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Kaili

Thursday, November 27, 2003 - 03:11 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Okay Thanksgiving is here and quickly passing- hope everyone had a good one. Crazy shopping starts tomorrow. How about decorating? Who's got their lights up? When do you get your tree? Do you prefer real or fake? What other decorating do you do?

I pulled out my lights today- perfect fall like weather today by the way- I live in an apartment though so my outdoor decorating was just lights around the balcony. Nothing else yet.

Max

Thursday, November 27, 2003 - 03:17 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
The only thing I've got done so far is the decorations for my car. My local PT Cruiser club is in the big Christmas kick-off parade tomorrow. :) Saturday, we head to the coast for an evening parade in Seaside.

Probably will start my house decorating on Monday. I have a fake tree simply because it's easier and holds more ornaments and doesn't pose a fire hazard. Plus, it's a slimline tree which fits best in my great room. I have TONS of decorations, but don't usually put up all of them. I'm hoping to weed some out this year. Usually don't put lights on the house - don't have a ladder to get up to the eaves - but I do put icicle lights in the inside windows.

Ho! Ho! Ho!

Kaili

Thursday, November 27, 2003 - 03:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
How fun- I love Seaside. We lived in Oregon when I was a kid, and my mom and I took a trip out there 2 years ago and spent a few nghts in Seaside, then drove up and down the coast. I hadn't been out there since I was about 10 years old.

Pamy

Thursday, November 27, 2003 - 03:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I know many of us go all out with decorating. I would love to see pics of people's house lights/displays and trees!!! I know Reiki does a theme tree every year.

Please post pics so we can all enjoy..and get some ideas!

Lumbele

Thursday, November 27, 2003 - 03:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
It's only November!LOL
No lights up around here yet. It got cold so suddenly that DH chickened out about putting up the outdoor lights. It is supposed to be balmy here next week (48F), so he'll wait till then.
In the house? Good grief, no.
But I'll be putting out the advents wreath and the Christmas pyramid. We always have a natural tree, so that will be up 10 days before Christmas at the earliest.

Kaili

Thursday, November 27, 2003 - 03:56 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I know it's only November but once we hit Thanksgiving I get so excited about the whole holiday season. Today's the kickoff for the rest of the year! Plus I have no patience- once I start thinking about it, I want to decorate. Now. Funny thing is less than a week ago I was telling someone it was too early to put lights up :)

Lumbele

Thursday, November 27, 2003 - 04:11 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
You go and knock yourself out, Kaili! It's kinda nice to see that much enthusiasm.
In my culture the Christmas tree wouldn't go up until about a day, *maybe* 2 before Christmas Eve. So, 1o days is a big concession on my part to North American tradition.LOL
We do leave the tree up until January 6th though. And in Manitoba many families don't start celebrating until that day. There are many of Ukrainian background here.
This year I am tempted to use real candles, rather than electric lights.

Pamy

Thursday, November 27, 2003 - 04:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Here is a pic of our Christmas decorations
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Mak1

Thursday, November 27, 2003 - 04:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Wow Pamy, they're almost identical to mine!!

Lumbele

Thursday, November 27, 2003 - 04:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yours are fancy, Pamy. Mine are in big cardboard boxes, still stuck in the dark corners of the basement.LOL

Twiggyish

Thursday, November 27, 2003 - 04:59 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
We have tubs and boxes.

I just put up my mother's tree and decorations. It's a tradition every Thanksgiving day to put up her tree. It's probably one of the few times til Christmas that I'll have the chance.

Reiki

Thursday, November 27, 2003 - 05:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
As Pamy has said, I have done theme trees for many years now.

It started out when my cats were kittens and I didn't want to hang the expensive glass ornaments on the tree, so I made some simple ornaments using fabric and styrofoam.

At some point I went from a simple different colors themes (red and white, gold and blue) to more elaborate themes.

I have had an Art Tree, a Mardri Gras tree, A Sealife tree, A Celtic Tree, A Faery Tree, and last year a Snow Queen Tree.

I do buy ornaments that work within the theme, but I make a lot of my ornaments. I am usually gluing them together as I hang them on the tree.

This year will be an Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass Tree.

Squaredsc

Thursday, November 27, 2003 - 05:36 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
i usually decorate the week before christmas. decorating around thanksgiving is way too early for me. i only put lights on the 1 bush we have and in the windows. we get a real tree cause ive gotten tired of dragging the fake one from the basement to the living room and putting it together by myself.

Ladytex

Thursday, November 27, 2003 - 05:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
We used to decorate the weekend after Thanksgiving, but now we have to wait until after Dec. 9th. That is DD's birthday and she instists that her birthday comes before Christmas and that she doesn't want any Christmas decorations before that date. We have to celebrate HER birthday before Christ's, lol.

Reader234

Thursday, November 27, 2003 - 06:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I want 2 Trees this year!! I want a real tree downstairs, and decorate it with all the Wizard of Oz ornaments I've collected over the years, my favorite is the ruby slippers, I have a couple of sets, I just cant resist!! I have wooden ornements, glass ornaments, and even a set of plastic ornaments of all the characters (and lots of the munchkins) "There's no place like home"

However, I'm battling clutter, so my mind and reality are usually in two different places, so I'll be lucky if I get 2 boxes of decorations out.

I love putting lights outside, its the only time I can really SEE when I pull up to our house, ever since I fell down the steps I've begged for outdoor lights, but I only get them at Christmas time!!

Maris

Thursday, November 27, 2003 - 06:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I have started putting my villages together. Kensington Palace and Big Ben are done, The Victoria Station vignette is done and the Scrooge and Marley vignette is done. I still have to do two more villages. My thanksgiving garland and lights are still up but they will come down tomorrow and I will start my Christmas garlands.

We do our tree the week before because we buy a real tree. Each year we do a theme and then donate last years tree decorations to my son's school. Not sure what our theme will be this year.

Ddr1135

Thursday, November 27, 2003 - 06:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
All of my Christmas decorations are still in Mom's attic. I have two artificial trees, tons of collectibles and things I don't remember I have.

When I moved into this house, I purchased a 3 foot tree and decorated it with rice lights and jeweled fruits. I put it in the anteroom in between the kitchen and dining room. Best part is it's in a box all decorated and all I have to do is pull it out and plug it in. I also have a door wreath I put out. That's about it.

Kellirippa

Friday, November 28, 2003 - 11:05 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Before my children were born I was a window dresser for "The Bay", a famous Canadian dept. store, and I am a trained prop master...so I go a little crazy with the holiday decorating.

I have a 15 ft tall tin soldier that my hubby and I built a few years ago (he's actually tin!)and I had a 10 foot stuffed elf that I sewed and stuffed, but unfortunately he was stolen last year. So we've purchased a life-sized Santa that is on a motion sensor, and he sings and dances when anyone passes by. I also have clear mini light in all of the trees, garlands and lights on my pillars, a small lit tree in a large flower pot by the front door and a large wreath.

In the house, most every shelf and ledge gets some evergreen and berries. I empty my china cabinet and put in my nativity collection. We put our main family tree in our living room, we have a sloped ceiling and buy a 12 foot fresh pine tree every year and put it in a corner by the fire place. I put a small artificial tree in the basement family room and each of my 3 children (8,11 and 13) has a small fresh spruce in their rooms which they are free to decorate any way that they like.

I'd love to show you a photo of my front yard display, but I'm afraid I have never mastered the art of posting photos!

Max

Friday, November 28, 2003 - 05:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Here's my first holiday decorating of the season.

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This was taken when we were getting ready for the Holiday Parade here in Portland, Oregon this morning. :)

Max

Friday, November 28, 2003 - 05:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh, here's the two cars that led our group. Good thing the high winds that were predicted didn't materialize! :)

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Pamy

Friday, November 28, 2003 - 05:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
That is soo cool Max!!

Tagurit

Friday, November 28, 2003 - 06:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Great pics Mak! Hope you had a great time today!

I don't think I will even think about taking out the tree until next weekend. We have an artificial tree every year but I always have to have real wreaths for the front of the house. I know I will do the little things that I store in closets but most stuff is in the attic (looks A LOT like Pamy's picture!lol) and dh is gone for the week. It isn't all that easy to get into the attic so I will make him suffer. :)

Maris, would love to see your villages set up! I love how they look and sometimes wish I had the room to start collecting.

Pamy

Sunday, November 30, 2003 - 05:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Here is Dopey helping? with the outside decorations!!
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Twiggyish

Sunday, November 30, 2003 - 05:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Max, that parade looked like a lot of fun!

Pamy.. that Dopey sure does get around...LOL

Pamy

Sunday, November 30, 2003 - 07:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Check what Half did to him in Bill's folder LOL