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#2049802 - 11/16/15 04:26 PM
Re: Christmas is around the corner
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Put up the lights outside yesterday. No gloves, nice 55 degrees. Much better than fighting the wind and snow.
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#2049812 - 11/16/15 04:41 PM
Re: Christmas is around the corner
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Tree goes up the day after Thanksgiving. Lights go up on Saturday. Been that way for years, can't imagine it will change this year.
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#2049815 - 11/16/15 04:43 PM
Re: Christmas is around the corner
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getting my picture with Santa at the mall this weekend!
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#2049854 - 11/16/15 06:07 PM
Re: Christmas is around the corner
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2 houses in my neighborhood put on their Christmas lights Nov 1st. That being said, I am almost done shopping.
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#2049856 - 11/16/15 06:11 PM
Re: Christmas is around the corner
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I'm almost done also. We have a performing arts center here - SkyPAC - and I bought tickets today to see Celtic Woman in March. That's my husband's present. Tickets went on sale this morning and are selling quickly.
Don't put up much of a tree here - the dog would eat it. We do put a miniature tree above the fireplace and will probably do that in early December.
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#2049866 - 11/16/15 06:47 PM
Re: Christmas is around the corner
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getting my picture with Santa at the mall this weekend! You'll shoot your eye out!
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#2049868 - 11/16/15 06:54 PM
Re: Christmas is around the corner
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Lights are up, but won't be turned on till thanksgiving.... one of the little people was so excited they were kissing the pink flamingo and saying how much they loved it. Almost made me want to turn them on, but patience is a virtue.
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#2049874 - 11/16/15 07:02 PM
Re: Christmas is around the corner
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Still have not put away my Nightmare Before Christmas figurines but I think they work for Christmas also.
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#2049878 - 11/16/15 07:06 PM
Re: Christmas is around the corner
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Uh oh. I hadn't even thought about how the dog (new to us) will react to the tree. This may be interesting.
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#2049886 - 11/16/15 07:20 PM
Re: Christmas is around the corner
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Can you keep him/her away, EGB? What kind of dog did you get (I know - totally off-topic from the thread)?
I have a picture sitting on my desk from Christmas 18 years ago. My cat, Skittles, was about 9 months old at the time and totally destroyed the tree - climbed in it - chewed the lights, etc. The picture is of the green tree with a partial face and two green eyes peering out.
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#2049889 - 11/16/15 07:27 PM
Re: Christmas is around the corner
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My dogs have never bothered the tree other than bumping it as they ran past. Do not put edible ornaments on the tree.
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#2049904 - 11/16/15 07:51 PM
Re: Christmas is around the corner
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She is a German Shepherd / Border Collie cross. She is a 2 year old rescue. I have no idea how she will react to a tree in her house. And no, keeping her out of that area isn't going to be a possibility. Fortunately we do have quite a few non-breakable ornaments from when the kids were little and from kitties who would take things down to play with.
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#2049908 - 11/16/15 07:53 PM
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I may wait until December 5 to do the lights unless my wife decides we're doing them the Saturday after Thanksgiving.
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#2049917 - 11/16/15 08:02 PM
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"He threw the breaker and the lights came on, and we sang "Silent Night" o' "Silent Night"."
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#2049999 - 11/17/15 01:39 PM
Re: Christmas is around the corner
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Uh oh. I hadn't even thought about how the dog (new to us) will react to the tree. This may be interesting. If you can't do a table-top tree you might be able to build a baby-gate barrier around it. I've been known to do both...and probably will be reinstating at least one of those measures in defending the tree from the toddler. (The current dogs ignore it and we no longer have an indoor cat.)
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#2050000 - 11/17/15 01:40 PM
Re: Christmas is around the corner
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Oh, and by the way - there are only 12 days of Christmas, and none of them are in November. No decorating until after Thanksgiving!
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#2050042 - 11/17/15 03:53 PM
Re: Christmas is around the corner
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No lights, no tree, no x-mas music, no decorations, and gift cards all around.
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#2050185 - 11/17/15 10:04 PM
Re: Christmas is around the corner
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I think the Saturday after Turkeyday will be the decorating day, after all. Kids will be home, and they enjoy the decorations. I don't know yet if they'll both be home for Christmas, so we better let them have a glimpse of it. The tree is the best part. We've bought ornaments over the years on vacations, and have a bunch of others with baby pictures of the kids. The tree tells our family story.
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#2050187 - 11/17/15 10:07 PM
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That sounds very nice, MBH.
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