I have no children to speak of. I put up a tree every year for my own enjoyment. I decorate the whole house for that matter. I love Christmas and I don't know what I would do if Christmas rolled around and I didn't decorate. For me that would be blasfamous. Nobody will probably even stop by. No biggie. I don't do it for anyone else but me. I love it and will continue to decorate every year until I can't anymore.