For years when we lived in New Jersey my volunteer fire department would spend the day after Thanksgiving decorating the firehouse. This would take about 15 members about 4 or 5 hours, then when we were done I would make lunch for everyone.


Then once my wife got home from shopping the two of us would start to decorate our house.

This is what we did for years in New Jersey, and now living in Florida for the last 26 years we still wait till the day after Thanksgiving, does anyone else wait till Friday?

Thanks

We always wait until after Thanksgiving too.

Depends on the weather forecast. This year, outdoor went up yesterday while it was 70 degrees. Today's high is 39. Won't get lit until 12/1 though.

That's when we go buy the tree

I do.... one holiday at a time please

Thanksgiving morning, Christmas music starts.

Lights go up outside over the 4 day weekend…

Start the season! Ho ho ho!

I put up my wreath this week. So, just a bit before Thanksgiving. I may do a little more next week.

Outdoor decorations go up in November about whenever the weather is favorable, but they’re not turned on until after Thanksgiving. We usually put the tree up and decorate the house after Thanksgiving. This week, we had two granddaughters in the house and put the tree up on Tuesday, so they could take part. The rest of the house decorating remains to be done.

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Originally posted by Rightwire:
I do.... one holiday at a time please

Same with me and the wife, it starts the weekend after. It was always like this in past decades with everyone, especially growing up as a kid, but it seems in recent years, a segment of the population gets a huge jump on Christmas, months ahead. When I was a kid, TV and radio ads didn't touch the holiday until after Thanksgiving, but in later years they did a couple of weeks ahead, and now it is before Halloween.

I did time in New Jersey too.

Santa Claus arrives in The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Thanksgiving and beyond is fair game.

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Originally posted by braillediver:
I did time in New Jersey too.

Santa Claus arrives at The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Thanksgiving and beyond is fair game.

My wife is watching the parade as we speak.

When I was a kid my uncle was very high up in Macys management. Every year he would ask if we wanted to be in the parade as a balloon/rope handler I always thanked him and declined. As I look back now I wish I had done it.

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Originally posted by braillediver:
Santa Claus arrives in The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Thanksgiving and beyond is fair game.

THIS!

December 1st is my preference, but Nov 30th would be acceptable based on this years calendar...Thank you for your attention to this matter!

Idiots around here started Putting them up the day after
Halloween. Halloween decorations were going up in September.

Maybe not the day after, but 100% not before.

Like. nHRACraft, with the start of Advent.

Christmas Season doesn’t start until after Thanksgiving in our house.

We bought the tree yesterday and decorated it this morning. Not having Thanksgiving here, going to Aunts house 1 hour away at 1pm.

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Originally posted by Tuckerrnr1:

That was so true for us here in Florida. Most houses have very little attic space and no basements for the most part.

We used to keep our tree in the shed till one year when we pulled it out something had made a nest in it, so to the trash it went.

Eventually we ended up with a little 3 foot tree that just fits in the attic.