Christmas season discussions. (2025)

[farce©]

I did real trees for years, but it’s a bigger mess and I got tied of it. I bought an artificial tree but not a green one….I'm not trying to fool anybody. I bought a fake prelit white tree. We typically go out of town for Christmas and I don’t like coming back to take down decorations so ours are minimal.

 

[1moretimeagain]

Florida air force base orders residents to take down Christmas decor

Families say the housing contractor’s strict timing rules dampen holiday spirit on the base

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Military HOA says no decorations before thanksgiving.

 

[dukeman92]

The Friday after Thanksgiving is when the Christmas season starts.

Period.

I never thought I’d say this, but… I agree with @ZenMode

I feel dirty.

 

[SnoopRob]

We'll put up our tree and decorations on Friday, after Thanksgiving, as God intended.

Except for the cute outdoor Rudolph I bought last year. He's so adorable that after Christmas I didn't want to take him down immediately and now he's lived next to my steps all year. We'll see how long he makes it post-Christmas this year.

 

[ZenMode]

Where's that written . . ?

In the stars.

 

[BillyL]

In the stars.

LOL . . . Oh yeah, those mother effing stars . . !
It's not exactly the reply I most expected from you but, yeah okay . .

 

[Centerpiece]

It was a beautiful spring day here, mid 70’s… just doesn’t feel like Christmastime yet, tho I know that time is near. A couple houses are already decorated in town.
Getting a live tree on Wednesday before Thanksgiving (the tree farms are always packed the day after Thanksgiving and Thanksgiving weekend, I’ve learned to grab ours the day before.)

 

[wmheel1287]

I usually like decorating and putting out lights but just hard for me to get into it this year.

Yes...I was Clark Griswold until last year and I just didnt want to do it any longer. That stretched into this year as well. Im OK with it. I think I realized I was doing it for the recognition of it and not because I actually enjoyed it myself. I totally love the decorations others put out, but just no longer care to do it myself.

 

[heelinhell]

The better video is from our favorite Xmas movie, Love Actually... The young girl is fantastic !

 

[donbosco]

They don't have Thanksgiving here in Guatemala so Christmas started on Friday (but many decorations were already up when I arrived on Tuesday).

 

[ZenMode]

 

[Wheels81]

Like the reformed Scrooge, I “honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.”

 

[Icky Mettle]

When I was a kid, my parents called me Mr. Christmas around the holidays because I was always so excited to get all the decorations out and do anything Christmasy. Back then, most people didn’t start decorating until around mid-December and we were no different.

As much as I loved all the decorating when I was a kid, as a single adult I never put out a single decoration. I liked seeing other people’s, but didn’t bother to do any decorating myself.

Then after my wife and I moved into our house together 13 years ago, we decided to get a tree. My wife is Jewish and had never had a tree in her home before. She actually got very emotional when we put it up.

Two years later, we had our first kid, and from then on I started going all out on holiday decorations.

 

[Ramrouser]

Thank you for allowing me to do what I wish, very generous of you.
Isn't it just great to have the freedom to do such . . ?

It’s a thread about Christmas tree season and you attack me for simply giving my opinion of what my family tradition is regarding our tree and decorating traditions. I’ve already said you do what you like to do so no reason for snark, but that’s simply par for the course. Always angry all the time.

I bet she's excited for the Christmas season each year since she makes $3M per year off "All I want for Christmas."

 

[dukeman92]

Always the victim.

 

[tallheel95]

The day after Thanksgiving is the earliest I'll decorate! My husband is allergic to Christmas trees, so we got a fake one a few years back. It doesn't hold quite the same allure but I've adjusted. Plus no needles in the house. However, this year I've decided to get a real tree and put it on the back porch, so I can sit out there and smell the spruce.

I do love the warm glow of the lights and experiencing the season with the kids. Kinda wish presents weren't involved and that it was just basically time off of work and a season of peace and relaxation.

 

[Ddseddse]

Not today, Santa, not today.

Your time comin', but not today.

 

[heelinhell]

Yes...I was Clark Griswold until last year and I just didnt want to do it any longer. That stretched into this year as well. Im OK with it. I think I realized I was doing it for the recognition of it and not because I actually enjoyed it myself. I totally love the decorations others put out, but just no longer care to do it myself.

I am a Clark Griswold wanting a good old fashioned Pap Pap Christmas year after year and this year will be no different.

I don't have a 20 foot Xmas tree
I don't do the thousands of lights on the house
I don't have the tacky stuff in the front yard
I don't have the crazy relatives

But I am Clark in the attic watching the old Xmas films and reminiscing about the fond memories of our Pap Pap celebrations before.

I so love the Christmas season and just wish the radical socialist liberal Dems would stop declaring war on Christmas each year

 

[C-Money]

Anyone else go to Northgate Mall in Durham in the 1980s and 1990s and remember the singing bears they had at Christmas? They would have someone inside the house that would talk to people through one of the bears, too.

 

[C-Money]

I want Christmas lights like this.

26K views · 886 reactions | Watch this Christmas light show bring two legendary songs to life! 🎄✨ Synchronized to Prince's '1999' and Michael Jackson's 'Billie Jean,' this display combines iconic music with festive lights for a holiday experience lik

Watch this Christmas light show bring two legendary songs to life! 🎄✨ Synchronized to Prince's '1999' and Michael Jackson's 'Billie Jean,' this display combines iconic music with festive lights for a...

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