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S/O Christmas Tree Post
In your family, who usually puts up the tree and decorates it?
I usually do ours. I try to buy a live one that's not too big (6 feet tall but skinny) so that I can get it in the stand by myself okay. DH's family always had a fake tree so he's clueless about putting trees up. The one time I asked him to get the tree guy to trim the bottom branches, he only left like 1/2 an inch clear at the bottom so there was no way we could get it in a stand without breaking out the chainsaw.
Re: S/O Christmas Tree Post
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He does all the outdoor stuff. He has all these light designs/creations he does every year. We have a prelit fake tree and he helps me put it together, but I do most of the ornament hanging, but he'll make suggestions.
At my parents house, It was always a big production about who was going to do the tree and everyone wanted someone else to do it or wanted to do it at a certain time or with everyone - which I always found depressing and it became an unpleasant chore, so it defeated the purpose.
Growing up we always did it as a family. Now that 3 of the 4 kids are out of the house, my parents try and do it when my younger sisters are home. I'm sure they'd welcome my older sister and I, but they don't want to intrude on any of our traditions with our family.
Since DH and I have been dating, we have always done it together. This year he did a lot more of the work since we have DD, but I was there with him oooh'ing and ahhh'ing over the ornaments.
For various reasons we have an artificial tree this year (boo) but normally when we get a real tree we both go together to pick one out then we decorate it together and make a whole day/night out of it and watch some type of Christmas cartoon/movie.
DH put the artificial one up this year without me because I've been sick and because my schedule on the past few and upcoming weekends doesn't allow for a whole event out of it. We decorated it together last night before company came over and had a fun time/
DH brings everything upstairs for me and in the past he's helped me assemble the tree, but this year I took care of it for various reasons. I also put the lights on. He helped put hooks on the ornaments and hand them to DD for hanging while I hung ones higher and helped when she struggled with one. He & DD take care of the topper - he puts her on his shoulders and helps her place it.
DH is not at all into Christmas. The only reason we have a tree and decorations is because I insist upon it, and the only reason he really participates is because I insist upon it. It's kind of a bummer, but I appreciate that he does it even though it's not his thing. I think it's important for DD and I want her to remember that decorating the tree was something we all did together.
When we were little Santa brought the tree along with the presents. It was a fake tree and my mom put it up after we went to sleep. They didn't have a lot of money, so my mom thought it would be more exciting if Santa did the tree and the gifts. Once my younger brother stopped believing in Santa (around the time I was 9) we all decorated it together on Christmas Eve-Eve, aka December 23rd.
With Evie we all plan to do it together a week or two before Christmas.
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