Good morning to youuuuu!
I hope your weekend was a great one! Ours was a pretty festive one if I do say so myself. Christmas shopping? Check. Decorating for Christmas? Check. Hanging Christmas lights? Check. Listening to lots of Christmas music? Check.
We usually try to decorate the weekend of Thanksgiving, but it just didn’t happen this year since we had family in town. Fortunately we were busy little elves this weekend and got most of our Christmas shopping done and all of our decorating finished!
Saturday morning began with a trip to Kneaders Bakery where we got egg sandwiches, coffee, and split a cinnamon roll. It definitely started our day out on the right note!
Afterward we hit up a few stores and crossed off several of the items on our family’s Christmas lists – woo hoo! The rest of the day was spent decking the halls! Cody worked on putting lights up outside while I decorated the inside, and then we spent the evening together hanging ornaments on the tree while rockin’ out to Trans Siberian Orchestra Holiday Pandora Radio.
Decorating for Christmas has always held a special meaning to me, particularly as I’ve gotten older. It brings back memories of growing up when we would listen to Christmas music and decorate the tree as a family, and it’s a tradition I’d like to continue as we have our own children.
Last week I was struggling to get in the “Christmas spirit”, but I’m already feeling it more now that we have our tree up and our house decorated. I love the holidays!
Questions:
- When do you usually decorate for Christmas?
- Do/did you have any Christmas family traditions growing up?
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Pretty tree! I definitely want to continue the traditions I had as a child as we have children as well!
Getting a Christmas ornament every year. So fun to look back at all of the years! We got a pregnant one last yr as a gift and it was so fun to put it up this year knowing Brooklyn is here!!
This is our first Christmas as a married couple, and we decided to decorate the weekend after Thanksgiving. I plan to continue some of the traditions I had as a child, as well!
We celebrate Chanukah, and I don’t do much decorating of any kind of any holiday haha We do set out our presents, take out the menorah, and light the candles each night together
I love the holiday season too, how could you not? Our family tradition growing up was always to decorate the Saturday after Thanksgiving. We got our tree and decorations up last weekend, but we still want to put some lights on the outside of the house! It’s hard finding time and daylight to get it done.
So glad you had a great weekend! We put up our tree as well and I do admit, it got me a bit more into the Christmas mood.
Have a great Monday hun!
Love the treeee!! We drove around Saturday night looking at Christmas light, and since we close on the house TODAY (!!!!) we’ll probably decorate next weekend
Fun! The decorations look so pretty.
I put out most of our Christmas decorations last week and my husband put the tree up last night. All that’s left is to put our lights up outside. Hopefully that’ll happen this week or on the weekend!
yay we did the exact same thing this weekend
I try to put up the Christmas tree right after Thanksgiving. This year it was up but we didnt decorate for a couple of days. Next year I want to get a real tree!
Your weekend sounds wonderful and that tree is so pretty! On Christmas Eve we open one present (usually pjs or something) and then drive around and look at all the Christmas lights while drinking hot chocolate, I can’t wait!
The tree is so pretty! Growing up, my sister and I would help my mom put up her snow village collection on the fireplace mantel every year. We would argue over which pieces to put up, but it was a fun time overall. I miss the decorating at my parents’ house.
The last 2 Christmas’ since we have been married has been so memorable due to Christmas tree mishaps. Year 1 was fitting a live tree (almost 6ft) inside the car and having it almost die after a week because it wasn’t reaching the water in the stand. Year 2 was chopping down a tree that ended up being way to short for our ceiling. This year we’ve learned from the 2 years past and didn’t have any issues! We usually buy our tree the weekend of thanksgiving and do the decorating at the same time if possible. Your tree looks nice!
wow that tree is gorgeous!
Your tree looks amazing! My husband and I had a great time decorating for Christmas last weekend. Our tree is a bit sad-looking because we can’t fit a full-size one in our NYC apartment, but it still feels very festive in here!
Your tree looks so pretty! I also did mine this weekend
This weekend was all about decorating for me as well
It’s kind of a tradition to bring out the decorations on the first of December, and so Saturday was spent busting out the garlands and snowmen, and then Sunday the tree came out as well. Your tree looks absolutely gorgeous – one of my favorite things about this time of the year seriously has to be curling up on the couch in the evenings with the tree on and just basking in the warm glow.
Your tree looks beautiful! We always decorate the weekend after Thanksgiving. My family had so many traditions growing up. We’re all about Christmas, and we have too many traditions to count!
I agree with you. Decorating for Christmas always brings back such wonderful memories. I have a bunch of my Grandma’s old ornaments and they are so special to put up in my house and share childhood memories of spending Christmas with my grandparents, with my kids. Your tree is absolutely beautiful, btw!!
We definitely decorate Thanksgiving weekend. It’s hard enough for me to hold out that long
I have… Zero Christmas decorations in my apartment… #fail. Normally I get to go home earlier so I don’t bother, but this year I don’t leave Chicago until the 22nd!
Love the tree!! I had a great weekend decorating and getting into the holiday spirit too! I just adore this time of year! I just love curling up next to the tree with the fire going and drinking a cup of tea. So comforting!
Your tree looks so pretty! I love decorating while listening to Pandora’s holiday stations. Seriously…what did we do before Pandora?!
LOVE decorating for Christmas, it may be my favorite thing to do all year! Your stuff looks great!
LOVE your tree!!!
And that ornament is adorable–with the names
Love.
Next weekend is our time for putting the tree and what not up! We’ve so many traditions, my favourite of which is going to visit all my mums sisters – 3 of them, and their families and my nan and grandad on Christmas morning! We all meet up in my aunties house to exchange gifts!
The first weekend of December is when we usually put up the tree. And of course it is up this year as well! Sadly I can’t put out Christmas lights outside (rental house and the owners don’t like it) but its going to be crazy inside!
Your tree is beautiful!! Christmas music FTW!
Gorgeous tree! We still haven’t put ours up. Everything else is up, though – lights, decorations, and even some presents.
Your tree is so pretty! I put up my decorations right after Thanksgiving. We always would decorate together, and now Luvy and I do everything together that day too. It makes it so special and gets me in the Christmas spirit!
Your Christmas tree is gorgeous!
Awe, this is the first year I’m not decorating
We recently moved and have a bunch of stuff in storage, and prob won’t decorate for the next year or two. I’ll def be living vicariously through everyone’s posts!
I’m glad you enjoyed a festive weekend! Your tree is beautiful, and I love the snowman/puppy ornament. My family always waited until the first weekend in December to decorate the house and put up the tree. However, we “warmed up” to the Christmas spirit on Thanksgiving by watching Miracle on 34th Street and decorating gingerbread houses.