So.......this year I put my Christmas tree up on November 7th - what of it?? Apparently there are some folks who think that's a big deal (I am not one of them, obviously). Why? I have gotten to the point where I just embrace the parts of the holidays that I enjoy and forget the rest.
Decorating my house and enjoying the lighted tree is still one of the parts of the holidays that I love and so I want to get at it as soon as possible, before I get sad about some other parts of the holidays. Thanksgiving and Christmas were designed to be 'family time' and since that's just not where my life is right now, I find them kind of depressing or empty. But in an effort to stay positive and enjoy what I can, I embrace decorating, looking at Christmas lights, etc. and run with them! I start early and immerse myself in all of the prep work to get my house in Christmas mode. It's a lot of work for one person to do, so I want to enjoy it for the longest time possible. :)
I think that the people who have the most issues with starting the holidays early are the ones who aren't thinking outside of the box and expanding their vision of the holidays past what they 'have always done'. My family ALWAYS (and I mean ALWAYS) put up our Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving. My Dad would get the tree out and put it up and us girls would put the ornaments on and then decorate the house. It was a tradition......but times have changed. My parents sold the house I was raised in and moved up north, we went away to college and then got our own places, got married, moved away, etc. Times changed, and so those traditions died and were buried in our memories. I just have to make new traditions and roll with the changes - and one of those changes in my world is putting up the tree whenever I damn well please! hahaha!
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