I started yesterday. I usually wait until New Years day but this year well....our tree actually fell over about 30 minutes after we got it all up - I seriously think it traumatized the tree (live tree). It's lost almost all of its needles. I sit here at night and just hear the needles fall off without the tree even being touched. I'm just so ready to get it out of here. I can't do it all in one day anymore either. I need almost a week to put it all up and a week to take it down :lol: