Decorating for 2016

[December Cheesecake]

Hi everyone,

Just wondering who is gearing up to get the decorations up, not long now. Looking forward to seeing them all.

Hopefully this year i will move on from lurker/silent admirer to a contributer

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[wstaple]

I'm chomping at the bit this year! I'm planning on lining my driveway and mulch beds with lights this year, so I've been buying my light sets a little bit at a time over the past few months. My wife and daughters got me started with a Department 56 Christmas Vacation piece for my birthday in July, and I've bought a couple of more pieces to go with it, so I'm looking forward to getting that out for the first time this Christmas.

I'll start getting things out the weekend before Thanksgiving. As far as I'm concerned, November 18 can't get here soon enough!

[ornamentmaven]

[QUOTE=December Cheesecake;143541]Hi everyone,

Just wondering who is gearing up to get the decorations up, not long now. Looking forward to seeing them all.

Hopefully this year i will move on from lurker/silent admirer to a contributer

Well December cheesecake -I really hope you do join us this year!

I can't wait this year either! Especially after not being able to decorate last year! It will be a challenge this year- being in the new house, as everything will be different! I plan to drape my outside lights around the front porch railing so that will be an easy change. Most of my decorating will be done the Friday thru Sunday after Thanksgiving. I have Thanksgiving
guests, so I really love to go with autumn decor and colors until then. I usually put up my small Madame Alexander tree earlier however, as tht is set up in the Master bedroom and not on display

[ornamentmaven]

Just bought two of my three annual Hallmark Christmas ornaments - Puppy Love, and Fairy Messenger for my daughters. The store was temporarily out of my Madame Alexander ornament

[Starmie]

Make a wonderful Christmas tree!~

[Crazymike1965]

I am getting ready to start decorating in less than 2 weeks :presents1: and welcome to the forum December Cheesecake :santa1:

[Papa_Christmas]

I haven't got the carpets cleaned yet but I may get the trees up on the train layout this weekend.:santa1:

[Elf_Erv]

two days until I start Christmas decorating

[wstaple]

You guys are KILLING me! I won't be able to start putting things up until November 21. I would have started last night after the last trick or treater left, but my wife likes to have her fall stuff out for a while. I used to have to wait until the Monday before Thanksgiving, but I've worn her down a bit over the years.....:my lord:

[Elf_Erv]

got Halloween stuff put away last night, hauling Christmas tubs up from the basement this afternoon

[snowbell1]

My home is about done,all decorations up,it looks nice,here are a few from this room.71117112711371147115

[ornamentmaven]

Looking good Julie!

[steph535]

Pretty and festive!

[Papa_Christmas]

It all looks lovely Julie,now you can sit back and enjoy the season.:christmastree:

[snowbell1]

My whole house is done and now my deck is done,i love it.:hopxmas:

[ChantelleJoy]

My whole house is done and now my deck is done,i love it.:hopxmas:

Wow! I haven't even started!

[ornamentmaven]

I hope to start later today- if I can get my husband to bring my small white tree and Madame Alexander ornaments in from the storage shed! I always get that tree up by mid-November!

[*Snowflake*]

Wow, you guys are fast:tree1:

[ladyice]

I am starting today!

[ornamentmaven]

Just set up my small Madame Alexander tree. I'll post photos later!

[steph535]

Wonderful! Hoping to see pics from both of you

[Papa_Christmas]

Wonderful! Hoping to see pics from both of you

Yea,what steph said :elf3:

[Tournament Games]

I am ready to start Christmas decoration.

[Elf_Erv]

I'm fully decorated

[steph535]

Got my tree up, no ornaments yet. This is early for me. Had been trying to decide whether to put up the tree or decorate at all, since we'll be up north for Christmas and New Years. Last year, I didn't decorate at all and, while it was nice to come home and not have to deal with the chore of putting it all away, it's also nice to see and enjoy our own tree and decorations for a while. And, I didn't buy that new tree a couple years ago for nothing:tree1:

[wstaple]

Today's the day for me! I'm taking the afternoon off and setting up my driveway lights, maybe a couple of other outside lights, depending upon how long the driveway lights take. Then tonight I'll get all of the inside decorations down from the bonus room closets and the garage, and get them all organized, possibly get both trees up before I go to bed. Then the next 3 days I'm in full decorating mode. Can't wait! :hopxmas:

[wstaple]

And so it begins.....

[steph535]

The tree so far: 7118


It really is straight, not leaning like the picture, lol. And, it's hard to get it in focus.

[*Snowflake*]

It looks great steph:elf3:

[ornamentmaven]

Very pretty and sparkly Steph!

[steph535]

Thank you, *snowflake* and OM!

[Papa_Christmas]

Looking great Steph keep those pictures coming.:elf3:

[steph535]

Looking great Steph keep those pictures coming.:elf3:
Thanks, Papa
I tried posting a video last night but I don't know how to get it to post in the new thread. It says choose a file, which I did, then it says it's compressing, when that's done, I tapped on upload, but it's not in there. Sorry, didn't mean to hijack this thread

[Papa_Christmas]

Thanks, Papa
I tried posting a video last night but I don't know how to get it to post in the new thread. It says choose a file, which I did, then it says it's compressing, when that's done, I tapped on upload, but it's not in there. Sorry, didn't mean to hijack this thread

I always host my videos on youtube then you just click the insert video tab on the toolbar and a window will open ,copy and paste the youtube url into the window.

[steph535]

I always host my videos on youtube then you just click the insert video tab on the toolbar and a window will open ,copy and paste the youtube url into the window.

I have a MacBook Pro laptop and an iPad and have never been able to upload anything to YouTube. But, thank you, anyway.


Update: thanks to encouragement from Papa C and CrazyMike, I was able to post a video on YouTube and post the link on the thread "our tree 2016"

[steph535]

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[Sam the snowman]

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Put up some in door stuff...getting a real tree on Dec 1st

[steph535]

Sounds great, Sam! What kind of tree are you thinking of getting?

[wstaple]

I think we're 95% finished. Here's the first group of pics.....

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[wstaple]

And the second group.....

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[wstaple]

And the outside of the house.....

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[ornamentmaven]

Just beautiful Steph, Sam and Wade!

[Papa_Christmas]

Put up some in door stuff...getting a real tree on Dec 1st[/QUOTE]

Lookin' good Sam

[Papa_Christmas]

Everything looks great Wade inside and out.:elf3:
Looks like some old Lionel tin plate.......excellent.

[wstaple]

Everything looks great Wade inside and out.:elf3:
Looks like some old Lionel tin plate.......excellent.

Thanks! I'm trying to remember the brand name of the train set, but it's not Lionel. I'll have to look tonight. My father got this set for Christmas in 1952 when he was 9 years old. When my grandmother moved about 10 years ago she found it in the attic. Dad didn't want it so I was thrilled to get it. I've never been able to get it running, but maybe one day. I was an N-scale guy for several years, so I didn't have much experience in the larger scales.

[steph535]

Thank you, OM.

[steph535]

Sam, looks good! Wade, beautiful job...I especially love the livingroom scene with the tree and fireplace

[wstaple]

Everything looks great Wade inside and out.:elf3:
Looks like some old Lionel tin plate.......excellent.

The train is a Louis Marx made in Girard, PA. The price in 1952 was $11.95.

[*Snowflake*]

Lovely decorations Wade, nice football touch on the tree ;)

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