It is early November and I have already started getting some of my decorations out and placing them around the house. I love Christmas, especially now that i have a child, she gets so excited and it gets me excited. I know you aren’t supposed to put Christmas decorations up until December but i get super excited that I just can’t wait. I have also been buying a few items to add to my collection this year and wanted to put them out straight away.

I am a bit of a laughing stock to everyone except my mum because I like to put up my decorations in around the first or second weekend of November. I don’t see the point in waiting. I love it and it’s a lot of effort to only have them up for such a short time as you do if waiting until December. Mine are going up tomorrow.

Christmas has always been my favorite time of year and I absolutely love decorating our home inside and out. 1st November is always the day we put up decorations and this year is our little one’s first Christmas so we’ve gone to extra effort. My partner has learned my habits over the past few years so I don’t even need to ask him to bring the Christmas decorations out of storage anymore!

I love Christmas decorations! We are definitely putting ours up early, this weekend in fact. It’s such a short time of year you get to have it up, why not make it last a little longer. I’m pro put it up early rather than leave it up well into the new year

I was reading this article another time. So this Psycho analyst Steve McKeown and Psycho therapist Amy Morin both suggest that putting the Christmas tree up early, brings us back to warm and fuzzy feelings and happy feelings of the past.
I think we should be careful not to overgeneralize. For some memories of the past are not happy but traumatic.
And this statement: “Or maybe looking at a Christmas tree reminds someone of what life was like when they still believed in Santa” Lol, when I grew up we never had a Christmas tree, no stories of Santa and no Xmas presents

This being said I do think that Christmas decorations (which doesn’t even have to be a Christmas tree) can create atmosphere and expectations. I found this even more so when I lived in Europe as the days before Christmas are dark, short, cold, wet, windy, snowy and icy. We loved visiting Christmas market in various countries and that is something I miss.

Like last year we will be traveling oversees during December – January and we won’t put a Christmas tree up nor will we do Christmas presents. The trip will be our Christmas gift to our selves our children and our family. I love it not to have any hassle or pressure about that

I love Christmas and making the house look festive. Sadly we dont have any little ones to delight in all the effort. My partner loves to decorate the garden. It would be so much more fun if we had little kids to enjoy it. Ah well. It still gives us a smile

It may be true that early decorations can positively impact mental well-being by triggering positive emotions and fostering a sense of anticipation and community. However, it might also create stress or anxiety for some individuals due to societal pressures, comparisons, or reminders of difficult experiences or memories of a lost loved one.

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  • • Ellen replied
    • 01 Oct 2024 , 8:03 am

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  I don’t think I will put Christmas decorations up at all this year. Our plan is to travel oversees with Christmas and new year this year, so we won’t be celebrating this season at home and it would be an unnecessary hassle to get the trees out and decorate them. Maybe we won’t even do gifts as such this year, I’m sure the kids will be spoiled during our travel

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It is definitely a mood booster.

We don’t do much other than the tree.

I used to put the tree up on December 1 but I no longer bother. My family members live 300km and 500km away and they have their own families. I don’t mind as my household has changed and I’m no longer able to get around and Christmas is meant to be a happy time. I don’t like my kids seeing me in so much pain. I’d prefer to ruin my Christmas knowing they were all having a wonderful time. That’s what makes me happy

Putting up decorations for the children when they lived at home was something I did early as they loved to see it, but now I am completely on my own, I don’t bother at all. I am still as happy as a single can be, so I’ll pass on this chore.

I’m looking forward to putting the tree up in early December. It takes up too much room in our lounge for it to go up earlier.

We do it on the 1st December in our house. We all get together have Christmas music playing and have nibbles. I wouldn’t change our special day but happy for everyone else. Could be interesting this year though as we got a pup

Also you can tick one thing off your to-do list!

I usually put the tree up the first weekend of December (or close to). Our son has left home this year so it will be the first year of just hubby and I. That is going to feel weird and had me really thinking about our Christmas tree and what will be under it. Perhaps I do need to go earlier, to get in the spirit.

Yep- did mine yesterday (6/11) and I’m happy as a clam 🙂

We were always told it was bad luck to put up before 1 Dec, so won’t be going up in our house before then! It makes me happy to see others do it though!

Very religious so we follow tradition and love to.