Originally Posted by
Belfrybat
When I had outside lighted decorations, I put them up on St. Nicholas Day -- December 6th and took them down on Epiphany -- January 6th. I celebrate Advent beginning the first of December (sometimes the last Sunday in Nov), so inside the house is an Advent wreath and a creche to which I add figures to each Sunday. I start with the animals and gradually fill in the people up to Christmas Eve when I add the Christ Child and Magi. The Sunday before Christmas I put up the rest of the inside decorations and leave them up until Candlemas - Feb. 2nd.
We also do St. Nicholas Day with candy in wooden shoes (foreign exchange student from Netherlands enjoyed this especially), Advent wreath on dining room table for with candles lit each week for 4 weeks, and fill the stable as you do and add the Kings afterward (takes a while for camels to travel
