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When do you put your Christmas tree up, Fabsters?
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If I had my way Xmas eve then down day after boxing Day, however as Mrs (jools)is a Christmas fanatic probably the beginning of December and down end of January.
I'm already done with Xmas and it's not even here yet.
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It's not even officially Halloween yet! 
(though that seems to last a whole month now too).
Why does everything have to last forever?
Some people have been taking about Christmas all October!
I was going to say it's like being 12 again, but to be frank when I was 12 we simply didn't so this.
What gives?
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By *piderBunnyCouple 27 weeks ago
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"It's not even officially Halloween yet!
(though that seems to last a whole month now too).
Why does everything have to last forever?
Some people have been taking about Christmas all October!
I was going to say it's like being 12 again, but to be frank when I was 12 we simply didn't so this.
What gives?
pt"
I've been talking Christmas since June. But that's because I have to start making Christmas decorations for market then.
When I was 12 I'm pretty sure we talked about Christmas a lot of the year, on and off... we were excited. Some people love it and it's gorgeous to see the enthusiasm!
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Last year I put ours up mid-November because we were going on holiday and I didn’t want the faff to when we got home in December.
This year we’ve got a 40kg German Shepherd pup to contend with so I’ll be lucky if I get 3 days out of a tree  |
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By *anBerks OP Man 27 weeks ago
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"Fuck a duck!! Good point Dan!! I’m going in for a big op end of November so mine will be up on the 26th November. "
Good luck with the op my lovely - sending all the best wishes to you! 
Hopefully the house will be lovely and festive for your recuperation at home xx  |
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"Fuck a duck!! Good point Dan!! I’m going in for a big op end of November so mine will be up on the 26th November.
Good luck with the op my lovely - sending all the best wishes to you!
Hopefully the house will be lovely and festive for your recuperation at home xx "
Thanks Dan dreading the op but looking forward to December off work in my pjs eating all the Christmas goodies!! |
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"Fuck a duck!! Good point Dan!! I’m going in for a big op end of November so mine will be up on the 26th November.
Good luck with the op my lovely - sending all the best wishes to you!
Hopefully the house will be lovely and festive for your recuperation at home xx
Thanks Dan dreading the op but looking forward to December off work in my pjs eating all the Christmas goodies!! "
will there be some of your special brownies? I may pop over |
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"It's not even officially Halloween yet!
(though that seems to last a whole month now too).
Why does everything have to last forever?
Some people have been taking about Christmas all October!
I was going to say it's like being 12 again, but to be frank when I was 12 we simply didn't so this.
What gives?
pt
I've been talking Christmas since June. But that's because I have to start making Christmas decorations for market then.
When I was 12 I'm pretty sure we talked about Christmas a lot of the year, on and off... we were excited. Some people love it and it's gorgeous to see the enthusiasm!
Posh
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It's only a fun post I know, but is the OP 12 though?
We are but 2 days from Nov with Halloween in between (November being a time people like me will just put up with it OP!) - talk about excitable!!
When I was 12, on October 30th I thought about Halloween (though it wasn't quite so huge back then), not Christmas!
But it's consumerism all year now, that's what I'm getting at I think.
A lot of that iconography is about the Winter solstice too. Seasonal greetings, like the gaudy tree. We are just not there yet though, let alone the Catholic date for the birth of Christ!
To some people it's like seeing their life fly past at hyperspeed.
When I was a kid it was about birthdays, Easter, half-terms, Tournaments, the Summer hols, Halloween, Bonfire Night.. we honestly didn't think about Christmas all-year round at all. It's something that 'hit' in November because it was the next thing in line.
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"If I had my way Xmas eve then down day after boxing Day, however as Mrs (jools)is a Christmas fanatic probably the beginning of December and down end of January.
I'm already done with Xmas and it's not even here yet.
Baaa humbug "
As I live on my own, I dont even bother putting a tree up or bother with trimmings
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By *anBerks OP Man 27 weeks ago
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"It's not even officially Halloween yet!
(though that seems to last a whole month now too).
Why does everything have to last forever?
Some people have been taking about Christmas all October!
I was going to say it's like being 12 again, but to be frank when I was 12 we simply didn't so this.
What gives?
pt
I've been talking Christmas since June. But that's because I have to start making Christmas decorations for market then.
When I was 12 I'm pretty sure we talked about Christmas a lot of the year, on and off... we were excited. Some people love it and it's gorgeous to see the enthusiasm!
Posh
It's only a fun post I know, but is the OP 12 though?
We are but 2 days from Nov with Halloween in between (November being a time people like me will just put up with it OP!) - talk about excitable!!
When I was 12, on October 30th I thought about Halloween (though it wasn't quite so huge back then), not Christmas!
But it's consumerism all year now, that's what I'm getting at I think.
A lot of that iconography is about the Winter solstice too. Seasonal greetings, like the gaudy tree. We are just not there yet though, let alone the Catholic date for the birth of Christ!
To some people it's like seeing their life fly past at hyperspeed.
When I was a kid it was about birthdays, Easter, half-terms, Tournaments, the Summer hols, Halloween, Bonfire Night.. we honestly didn't think about Christmas all-year round at all. It's something that 'hit' in November because it was the next thing in line.
pt"
“Bah, Humbug!!”
“Christmas is a humbug, pt!”, replies Dan, “you don’t mean that, I am sure?”
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"If I had my way Xmas eve then down day after boxing Day, however as Mrs (jools)is a Christmas fanatic probably the beginning of December and down end of January.
I'm already done with Xmas and it's not even here yet.
Baaa humbug
As I live on my own, I dont even bother putting a tree up or bother with trimmings"
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Me neither when I'm single, and when I used to make one for a family environment I treated it as I did when I was a kid... not something to over-spoil kids with. It's a period of time, then life goes back to normal. Life went from normal to Christmas to normal. Now there is a 4-month extended commercial 'silly season' that can last from the end of September to February sometimes, if that's the end of the Boxing Day Sale.
Being arsed to get it down and boxed up again though?... I admit that can last a bit longer than I've planned it to though lol!
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"It's not even officially Halloween yet!
(though that seems to last a whole month now too).
Why does everything have to last forever?
Some people have been taking about Christmas all October!
I was going to say it's like being 12 again, but to be frank when I was 12 we simply didn't so this.
What gives?
pt
I've been talking Christmas since June. But that's because I have to start making Christmas decorations for market then.
When I was 12 I'm pretty sure we talked about Christmas a lot of the year, on and off... we were excited. Some people love it and it's gorgeous to see the enthusiasm!
Posh
It's only a fun post I know, but is the OP 12 though?
We are but 2 days from Nov with Halloween in between (November being a time people like me will just put up with it OP!) - talk about excitable!!
When I was 12, on October 30th I thought about Halloween (though it wasn't quite so huge back then), not Christmas!
But it's consumerism all year now, that's what I'm getting at I think.
A lot of that iconography is about the Winter solstice too. Seasonal greetings, like the gaudy tree. We are just not there yet though, let alone the Catholic date for the birth of Christ!
To some people it's like seeing their life fly past at hyperspeed.
When I was a kid it was about birthdays, Easter, half-terms, Tournaments, the Summer hols, Halloween, Bonfire Night.. we honestly didn't think about Christmas all-year round at all. It's something that 'hit' in November because it was the next thing in line.
pt
“Bah, Humbug!!”
“Christmas is a humbug, pt!”, replies Dan, “you don’t mean that, I am sure?”
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I actually quite like humbugs. Have you read my profile? pt |
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"Not overly fond of Xmas trees, I’ll probably get one of those small already done ones. Tinsel/baubles/wreaths/anything glittery though, count me in"
From around 1st Dec!
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“Bah, Humbug!!”
“Christmas is a humbug, pt!”, replies Dan, “you don’t mean that, I am sure?”
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I actually quite like humbugs. Have you read my profile? pt
No. 
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I bet you have (or looked at it I should say lol, few have fully read it)
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By *anBerks OP Man 27 weeks ago
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“Bah, Humbug!!”
“Christmas is a humbug, pt!”, replies Dan, “you don’t mean that, I am sure?”
.
I actually quite like humbugs. Have you read my profile? pt
No.
I bet you have (or looked at it I should say lol, few have fully read it)
pt"
I did look, just then! 
TL:DR
Can you summarise, please? |
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“Bah, Humbug!!”
“Christmas is a humbug, pt!”, replies Dan, “you don’t mean that, I am sure?”
.
I actually quite like humbugs. Have you read my profile? pt
No.
I bet you have (or looked at it I should say lol, few have fully read it)
pt
I did look, just then!
TL:DR
Can you summarise, please? "
The summary is at the top lol
(it's ok don't sweat it I've met a few grumpy old men) pt |
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"Fuck a duck!! Good point Dan!! I’m going in for a big op end of November so mine will be up on the 26th November.
Good luck with the op my lovely - sending all the best wishes to you!
Hopefully the house will be lovely and festive for your recuperation at home xx
Thanks Dan dreading the op but looking forward to December off work in my pjs eating all the Christmas goodies!!
will there be some of your special brownies? I may pop over "
I shall be baking and batch cooking before I go in.. shocker |
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There had one year when we already had it up on Halloween, but just the tree, not the whole house being decorated.
Last year's Christmas was kinda meh, so I'm not really feeling festive yet this year.
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By *piderBunnyCouple 27 weeks ago
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"Fuck a duck!! Good point Dan!! I’m going in for a big op end of November so mine will be up on the 26th November.
Good luck with the op my lovely - sending all the best wishes to you!
Hopefully the house will be lovely and festive for your recuperation at home xx
Thanks Dan dreading the op but looking forward to December off work in my pjs eating all the Christmas goodies!!
will there be some of your special brownies? I may pop over
I shall be baking and batch cooking before I go in.. shocker "
That's exactly what looking after yourself means...  |
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Sadly I am not going to put it up this year. Usually though no later than 6th Dec and it stays up at least until the 6th Jan. I find it strange when people start taking their tree down before new year and not wait till after Epiphany day. |
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"My neighbour have there lights on already
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I so so so feel for you. If they are down towards the end of Jan that's almost 3 whole months too. I just hope they at least get them down in good speed. pt |
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"Fuck a duck!! Good point Dan!! I’m going in for a big op end of November so mine will be up on the 26th November.
Good luck with the op my lovely - sending all the best wishes to you!
Hopefully the house will be lovely and festive for your recuperation at home xx
Thanks Dan dreading the op but looking forward to December off work in my pjs eating all the Christmas goodies!!
will there be some of your special brownies? I may pop over
I shall be baking and batch cooking before I go in.. shocker "
To this day I’ve never tasted a brownie as good as yours! |
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"Once my birthday has gone, which is in December. Near the beginning of the month. Between the 3rd and the 5th.
*hint hint*"
Deck the fourth be with you!
And no cock pics (unless you want them lol) pt |
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Id have mine up the min halloween is over if i was allowed lol. I usually aim for towards the end of november.i usually spend about a week putting everything up then rearranging and rearranging again. Bloody fairy light placement |
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The Elfs bring the tree in the night on the 30th of November, they leave it bare and a box of decorations for the children to help decorate it. In exchange for their help they get there advent calendar! |
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Everything dragged out of storage a few days before & investigated ready for the final Sunday in November, whatever date that happens to be. Maximum of a month before is plenty of time to enjoy the effort taken. |
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By *oxesMan 27 weeks ago
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"Here's a suggestion.
Since is take them down day is 6th January, why not make 6th December put it up day?"
Traditionally the 12 days of Christmas is the period in Christian theology that marks the span between the birth of Christ and the coming of the Magi, the three wise men.
So technically Christmas eve to January 6th the decoration are up.
However in the orthodox religious. Their Christmas is on January 6th or 7th (with the Ukrainian orthodox church having an unofficial day of solidarity on the 25th). So god knows if they have a 12 days of Christmas. Maybe someone in the forum could tell us. |
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By *anBerks OP Man 27 weeks ago
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"Here's a suggestion.
Since is take them down day is 6th January, why not make 6th December put it up day?"
I’ve always taken them down on the 5th Jan, it depends if you count Christmas Day itself as Day 1, different factions use a different day as Twelfth Night, although Epiphany is on Jan 6th.
Anyway does that mean I can put mine up on December 5th?  |
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Depends if we’re having a home-grown tree or the one in the loft. Real is as late as possible, fake will be 9/10 December if I can be bothered. T did buy me a new bauble yesterday though which is hanging from the light fitting in dining room so I don’t lose it in a “safe place”
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"Here's a suggestion.
Since is take them down day is 6th January, why not make 6th December put it up day?
Traditionally the 12 days of Christmas is the period in Christian theology that marks the span between the birth of Christ and the coming of the Magi, the three wise men.
So technically Christmas eve to January 6th the decoration are up.
However in the orthodox religious. Their Christmas is on January 6th or 7th (with the Ukrainian orthodox church having an unofficial day of solidarity on the 25th). So god knows if they have a 12 days of Christmas. Maybe someone in the forum could tell us."
Not all orthodox christians celebrate on 6th Jan. I believe in Greece, Cyprus and Romania they celebrate on 25th Dec but presents are given on New year's day. 6th is epiphany day. May other christian countries celebrate epiphany much more than we do and is a holiday for some including Austria, Italy, Greece and few more. |
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By *oxesMan 27 weeks ago
Southend, Essex |
"Here's a suggestion.
Since is take them down day is 6th January, why not make 6th December put it up day?
Traditionally the 12 days of Christmas is the period in Christian theology that marks the span between the birth of Christ and the coming of the Magi, the three wise men.
So technically Christmas eve to January 6th the decoration are up.
However in the orthodox religious. Their Christmas is on January 6th or 7th (with the Ukrainian orthodox church having an unofficial day of solidarity on the 25th). So god knows if they have a 12 days of Christmas. Maybe someone in the forum could tell us.
Not all orthodox christians celebrate on 6th Jan. I believe in Greece, Cyprus and Romania they celebrate on 25th Dec but presents are given on New year's day. 6th is epiphany day. May other christian countries celebrate epiphany much more than we do and is a holiday for some including Austria, Italy, Greece and few more. "
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We get a real tree so usually mid-December.
Looking forward to getting some porno gingerbread decorations for this year's tree. 
J
I love decorating the house, making it all Christmasy! 
