I love Christmas decorations! However, my enthusiasm for putting up the decor isn’t shared with the rest of the household. Not a lot of pictures in this post as everything is sort of a messy work in progress right now.
Husband has the not until after Thanksgiving rule. Annoying but I mostly abide. This year, he did agree we could put the tree up prior to Thanksgiving. Probably because I was eyeing new Christmas trees. Our prelit tree is down to one random part in the middle that actually lights.
In the end, after looking and looking, we simply bought lights to put on our tree. And my handy husband did some sort of Christmas magic so the old lights from the tree don’t light but the new ones do and I can still turn it on and off with the foot button. A week of crawling under the tree to plug and unplug the light cord gave me a new appreciation for that button!
Indoor decorating:
As I said, we wait until after Thanksgiving. So, I did hold off on decorating the tree until this past weekend. Also have out the Nativity set from when we first married. 
Still need to put out the one that belonged to my mother. This year space seems very limited. And they all keep wanting to blame my extra plants. Not true (maybe true). I’ll figure something out though as I usually do.
I’m waiting for help on the one part of the decor I can’t manage on my own, the greenery over the kitchen doorway. Should see if they’ll do that for me tonight.
I also like to add touches in the bedrooms and bathrooms. The Christmas shower curtain is up and the bedding is on the bed. I’ve moved on from a new tree for the living room to thinking about a small 4 foot tree for our bedroom. Not sure I’ll manage but I can “see” how it would look so nice and cozy there.
And tomorrow, I have plans with girlfriends to go tour holiday decorated homes….my husband better look out! Ha.
Outdoor decorating:
They used to be nice and put out a lighted reindeer and sleigh for me but not anymore. We’d inherited some old inflatables from my in-laws (from when my late mil was still with us) but they aged to the point we thought Santa might scare children so no more of those either.
Some years I also get a little real Christmas tree like pictured above for the front. I always try to plant them after the season. Unfortunately, the drought the last couple years wiped all my little planted Christmas trees out.
I did get some metal picks from Hobby Lobby last year and stuck into my outdoor planters but that’s about it for our outside.
Now, I just keep myself content by driving around awarding imaginary blue ribbons to the best decorated homes I see.
Lost Christmas decor! 
Here’s a new one. We’ve somehow lost an entire tub of Christmas decor. Can’t find the wreath for the front door (most pictures are from a couple of years back). Can’t find the Christmas stockings. Never mind getting coal, they aren’t going to get anything if I can’t find those. Ever lose your Christmas decor? It’s got to be here somewhere. New after Christmas goal, re-labeling and organizing the Christmas tubs.
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When do you decorate for Christmas? Do you go full house or are you a stick to the main room with the tree kind of person?
Well, I should be off here to go search for the lost bins of Christmas. Wish me luck and don’t forget to visit Tamy over at Chasing My Life to read all about Blogmas.
Hello dear Jean!
I love seeing your decorating (even of the past) – I sure hope you find your missing tub! Both of your nativities are so pretty. 🙂 And I adore that super cute wreath!! I usually stick to the wait til after Thanksgiving rule, unless it’s really late like it was this year. I like to decorate everywhere! More is more at Christmas. Lol xo Going to try to join blogmas today!
Lots of appointments here this week so I’m also in that “LIMBO” mode of decorating, but I need to finish before my girls night get together in a week. Sure hope you find your missing items. I’d be beside myself!