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after we finish cleaning up from thanksgiving!
I try to put our Christmas Tree a day or two after Thanksgiving.
Our tree goes up the first week in December.
We put it up after Thanksgiving
We put ours up the first week in december because our daughter has a birthday after Thanksgiving
A few weeks before Christmas.
The weekend after Thanksgiving is when we put up the tree.
We put our tree up two weeks before Christmas or the Beagle redecorates!!
i put my xmas tree up right after Halloween! once the pumpkins get tossed the tree goes up!:P
We always put ours up right after Thanksgiving. Now that it’s just Hubzandme, we wait until we know the grandkids are coming:)
thanksgiving night
After Thanksgiving.
first to second week in December
I usually do it at the beginning of Dec.
on my mom’s birthday, Dec 16
We actually put ours up on Halloween! We don’t celebrate Halloween, so we decided to begin our celebration of Christmas.
Beginning of December!
Around Dec. 15
We usually put up our tree sometime in December. There’s no rhyme or reason to the exact date.
two weeks after thanksgiving.
I put up my Christmas Tree on Thanksgiving!
I usually put mine up around my birthday in mid-December.
As soon as possible! Right after Thanksgiving usually. It must be real, and it must stay up at least until New Years
Usually the first week in December.
Early December
We put up the xmas tree right after thanksgiving.
The second week of December!
We put the tree up about two weeks before christmas
donnasing777@yahoo.com
shortly after Thanksgiving – it takes so much time I want to enjoy it as long as possible
Usually the 2 nd weekend in december
we do it about a week before xmas
In the living room
2dogs5catscrew@att.net
We put it up on Thanksgiving.
Dec 11.my fathers birthday.(he will be 92 this year)!
We usually put it up a week before Christmas.
day after Thanksgiving
within the first few weeks of december
I put it up around the first of december
Usually the weekend after Thanksgiving.
2 days before Christmas
If we get a real tree it’s usually around the 10th of December, but if we put the fake one up it’s earlier
a week before Christmas
We put up our tree about a week after Thanksgiving.
We put our up in the beginning of December.
I put my Christmas tree up on Thanksgiving night!!
We usually put it up the weekend after Thanksgiving!
We put our tree up the Sunday after Thanksgiving.
Early December
We put our tree up the day after Thanksgiving
I put up my tree 3 weeks before Christmas! Thanks for the giveaway!
1st weekend in dec.
Right after thanksgiving.
We put up our tree mid-December.
The first week of December.
When my son was living at home – no tree until December 23 because his birthday is the 22nd and we wanted to keep his birthday “special” and separate. Now that he has moved away – it is usually a week or so before the 25th.
The day after Thanksgiving!
We put up an artificial tree the day after Thanksgiving in our family room. Then about a week before Christmas we add a green tree in our living room.
rsgrandinetti@yahoo(DOT)com
Beginning of December
The first week of December
Dec 10th
About 2 weeks before Xmas
The weekend after Thanksgiving.
The week after ThanksGiving
all christmas up befor thanksgiving an lit that night
We put it up about a week or so after Thanksgiving.
We put the tree up on Thanksgiving Day.
Hiya!
I prefer waiting until at least the calendar changes to December. And I try to wait until January 6th to take the stuff down, since the 25th – 6th are the actual 12 days of Christmas, but usually give up on the 1st.
Lois
We put up our tree in the beginning of December.
after thanksgiving
The Saturday after thanksgiving.
Put put it up the weekend after Thanksgiving.
Our tree goes up either during or shortly after Thanksgiving weekend. Thank you for the giveaway!
Usually around Thanksgiving.
We have been known to put up our Christmas tree as early as the first week of November but we usually try to wait for the Thanksgiving dishes to hit the sink before we start our decorating.
We usually put up the tree the day after Thanksgiving.
Usually the weekend after Thanksgiving.
Usually right before Thanksgiving, this way we enjoy it for a few holidays.
Thanks so much.
The day after Thanksgiving.
RIGHT before xmas.. i blame my hubbby
We put up our Christmas tree about two weeks before Christmas
Just after Thanksgiving.
beginning of december
cody_endres(at)hotmail(dot)com
We have always put up our Christmas tree on Black Friday.
We put up our Christmas tree the first weekend of Advent.
The weekend after our son gets home from college.
We pu up our Christmas tree the day after Christmas
Usually on the 1st of December
thanksgiving weekend
i put it up the day after thanksgiving
We put it up a couple of weeks before Christmas!
A few days after Thanksgiving.
a couple weeks beforehand
mid December
I like to put the Christmas tree up about two weeks after Thanksgiving. Thanks.
Around Thanksgiving usually.
My birthday’s in the middle of December, so we usually try to wait until at least a couple of days after that.
I put mine up about 2 weeks before christmas.
THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING I HAVE THE TREE UP….I HAVE IT DECORATED (COMPLETED THE DAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS)
2 weeks before Christmas
Preferably the first week of December, though sometimes later…
The first weekend of December.
I still have ours up. Two years now. It has become a standing joke. The grandkids love it.
first week in December.
We put it up a few weeks before Christmas.
austma7@aol.com
The first weekend of December
tree goes up the day after thanksgiving
I put our tree up about week before Christmas. I want to thank you for this awesome sweep and hope to win
Thanks !!!!!!!!!!
Thanksgiving weekend
I put my tree up the day after Thanksgiving.
I usually have it up before thanksgiving.
Two weeks before x-mas.
I put mine up right after Thanksgiving!
We put it up on the 10th every year (My Moms birthday)
Thanks for the chance.
mogrill12@gmail.com
2nd week in December.
Right after Thanksgiving
We put it up right after Thanksgiving
We put ours up on Thanksgiving:)
We try to get the tree up the first weekend after Thanksgiving.
We put up a Christmas tree after December 12th
Right after thanksgiving.
We put up our Christmas tree the weekend after Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving
we usually put it up around the first week of Dec
In November
weekend after Thanksgiving
the Saturday after Thanksgiving
I don’t put up a tree
Usually right after Thanksgiving.
I usually put up the tree around the second week of December.
A couple weeks before Christmas
We used to do it Thanksgiving weekend but now we wait until the first weekend in December since we get a real one now instead of artificial.
About 2 weeks before….
Our tree is put up after the kids’ Christmas program at school. whenever that is.
Early December
Every year on December 15th!
around December 15
IF OUR TREE IS ARTIFICIAL, WE PUT IT UP AROUND THANKSGIVING AND IF IT IS REAL, WE PUT IT UP A COUPLE OF WEEKS BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
THANK YOU FOR THE GIVEAWAY AND WISH ME LUCK!
after thanksgiving
2 weeks before christmas
thanksgiving!
I usually put up my free a couple days after Thanksgiving. Thanks.
partymix25(at)hotmail(dot)ocm
We usually put our Christmas tree up a few days after Thanksgiving.
Usually put it up on Thanksgiving weekend.
The week after Halloween I start to decorate for Christmas since I have really alot of items
usually put up the tree a couple of days after Thanksgiving
The first week of Dec
a week after thanksgiving or beginning of december
the day after thanksgiving
I put mine up around the first of Dec.
I stopped putting up a tree after the kids moved out.
after Thanksgiving
Usually 2 or 3 days before christmas
After Thanksgiving!!
I usually do it whenever I can find the time. At least a couple weeks before Christmas.
the family’s not into it, so whenever I can convince them!
We put up our tree the first weekend in December.
The weekend after Thanksgiving is when we put ours up.
We put up our tree right after Thanksgiving. It is really fun. I have 8 kids and they all work together to put it up. Thanks for the contest
pademe_lee@yahoo.com
Usually the day after Thanksgiving.
About 3 weeks before christmas
We used to put ours up the day after Thanksgiving but recently we have begun putting ours up right before Thanksgiving so that we can have it up the whole holiday season.
Dawn
http://www.cheapisthenewclassy.com
We usually put up our tree the day after Thanksgiving.
We try to get it up the first week in December. I love Christmas.
Carol L.
Lucky4750 (at) aol (dot) com
I try to get my tree up after we eat on Thanksgiving…
i don’t celebrate Christmas, so no tree. but the bright side is no tree and lights to take down and clean up after.
Black Friday!!!
usually 1st week in december
3 weeks before christmas
We use to put it up the day after Thanksgiving, unfortunately our kids are grown, my father passed on when he was only 69, and my mother passed right before christmas in 1996. Sorry to say I haven’t put one up since then.
karenb834atyahoo.com
Right after Thanksgiving or as the past two years I have had Thanksgiving weekend at my sister’s I make sure the tree is up before I leave.
The day after thanksgiving
The Sunday after Thanksgiving. Thanks for the chance to win!
mrsmchappell at gmail dot com
I don’t put up a tree anymore. I don’t celebrate Christmas really though I do the lunch and gifts “thing” because of my mum, sister, niece and nephew and their kids. I don’t have enough room in my apartment anyway. Thanks for the giveaway
In December
End of November
before or after thanksgiving.
the first week in december
The first week of December.
We put up our tree the Saturday after Thanksgiving.
We put ours up two wees before Christmas.
Usually the very first week of December or the second week!
I get a live tree so we don’t usually put it up until the 2nd week of December
Right after Thanksgiving
I usually put up the tree Thanksgiving weekend.
lauren.uda(at)gmail(dot)com
we put it up the day after thanksgiving
annae07 at aol dot com
We put our tree up the week after thanksgiving while the kids are on break! Thank you for the chance to win
jessharrison78@yahoo.com
we put ours up the day after Thanksgiving
Usually the first week of December.
I put my tree up a day or two after Thanksgiving.
right after thanksgiving
I do not have a tree.
Right after Thanksgiving.
the 2nd week of Dec
We usually put ours up the weekend after Thanksgiving.
On my birthday in November.
We put ours up the day after Thanksgiving so we can enjoy it’s beauty for that much longer
A few days before Christmas
We put up our tree the first week of December. Before the kids developed allergies we always had a real tree and we used to put it up around the 22nd. of December.
We usually put up our tree after the 2nd week in December.
The week of Thanksgiving – depends on who is hosting the family dinner and when the kids get out of school, they like to help!
We put our tree up Thanksgiving weekend.
Just a few days before Christmas usually. lol
We live in an apartment so we do not have room to put up a christmas tree. Hopefully we will have found a house by christmas this year!
We put ours up about a week or two before Christmas. Any earlier and it’s dead by Christmas!
We put our tree up the day after Thanksgiving!
We put ours up on Thanksgiving after dinner!
jjawny@yahoo.com
On Thanksgiving Day.
we put it up in the first week of december
after thanksgiving
about a week before christmas
I put my tree up right after thanksgiving
Around December 12th… 2 weeks or so before Xmas
We put up the tree sometime after December 1st, usually. I dread putting it up because we have two little ones! ha!
I don’t celebrate Christmas
i put my tree up the week of thanksgiving
We put our tree up over thanksgiving break. Wonderful contest, thank you so much!
carol.byles@yahoo.com
We don’t put up a tree in our house
Usually the second week of December.
We buy a real one and put it up the day after Thanksgiving
We tend to put it up mid-December. It’s not a huge deal to us so just waits until we can get around to it.
weekend after Thanksgiving
The tree goes up exactly one wee before Christmas.
we usually put it up the day after thanksgiving. Thanks for hosting!
like 10 days before christmas
It goes up around my birthday/Thanksgiving.
We put our Christmas tree up right after Halloween!
callawishes(at)hotmail(dot)com
Usually a week before Christmas.
First week in December
It used to be “whenever” but our son is now 3 yrs old & ever since his first xmas, when he was 6mos old, we’ve made a really fun & exciting tradition out of going to a tree farm that has a massive house turned into a gift shop/candy factory/ tea & coffee lounge with a Santa on site for photos. We get to walk through acres of firs & nobles & choose our own tree & then they have high school kids out there that you flag down to cut it for you. I LOVE IT! We do this every year now the day after Thanksgiving… like many others
Want to know the best part? My husband & his family are Jewish… hehe. <3
sometime after thanksgiving
Thank you for a great contest and the chance to win!!
swkimbell@yahoo.com
We put up our tree the weekend after Thanksgiving.
Thank you.
barbara dot montyj at gmail dot com
Usually put the tree up about 2 weeks before X-Mas.
sorry i am not a christian
I put my tree up in the second week of December.
We put our Christmas tree up the first week of December.
thanksgiving
The weekend after Thanksgiving we put up our tree.
We put our tree up either right before Thanksgiving or immediately after
Tree usually goes up begining of december
We usually put our tree up after December 3rd which is my son’s birthday
We usually put up our Christmas tree the first weekend of december
two weeks before christmas
It depends on if we put up the fake tree or if my husband lets me pick a real one. If it’s a fake year, the tree goes up the day after my husband’s birthday – December 4th. If it’s a real one, I take the kids to pick one out around the 12th or so.
i put up 2 trees(one real(about 10 feet) the other a 7 1/2 foot martha stewart) so i start the day after thanksgiving
a week before christmas
The first Saturday in December.
Christmas eve – if it even gets put up
we missed a few years here and there
Usually a day or two after Thanksgiving!
I put the tree up a few days before Christmas
I put up my tree about 2 weeks before Christmas.
Usually we put our tree up around the 10th of December.
We put it up the day after Thanksgiving.
mmacaluso333@yahoo.com
Approximately two weeks before Christmas and when we can get the Grand Kids together. We make a party of decorating it.
The weekend after Thanksgiving.
I put it up during the week of THanksgiving
It varies each year, but never before the first week of December. Usually closer to the second week.
Usually the weekend after Thanksgiving.
We usually put the tree up around the weekend before Christmas Eve! Thanks for this amazing giveaway – I would love to win!
Right after thanksgiving
!
Christmas tree goes up a few days after Thanksgiving!
rypm25@aol.com
A bit after Thanksgiving, when we’re all done cleaning up and recovering from that.
We put ours up at the beginning of December!
mid-December
We usually put it up about 10 days before Christmas.
We put up our Christmas tree about December 15th.
We usually put it up about 2 weeks before Christmas then take it down right after New Years.
In December!
The week after Thanksgiving
Day after Thanksgiving
It depends, but some time after Christmas.
I always wait till after Thanksgiving..usually a week after.
We usually put it up the day after Thanksgiving… Last year we put it up a couple days after Halloween. I was really in Christmas spirit last year. lol
We put our tree up right around Halloween and take it down on January 11. If it were up to me it would be up all year!
a couple weeks before christmas.
After Thanksgiving or beginning of December
I put it up about 2 weeks before christmas
I don’t but I put my menorah up on the first day of Chanukah
We put it up right after Thanksgiving
The weekend after Thanksgiving!
A couple of weeks before Christmas – Thanks!
We usually put it up a few weeks before Christmas.
Usually the beginning of December
Since I work in retail, my husband always puts up the tree on Black Friday while I am work so I get to come home to a decorated tree!
At the beginning of December.
I’ve never had a Christmas tree.
tree goes up about a week before and comes down on the 12th day – JAN 6
Usually the first week of December.
About two weeks before Christmas.
I put my tree up the week before Christmas.
About two weeks before Christmas.
lkish77123 at gmail dot com
Living in Cali I don’t want a Christmas tree as it’s not the same as when I lived in WI…….we also go home to WI for christmas so there is no need to put up a tree.
we usually put up the tree a week or 2 before Christmas. we also keep the tree up till after the Feast of the Three Kings.
First week of December
December
first weekend after thanksgiving
Mid December
early Nov. I work retail so if I don’t do it early it doesn’t get done or it does and i don;t enjoy it
thanksgiving
We usually put our tree up the day after Thanksgiving, but last year we didn’t celebrate Christmas.
We put up the tree the day after Thanksgiving usually.
We put up our tree right after Thanksgiving.
I put it up two weeks before Christmas.
two weeks before Christmas
We put up our tree usually a few days after Thanksgiving.
The day after Thanksgiving
December 1st
I put mine up right after Thanksgiving.
usually pretty close to christmas because we like to keep it up for awhile after
Shortly after Thanksgiving, we have a lot of ornaments, takes awhile!
medictom@gmail.com
Usually the first week of december
We usually put it up about 2-3 weeks before Christmas.
We normally put it up sometime after Thanksgiving, depending on when we can get the family together.
We put up our tree the week after Thanksgiving.
Weekend after Thanksgiving
Usually the 1st weekend in December.
Normally the week of Thanksgiving
The day after Thanksgiving!
We put ours up soon after Thanksgiving
I put up my Christmas Tree a few weeks before Christmas!
The day after Thanksgiving!
Weekend following Thanksgiving.
We put it put right after Thanksgiving
We put the tree up the week before Christmas.
The first Week of December
I usually put up the tree at the end of November or early December!
Usually not until after Thanksgiving.
We usually put our tree up the first week of December.
I put it up a day or so after Thanksgiving
We try and get it up Saturday after Thaksgiving!
After Thanksgiving!
Usually the week after Thanksgiving
after Thanksgiving
thanksgiving
we put ours up 1st week in Dec
brich22 at earthlink dot net
About two weeks before Christmas
We put ours up the first weekend in December.
About a week before Thanksgiving
We put it up the weekend of Thanksgiving
I put mine up a week into December.
We put it up right after Thanksgiving.
right after thanksgiving
We put up our Christmas tree on the Friday after Thanksgiving.
reejen at comcast dot net
as early as i can get away with it lol usually the weekend after thanksgiving
December 15th – the date has a special meaning for us – and it just seems like the right amount of time before Christmas for dressing up the house. (We usually put a wreath on the front door a week or two before then.
The weekend following Thanksgiving.
Thank you.
First week in December usually
The day after Thanksgiving.
December 1st.
We put up our Christmas tree before Christmas! Seriously, we don’t have a set day.
b4 christmas
We don’t do Christmas trees anymore.
never put up a tree
Not until the week before christmas. Thanks for the giveaway.
About a week after Thanksgiving!
1st week in December
A few weeks after Thanksgiving
The day after Thanksgiving!
ptavernie at yahoo dot com
The night of Thanksgiving Eve because we all get together the night before Thanksgiving so all of us grandkids can put up the tree as a family.
1st weekend in December!
I usually put up my tree over the long Thanksgiving weekend.
the day before Thankgiving
The weekend after thanksgiving
cindy0462@gmail.com
Dec 1st! Then take it down Jan 2nd. I love my Christmas tree…want the full MONTH. I feel that is long enough…
We usually put it up the day after Thanksgiving. thank you!!
We wing it every year depending on other activities.
I put it up at Thanksgiving.
We put it up about a week and a half before christmas.
right after thanksgiving the tree goes up
Usually the day after Thanksgiving.
melissalucky43@yahoo.com
after thanksgiving!
We put the tree up the weekend after Thanksgiving.
Katharina angelsandmusic[at]gmail[dot]com
we put up the tree dec 1!!
The first week of December.
When do you put up your Christmas tree?
when i can afford one
We put ours up thanksgiving day!
Thanks,
shopditzydiva@yahoo dot com
We don’t have a Christmas tree
We put up our Christmas tree after Thanksgiving!
within a few days after thanksgiving
jagar0047 at yahoo dot com
after thanksgiving
I put up my Christmas tree sometime around beginning of December
If not after Thanksgiving, probably the first week of December.
Thank you for this giveaway!
It’s up the day after Thanksgiving and down New Year’s Eve…it’s bad luck to keep your tree up going into a new year!
Since the ugly cat/trre incident of 1997 I no longer put up a tree since my kitties run the house
we put ours up the first week of december
usually after thanksgiving
amy16323(at)gmail(dot)com
I put up my tree just after Thanksgiving.
The first week of December.
We put our Tree up on Dec 1st
after thanksgiving
second week of december
Thanksgiving day!
jessicaahays at hotmail dot com
the st week ine dec
Usually a week or 2 before Christmas
The 1st or 2nd week in December-no real date. Whenever the we are feeling the Christmas spirit:)
I like to put it up the second week of November, I love Christmas!
jessicabanks1721@yahoo.com
As late as possible usually the weekend before Christmas
When the kids were small, we all had fun putting up the tree. Now that they are grown, I don’t put a tree up anymore. I put up a couple of those little table ones.
with 8 pomeranians well,,,,, tree bad, bad tree, bad. i decorate right after thanksgiving but noooooo tree
We put it up on Black Friday
1st week in Dec.
We put it up after eating Thanksgiving Dinner.
lauraemerson17 at yahoo dot com
Thanks for the giveaway… Xmas Tree goes up about 12 days before Christmas.
After Thanksgiving!
After Thanksgiving
Never.
Thanks for the contest.
We put it up the day after Thanksgiving.
Usually the week before christmas.
The week after Thanksgiving.
Our tree goes up anywhere from a week to 2 days before Christmas and goes down one to three days after. We had a Charlie Brown tree last year because the Army packed and moved our stuff 3 days before Christmas.
after halloween – - Paul T/Pauline T aka Paul Tran….. emscout9 at Hotmail dot com
I put up my Christmas tree a couple of weeks before Christmas.
longbarb1@aol.com