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I know you ask yourself this question every year. "Is it too early to start decorating for Christmas?" Some people like to pull the bins out of the closet the day after Halloween, while most others will usually wait until after Thanksgiving. We live in the Pacific Northwest, so if we waited until Turkey Day, then it's usually a pretty miserable experience when it comes to putting up the outside lights! The strategy that I developed about five years ago was to put them up in early November while the weather was still acceptable. Then, rather than be embarrassed in my neighborhood because I'm th …

ack in Roman times, people are said to have waited until midday on Christmas Eve to decorate their trees.The introduction of fake trees and long-lasting evergreens soon changed all this.These days, most Brits opt to put their trees up from the start of Advent, while, in the United States, many people put their trees up right after Thanksgiving.Thousands of people gather for the switching on of Christmas tree lights at famous venues like the White House, in Washington, and Rockerfeller Square, in New York.If you don't have a fake tree, your kids' excitement about Christmas needs to be balanced …