When do you put up your tree?

**RedHedd** · 11-19-2005, 10:40 AM

No tree. I learned the hard way with Goldie and haven't had a tree is so many years, I've forgotten what it's like. With my two I'm sure it would be a destruction derby in no time. Just lots of cat safe decorations at my house. Much easier and they think a lot of them are toys for them. It's LOTS more fun.

**slick** · 11-19-2005, 10:42 AM

I'm putting mine up tomorrow. For me it's usually a two day process because I'm so anal when it comes to putting the lights on. It's a 4-hour job just for the lights alone....then when I put on the decorations they also have to be placed "just so!".

**catnapper** · 11-19-2005, 11:18 AM

Originally Posted by slick

I'm putting mine up tomorrow. For me it's usually a two day process because I'm so anal when it comes to putting the lights on. It's a 4-hour job just for the lights alone....then when I put on the decorations they also have to be placed "just so!".

I thought I was the only one! I am precise about my lights, and I never ever want to be able to follow a strand of lights - they should not be obvious! It takes e hours of precise placement for lights. I must have over 1000 lights on my 6' tree. Hubby jokes that you don't need any other lighting in the room!

The kids refuse to help me decorate the tree because I always move what they put on to a different spot.

**MariaM** · 11-19-2005, 11:32 AM

We usually put ours up around Dec. 10-18 lol, anywhere in there. I'm not sure if we're putting one up this year or not, because we may be going to St. Louis for Christmas...we'll see. I love Christmas so much!

**carole** · 11-19-2005, 12:58 PM

Sadly I have not been able to put up a xmas tree for three years now because of my wee girl Lexie, she would attempt to wreck it and eat anything in site, for some reason she is that way inclined, so only a few decorations go up each year, I do put xmas lights on the verandah each year and that looks pretty, nothing flash or over the top, just simple, still I would not have it any other way, as I love my Lexie way more than any xmas tree, I used to always put it up 1ST of December though.

**Killearn Kitties** · 11-20-2005, 10:23 AM

This year I will put it up on the weekend before Christmas. We get a real tree, so usually get it the weekend before Christmas or the previous weekend, depending when Christmas falls. I am terrible for remembering to water it and I don't want it bald by the New Year. I don't take it down until after twelfth night.

The girls have never shown the slightest bit of interest in the tree, other than napping among the presents underneath.

**Mad Mags Moo** · 11-20-2005, 10:50 AM

Don't have a tree.....only put a few bits of tinsel and some lights up! BAH HUMBUG!!!!!

**k9krazee** · 11-20-2005, 01:11 PM

I'm not sure when we'll put ours up...we usually go the weekend after Thanksgiving and get one but this year my mom wants to put up the fake tree

**Buddy Blaze Lover** · 11-20-2005, 02:29 PM

We usually put our tree up Thanksgiving weekend, but since we're having company from out of state this year, I doubt we'll do it, but we still might.

**Grace** · 11-20-2005, 02:47 PM

You need an other category. We put ours up the week after Thanksgiving.

**Toby's my baby** · 11-20-2005, 03:15 PM

We put ours up at different times, usually right after thanksgiving, because we dont have school or work, so we have time to decorate, its AlWAYS up before my birthday (December 12th)

**lisalee** · 11-20-2005, 06:50 PM

I usually put it up the week after Thanksgiving.

**Tollers-n-Dobes** · 11-20-2005, 09:13 PM

We usually put ours up in the second week of December, although last year we put it up the first week which I'm hoping to do again this year....

**krazyaboutkatz** · 11-20-2005, 10:50 PM

Before I had cats, I would put up my tree after Thanksgiving. Now that I have cats, I don't put up a tree any more. I only decorate a little bit because Storm likes to eat everything.

**davidpizzica** · 11-21-2005, 07:18 AM

Originally Posted by Toby's my baby

We put ours up at different times, usually right after thanksgiving, because we dont have school or work, so we have time to decorate, its AlWAYS up before my birthday (December 12th)

Toby's my baby, I might do the same thing, Have mine up before our birthdays!