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I usually have to do it on Thanksgiving (and we don't have Thanksgiving because of this), as the family usually can only get together with us on the day after Thanksgiving--we just do it as Christmas, so I cook, clean and decorate on Thanksgiving. DH and I go out afterward for Thanksgiving dinner at a restaurant. I HATE having to decorate so early. I used to have a rule that I don't do Christmas until December 1st, or the closest Saturday after that (so I can start outside in the daylight). I love Fall, and hate to see it go an earlier than it has to! However, in the past few years, we've been able to do Christmas in December, even twice on the 25th. This year, we'll celebrate Christmas on the 23rd, which is fine by me.
I go for the elegant, simple approach. I like seeing over-the-top displays, but they aren't for me at home. I also loathe trimming the tree, and, even more, un-trimming the tree. Having cats is a great excuse for no ornaments. I just like a huge tree with many tiny clear lights and a star at the top. I do like a little bit of Christmas in each room, even the bathrooms--a sprig of real greens, a candle--something very simple. I always have a wreath indoors on my kitchen window, and on the front door. My favorite mantel decor is a bed of arborvitae greens, with simple, white chunky pillar candles in varying heights. If I get wild, I'll tuck in some glass ornaments in the greens.
I only have a real garland around the front door, and a real wreath. No lights. I have no patience with them, and we have no attractive shrubs to drape them on. I also don't like to ask DH to string them up. He's a busy guy, and I know he's not crazy about the lights, too.
I do do crazy decorating the dinner table. I have a theme each year. Last year, I did an Indian theme, a nod to my tiny bit of Anglo-Indian DN. The tablecloth is an old silk sari. I already had the peacock plates:
I go for the elegant, simple approach. I like seeing over-the-top displays, but they aren't for me at home. I also loathe trimming the tree, and, even more, un-trimming the tree. Having cats is a great excuse for no ornaments. I just like a huge tree with many tiny clear lights and a star at the top. I do like a little bit of Christmas in each room, even the bathrooms--a sprig of real greens, a candle--something very simple. I always have a wreath indoors on my kitchen window, and on the front door. My favorite mantel decor is a bed of arborvitae greens, with simple, white chunky pillar candles in varying heights. If I get wild, I'll tuck in some glass ornaments in the greens.
I only have a real garland around the front door, and a real wreath. No lights. I have no patience with them, and we have no attractive shrubs to drape them on. I also don't like to ask DH to string them up. He's a busy guy, and I know he's not crazy about the lights, too.
I do do crazy decorating the dinner table. I have a theme each year. Last year, I did an Indian theme, a nod to my tiny bit of Anglo-Indian DN. The tablecloth is an old silk sari. I already had the peacock plates:
), the tree has a few strips of colored Eppendorf tubes stuck between the branches. I guess the "tree" was left behind when the previous company moved out.
