We usually start Thanksgiving day, after we eat, but this year we'll be traveling so I'm not sure what we'll do. DH and I both LOVE the Christmas season so we want to the festive feel to start ASAP (but not before Tgiving is over). We just moved into a new house so I have no idea how we'll decorate b/c there isn't really anywhere to put anything. We don't like clutter so we purposely don't have bookshelves, regular shelves or anything, but that makes it hard for special occasions like Christmas. I have a feeling our scrawny artificial tree (I bought in college) won't look quite right either so we might go out in the woods and cut one for this year (and hope no one is allergic).