markuk Posted December 5, 2005 Share Posted December 5, 2005 If you have xmas tree and celebrate then when do most people put the tree up? Generally leave mine till xmas eve but thinking of earlier this year!! M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopburi3 Posted December 5, 2005 Share Posted December 5, 2005 With artificial trees anytime. Hotels already have them up. Back when we cut them from the woods of New Hampshire it used to less than about a week early or they would dry out too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george Posted December 5, 2005 Share Posted December 5, 2005 Never mind. In Thailand it's common to have Christmas decorations all year around Mai bpen rai! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incalclickable Posted December 5, 2005 Share Posted December 5, 2005 I think its all up to familly tradition, some families have the tradition that Santa brings the tree so they do it like you've said you did in the past, the night before. IMHO I love the smell a really nice tree brings to the house and how early really depends on how fresh it is. I just helped my parents get theirs into the stand and its in the garage probably for another week. Its been my experience that the sooner you can get it out of the hands of the seller the better, even if its just to let it sit outside your house in a bucket of water. But then again its 35-40 degrees here so you may not have the option. But still if its already been cut and its just sitting on the ground at the sellers lot Id say go grab it and if room permits it keep it somewhere in a bucket of water. Its only going to get worse and worse laying on the ground without water. My folks got a 11 footer this year, going to be fun trying to fit the big ass star they have for the top on it. Plus the kids love looking at it, so the sooner the better IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoophound Posted December 5, 2005 Share Posted December 5, 2005 My dear old mum says 12 days before and down 12 days after. With artificial trees anytime. Hotels already have them up. Back when we cut them from the woods of New Hampshire it used to less than about a week early or they would dry out too much. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buadhai Posted December 5, 2005 Share Posted December 5, 2005 Our family tradition was always to decorate for Christmas during the Thanksgiving holiday. (That would be the weekend after the 4th Thursday in November.) Decorations down on New Year's Day. This year we were a little late. Tree went up Thanksgiving weekend, but I just got the lights on the house up yesterday.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neeranam Posted December 5, 2005 Share Posted December 5, 2005 Wise advice from George. You should see the look on Thai faces when you tell them it is unlucky to keep the decorations up for longer than 12 days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoophound Posted December 5, 2005 Share Posted December 5, 2005 Wise advice from George.You should see the look on Thai faces when you tell them it is unlucky to keep the decorations up for longer than 12 days! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hehehe Yep many thai abodes have that ersatz feel all year round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbt71fa Posted December 5, 2005 Share Posted December 5, 2005 on Thanksgiving Day...EVERYBODY knows that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lampard10 Posted December 5, 2005 Share Posted December 5, 2005 I've got enough decorations with the strange characters that hang around the pub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickerelastic Posted December 5, 2005 Share Posted December 5, 2005 My dear old mum says 12 days before and down 12 days after. That's what I do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobra Posted December 5, 2005 Share Posted December 5, 2005 Day after Thanksgiving, That's synchronized to when all the Malls start assaulting us with pre-sales and the endless loop of Little Drummer Boy, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markuk Posted December 5, 2005 Author Share Posted December 5, 2005 on Thanksgiving Day...EVERYBODY knows that. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hmmm i am not american and have no idea when or why you have Thanksgiving - after all why would i..... bit like WORLD series knowledge eh?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbt71fa Posted December 5, 2005 Share Posted December 5, 2005 on Thanksgiving Day...EVERYBODY knows that. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hmmm i am not american and have no idea when or why you have Thanksgiving - after all why would i..... bit like WORLD series knowledge eh?? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> yes, it is a test. Kinda like, "who held the home run record before McGwuire broke it?"...Ha, you're not one of us!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buadhai Posted December 5, 2005 Share Posted December 5, 2005 Hmmm i am not american and have no idea when or why you have Thanksgiving - after all why would i..... bit like WORLD series knowledge eh?? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I told you when Thanksgiving is earlier in the thread: "...the 4th Thursday in November." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoophound Posted December 5, 2005 Share Posted December 5, 2005 Irelevant to anywhere outside of the good ole USA Hmmm i am not american and have no idea when or why you have Thanksgiving - after all why would i..... bit like WORLD series knowledge eh?? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I told you when Thanksgiving is earlier in the thread: "...the 4th Thursday in November." <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbojangles Posted December 5, 2005 Share Posted December 5, 2005 I never put decorations up, bah humbug. Occassionally i have been known to throw a bit of Tinsel on my Yukka plant but only when i am feeling VERY festive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadman Posted December 5, 2005 Share Posted December 5, 2005 My dear old mum says 12 days before and down 12 days after. We go with this one, too. Certainly, the decorations need to come down on 12th night (5th January). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chang_paarp Posted December 5, 2005 Share Posted December 5, 2005 (edited) on Thanksgiving Day...EVERYBODY knows that. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> When is thanksgiving? Edited December 5, 2005 by Chang_paarp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbt71fa Posted December 5, 2005 Share Posted December 5, 2005 on Thanksgiving Day...EVERYBODY knows that. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> When is thanksgiving? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> BOW DOWN TO CORPORATE AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbt71fa Posted December 5, 2005 Share Posted December 5, 2005 Irelevant to anywhere outside of the good ole USA Hmmm i am not american and have no idea when or why you have Thanksgiving - after all why would i..... bit like WORLD series knowledge eh?? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I told you when Thanksgiving is earlier in the thread: "...the 4th Thursday in November." <{POST_SNAPBACK}> <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yea, but who cares what the rest of 'em think. We have more nukes than them Thanksgiving is when the Dallas Cowboys play somebody whoever and my family pigs out the enire day...man, I miss those days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markuk Posted December 5, 2005 Author Share Posted December 5, 2005 Irelevant to anywhere outside of the good ole USA Hmmm i am not american and have no idea when or why you have Thanksgiving - after all why would i..... bit like WORLD series knowledge eh?? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I told you when Thanksgiving is earlier in the thread: "...the 4th Thursday in November." <{POST_SNAPBACK}> <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Exactly - and should have no reference to Xmas trees? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lomatopo Posted December 5, 2005 Share Posted December 5, 2005 In my family it was usually cut, up and decorated a few days before Christmas, Dec. 21 oe 22. It always stayed up for the twelve days of Christmas (Dec. 25 - Jan. 5, Jan. 6 being Epiphany). However most people (in New England/U.S.A.) seem to put them up a bit earlier, and they are out for trash day the first Monday after Christmas. I stayed with friends in the U.S.A. earlier this week and they had a tree, sitting in a bucket of water in the garage, but had not yet put it up. It was a fine looking tree too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incalclickable Posted December 5, 2005 Share Posted December 5, 2005 Irelevant to anywhere outside of the good ole USA Hmmm i am not american and have no idea when or why you have Thanksgiving - after all why would i..... bit like WORLD series knowledge eh?? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I told you when Thanksgiving is earlier in the thread: "...the 4th Thursday in November." <{POST_SNAPBACK}> <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yea, but who cares what the rest of 'em think. We have more nukes than them Thanksgiving is when the Dallas Cowboys play somebody whoever and my family pigs out the enire day...man, I miss those days! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> http://www.compfused.com/directlink/1059/ GBA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuky Posted December 6, 2005 Share Posted December 6, 2005 In my family we used to put the tree up as ealry as possible, my Mum would then play nothing but carols. As nausiating as it was I do miss those days, my wife does not understand the xmas deal and I hve been in muslim countries for xmas since we have been married anyway. I have promised myself that as soon as my children are old enough to enjoy it I am going to make sure I am home and do my best to give them the xmas tht I had when I was a kid. The reasons behind xmas do not matter at all to me, it is the idea of one day a year where we can all celebrate my, and my kids culture. Merry Xmas to all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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