My question is " When do you put your tree up?"
I am surprised that people put the tree up at Thanksgiving or early December. The year that I decided that the kids could help put the tree up on Christmas Eve day was a freedom to me. It had always been put up after the children went to bed; in my neighborhood in Philadelphia. And we spent New Years' Day walking around knocking on doors asking "Can we see your tree?' Every house gave us some goodies! I remember a young Polish couple that had moved to the states and hadn't any family here. They did not speak english but they were so happy to have visitors. And we little scoundrels were only going for the goodies! Lesson learned.