Originally Posted by Jim's Gem
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.
When DD#3 gets home from school around the 18th she and my eldest will bake a gazillion cookies here at my house. I think my son's ex girlfriend will come over and bake too. The problem could arise if his current girlfriend wants to bake with them!!!
Well, I get to eat my words. While my son and daughter were home for the Thanksgiving weekend we decided to get the tree and decorate. Dh and the kids ran out the to tree farm and cut the tree (I have had recent surgery so I stayed home on "ice")
They pulled down the boxes from the garage and they did all the decorating, I did help to hang a few ornaments. This is the earliest in many years that we have gotten our tree up. It is also the first time ever that we were the first on our street to get up the Christmas lights.