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By: Karen Cox

Karen Cox — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:50:45 +0000

we put our tree up after Thanksgiving and my oranaments are crochet Christmas Rings I make in the center is a picture of my children..grandchildren friends ..granparents etc..my 7 ft tree is loaded withmemories from years past..my youngest daughter has a beanie baby tree..she has been doing this every year since my granson was little he is 10..makes for a very special tree..no breakage and no words of no if they want to rearrange..my oldest daughter foolws the same but with my little pony..special trees are awesome

By: Kristyn

Kristyn — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:26:56 +0000

Ever since I was a little girl, my family has always put up our Christmas tree on the Sunday after Thanksgiving. This has become one of my very favorite days of the year. We’ve always had the same, very traditional tree with white beads, red ornaments, and red bows and I wouldn’t have it any other way. As a little girl, I was also given my very own small tree to decorate as I please. Every year, this is filled with handmade ornaments, ornaments I’ve received as gifts, and of course, my beloved Boston Bruins ornaments. This year, even though I have moved out of my parent’s house, my brother and I will be returning home the Sunday after Thanksgiving to keep the tradition alive.

By: Vickie

Vickie — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:24:23 +0000

Last year was a ‘no spirit’ year for me. The kids are grown and have families of their own. There was no plans for the furthest ones to come up. I didn’t want a tree and refused to put one up. Christmas morning I looked into the living room and there stood a ‘tree’ that my husband had built out of a pine tree branch from the neighbor’s tree that had fallen into our garden. Charlie Brown would have been proud. That thing was about 4 ft. tall, had a few ornaments on it, but it felt like the best tree ever. My black mood disappeared & I laughed until I cried. I loved it.

By: Claudia

Claudia — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:51:40 +0000

We always put the tree up the first weekend of December. Typically, our son would even come home from college, just 90 miles away, to help. It’s tradition. We don’t just do one tree, each of our two children had their own tree with their own ornaments. (Each year since they were little we’d go the the Hallmark store where they would pick out that years ornament.) And we would decorate a small tree for the dining room table with mini ornaments. This year will be a first, he has a job this year. We’re thankful for that, but will still miss him putting up the tree.

By: Cheryle

Cheryle — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:18:54 +0000

ps and does my dear hubby make Chevy Chase tame in Christmas vacation! I’m sure the pilots and passengers see our house as they’re planning for their landing at the airport!

By: Cheryle

Cheryle — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:14:49 +0000

It was a family tradition to put up the tree the day after Christmas. It was a stretch for my mom as St. Nicholas always brought the tree & presents. We usually leave the tree up until January 14th and celebrate two Christmas.

This year traditions are going to change a little! My daughter also moved into a Condo with my grandson last weekend and he saw “his Christmas tree box” and had to have their tree up!

We will put a tree up on the 28th in Mexico as we’re flying down on the 27th and when we return we’ll get our tree up here. This year, we will finally have a Christmas train circling beneath the tree.

I’m looking forward to celebrating Christmas in Mexico with family there and returning for family Christmas in the states. It is one of my favorite holidays.

Besides the tree and Gingerbread houses/cookies, our other family tradition is to make candy cane reindeers! My nieces and nephews love to make those in Mexico and look forward to making them each year.

By: Liz Lowe

Liz Lowe — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:04:45 +0000

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU to all the nice people who shared their Christmas tree and other traditions. Scrapbook people, being creative, always tell the most vivid details and have the best stories !! We “downsized” last year from an 8 foot fake to a little 2 foot tabletop model. I saved the most special ornaments and put the rest in the “poor box” at Church. We always decorate the weekend after Thanksgiving. We always go to NYC to Rockefeller Center to see the big tree and all the store windows. Also try to go to a Christmas show, like Nutcracker or Radio City. Last year went to WINTUK by Cirque de Soleil…WOW !!! This year hoping to go to “White Christmas” on Broadway. ALWAYS watch “A Christmas Story” on TV. LOVE Ralphie and the gang !! Enjoy the Bumpus Hounds, too !!
HAPPY THANKSGIVING to the scrapbook community. May your family and friends be blessed with good health and happiness always

By: Christie

Christie — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:08:21 +0000

Hi there,
Well, I have been a single mother twice and guess what? I still celebrate Christmas!!! HAHA. We all know we women are the glue that holds alot together and for me, it was business as usual. Get that tree up the day after Christmas and make it as special as can be. My daughters were always in the mix “helping” and we would break for cocal or watch Miracle on 34th Street…a tradition that still stands today with a now married 30 year old and a 21 year old! It is a great time of year and there will always be good memories past, present, and future. Julie, I think you are an amazing mother, friend, and business woman. You truly do have it all and yes, Virginia, there is life after divorce. Good things happen to good people.

By: Tricia

Tricia — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:57:29 +0000

We usually put up our tree sometime during the first week of Dec, but I am considering putting my tree up this week. My husband is in the Navy and is getting ready for deployment right after Christmas. He is gone right now but thankfully will be home right before Thanksgiving. I love snowmen, and having my snowmen decorations and Christmas tree up just brightens my mood and will help keep my mind off the upcoming deployment.

By: Diane Herman

Diane Herman — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:54:39 +0000

Our tree usually goes up day after Thanksgiving – but this year I am hosting my family for Thanksgiving on Sunday, not sure when tree will go up. Used to go and cut one with our sons, but a few years ago we couldn’t get a day that all were available so we bought one. This will be a very tough Christmas for us, too. My mom died last year, Christmas Eve afternoon. part of me says — no tree, just get through the month of December, then the Mom/Grandma steps in and says we have to have the tree and remember my mom because she always had a beautiful, real tree, even last year. Happy Holidays to all — whether you have a real one or not, whenever you put up that tree!!