Re: Suddenly Saturday....
Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2018 9:50 pm
Cathy: My outside Christmas light rule is Advent 1 or December 1, whichever is first. And they stay on until Epiphany.
Inside decorating has no hard and fast rule although I like the tree up at least 10 days before Christmas because I enjoy it so much. And in our family's tradition it stays up until at least January 1 or 2 (depending on if we have visitors or not for New Years' Eve.) Last year it really bothered me that I had to pull down Christmas before dh's birthday. But we were leaving for Australia at 5 a.m. on January 1 and I didn't want to come back at the end of January with Christmas still set up.
This year the tree will go up on Thursday or Friday (lights and tinsel garland) and then there's a tree decorating party here on Saturday night with my final refugee family.
Inside decorating has no hard and fast rule although I like the tree up at least 10 days before Christmas because I enjoy it so much. And in our family's tradition it stays up until at least January 1 or 2 (depending on if we have visitors or not for New Years' Eve.) Last year it really bothered me that I had to pull down Christmas before dh's birthday. But we were leaving for Australia at 5 a.m. on January 1 and I didn't want to come back at the end of January with Christmas still set up.
This year the tree will go up on Thursday or Friday (lights and tinsel garland) and then there's a tree decorating party here on Saturday night with my final refugee family.