Is it too late to put up a Christmas tree?

[yvr girl]

Actually, is it too late to put up a tree around Wednesday?

[TK421]

1. Considering that I leave mine up for a few weeks after Christmas,

no. I don't have mine up yet, either.

[LuLu550]

2. Too late

is the week AFTER Christmas.

Mine is not up yet and I know several families who have traditionally put the tree up on Christmas eve.

[Ptah]

3. It's never too late.

[bikebloke]

4. The best time is around the middle of August.

But you can probably slide by. I know they're getting strict this year, but they've outsourced the Tannenbaum Polizei, who aren't quite up to scratch.

:hi:

Seriously, it doesn't matter. It's your holiday, so do what you want and the hell with anyone else's schedule.

[billyskank]

5. Put up a Christmas tree any time you like

Put one up in August if you want! :D

:hug: :hi:

[EFerrari]

17. One of my mom's neighbors used to get steamed because

she left her lights up for months.

And, yes, she did it on purpose to bug him. :evilgrin:

[Crabby Appleton]

6. Dec 26 would be too late, now is fine

[YellowRubberDuckie]

7. Nope...

But you have to post pictures of it and show it to the rest of us!!

I so love mine!

[RFKHumphreyObama]

8. Yes it is beautiful

:thumbsup:

[EFerrari]

16. How lovely.

My little guy is atop the kitchen table with two presents and two cats underneath. I'd snap a pix but don't want to rouse the troops.

It's about a foot tall and will be planted after Jan 6 in our neighborhood park. :)

[YellowRubberDuckie]

20. That's so neat!

You get pretty, and get to contribute to the Oxygen on the planet! Very cool.
Duckie

[ghostsofgiants]

9. My dad put his up last night.

[Left Is Write]

10. No, not at all.

[rurallib]

11. Back in the old days trees often went up on Xmas eve

or the week of Xmas. Fire hazard you know. We start Xmas stuff so early now soo the trees will be going up on Nov.1.

[treestar]

12. We used to wait until Dec. 24

It was tradition.

In fact, originally, didn't Santa even bring it? It was not even up as far as the kids were concerned until Christmas morning.

[GreenPartyVoter]

19. Santa brought our tree. We'd go to bed with the living room all normal and

come down to twinkling lights and glittering ornaments and presents stacked atop of each other. It was magical.

[Ptah]

13. It better not be too late

[Book Lover]

14. On the contrary, you would be following tradition more closely

Trees are not "supposed to" go up until Xmas Eve.

[bigwillq]

15. Nope

Put it up when you have the chance.

Keep it up through Easter! :P :)

[Control-Z]

18. Nope

Mine is not going up until next weekend when we can have the whole family decorate it together.

[Kali]

21. heck no!

The later you put it up the fresher it will stay until February or March when you finally get around to taking it down! :7

[Nye Bevan]

22. Absolutely not- any time up to Christmas Eve is fine

In fact my mother always used to say that the "correct" (or traditional) custom was to put up the tree on Christmas Eve and take it down on Twelfth Night.

Last year we put up ours 2 weeks before Christmas and even though I watered it regularly it was dead and dry by New Years Day and I had to get rid of it. This year we put up our tree yesterday so hopefully it will stay alive until Twelfth Night.