outer darkness of German Village wearing nothing but a pair of red felt boxer shorts and a green pair of elf slippers (along with a sprig of mistletoe stapled to your navel).
Fight the good fight, brother!
I have failed my fellow man ..today both tree when up (said wench will decorate) and the window wrath hung along with the apple fan and door swag draped………..I am battered and sore my fellow men.
Hold fast that volley of thy first stone bro……
……………hard work and labor pays off with favors………..
Let thy lesson be learned from those of aging wisdom ….. upping two pine can lead to laying some wood
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bigkahuna
Posts: 4,454
Nov 7, 2010 8:45pm
My mom has a mini 4 foot tree that she puts up in the basement every year on top of their big screen. She usually does it around this time, BUT it's a Michigan/OSU tree with ornaments of both. We are Michigan fans and my step dad is an OSU fan. They have the House Divided Flag up on the wall and the tree is the centerpiece to the Michigan/OSU shrine. Obviously she does it so early because it's leading up to The Game.
Cat Food Flambe'
Posts: 1,230
Nov 7, 2010 9:56pm
Belly35;549423 wrote:I have failed my fellow man ..today both tree when up (said wench will decorate) and the window wrath hung along with the apple fan and door swag draped………..I am battered and sore my fellow men.
Hold fast that volley of thy first stone bro……
……………hard work and labor pays off with favors………..
Let thy lesson be learned from those of aging wisdom ….. upping two pine can lead to laying some wood
Ah, yes, Belly-San...
It is true that the scent of pine needles has an aphrodisiac-like effect on the female of the species - as long as you drive a hard bargain. This is how Lady D'Friskies' black leather elf outfit came to be...
ernest_t_bass
Posts: 24,984
Nov 8, 2010 8:45am
I wait until December 26st.
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jamaicabraden
Posts: 1
Nov 8, 2010 9:36am
We'll be putting up our ownn realistic Christmas trees this week. Just can't wait! 47 days to go before Christmas! 
ernest_t_bass
Posts: 24,984
Nov 8, 2010 9:37am
jamaicabraden;549897 wrote:We'll be putting up our ownn realistic Christmas trees this week. Just can't wait! 47 days to go before Christmas!
Those prices are ridiculous!
tk421
Posts: 8,500
Nov 8, 2010 4:32pm
"Alright chop down that tree and bring it in here. Take all these lights and put them out there. Oh, I got to get a job."
Make sure you all decorate your trees for Jesus.
Make sure you all decorate your trees for Jesus.
1_beast
Posts: 5,642
Nov 8, 2010 4:55pm
ernest_t_bass;549868 wrote:I wait until December 26st.
i thought it was December 26rd