We've had a family tradition of going together to a tree farm and cutting our own tree. Since my eldest started college in 2000 we wait until we have the most people home for the task. Sometimes that's as late as the 20th or even the 23rd before we get the tree. Since I am temporarily handicapped I will let the rest of the family decorate while I watch them. My oldest is married but lives real close, she will decorate her own place with a tiny tree. My second is married and it is the year his family is going to their home so Jen will have to do her own decorating. We will wait for our son to get home from school and my son to get leave from the Navy.