Who Decorates The Tree

[christmasnut]

Here its a family tradition that we all get together and decorate the christmas tree and my oldest always puts the Angel on top...My youngest girls do the baubles so we all take part in decorating...How about you guys...Is there a single person decorates your tree or is it a family tradition to get together as a family...

[chocolatechip1979]

My husband, daughter and I decorate the 3 main trees in our house. Sometimes we put small little trees in the guest bedrooms which I decorate depending on who's visiting.

[TooSweetForMe]

We use a little ceramic tree that already has the lights on it and really no way to put decorations on it. But, the end table we put it on has a lower and upper table. The tree goes on the upper table with a tree skirt around it. The lower table has a miniature village put on it.

[Crazymike1965]

My wife decorates the real tree and I take care of the other ones :)

[snowbell1]

My son and i decorate our trees,we have a couple of them.:christmastree:

[*Snowflake*]

Everyone (my mum, dad, granny, grandpa and me):christmastree:

[ChantelleJoy]

My wife decorates the real tree and I take care of the other ones :)

I honestly didn't even know you had a real tree, Mike! Wonderful!

I've always decorated the tree myself - but Lydia had her own little tree in her room last year and Decorated it herself.
She also decorated my bedroom tree with me last year. This year, it'll probably be the same!

[wstaple]

My wife and I decorate "her" tree in the den, the one most people see when they come to our house. All of us decorate the tree in the bonus room because the has all of the kids' ornaments they made or we bought for them growing up. We set aside a night and decorate it all together, then we watch Elf or Home Alone. I decorate the small tree at the landing area upstairs by myself. I'm hoping to buy a small-ish tree for my grandson that we can decorate together starting this Christmas.

[ornamentmaven]

I decorate the livingroom tree myself, although my daughters will add some of their own ornaments when I finish. I also decorate the Madame Alexander tree in my bedroom. My youngest has a small tree in her room that she decorates with her boyfriend. While my husband loves all the decorations, he never participates in the process!

[polrwht07]

In my family, my wife, and myself and my two sons (both are young) are together the day after Thanksgiving. I drag the big old tree out of the box, we get it put together, put it up, and let the boys just have at it and decorate it. I decorate the top portion and put the top hat (yes our "star" is a top hat) on, and my wife fills in the areas throughout the tree that the boys overlook. It's a lot of fun.

[Crazymike1965]

I honestly didn't even know you had a real tree, Mike! Wonderful!

I've always decorated the tree myself - but Lydia had her own little tree in her room last year and Decorated it herself.
She also decorated my bedroom tree with me last year. This year, it'll probably be the same!

Hi Chantelle :) yes I forgot to show the real tree when you were over last time or I had not got it yet.

[steph535]

I decorate most of our tree but my son does a little...sometimes. But, we've spent at least the last few Christmases at my sister's. I decorate a lot of their tree, too.

[snowbell1]

:christmastree:My son and i decorate ours as we do our whole home ourselves.

[ornamentmaven]

I do most of the tree decorating myself. My daughters will put some of their own ornaments on the tree and my husband is in charge of lugging all the boxes out of storage and putting on the tree topper.:christmastree:

[Mistletoe]

It's a group effort to decorate the main living room tree. We usually relive memories associated with the different ornaments. I do everything else.

[lizziesnow123]

Right after thanksgiving we get the tree and get it in the tree holder . I put on the lights cause grandkids are to little and my husband doesn't like doing that. Then the very first Saturday or Sunday the grandkids come and do the rest of the decorating for us.
They love doing it and they always look forward to it.
they normally do the middle and bottom section of the tree, my husband and I do the top part. My little grandson will get lifted up to put the star on top....they love it...

When my children were little , I remember my mother in law would always decorate her Christmas tree herself never letting her children actually help. It had to be perfect.
She would come to my house and look at our tree and say, "oh you have a kid tree".
meaning she could tell the kids decorated it too. No it wasn't perfect like hers, and kind of made me feel bad that she is missing the point of Christmas but I look at her and say , "No its not a kid tree , its a FAMILY tree we all decorated". I was proud of it and proud how we all enjoyed and had fun together.
I enjoy the tradition of family decorating with the kids and doing other holidays together.
its a memory the grandkids and my children will carry with them , and especially my husband and me to always look back on.

[chocolatechip1979]

It sounds like you have a blast with such a loving family during the holidays. :treedance:

[Mazzy]

I start with my 7 yr old...husband stays well away. Once the lights and the baubles etc are up husband will put the angel up on the tree:christmastree:

[Mistletoe]

Right after thanksgiving we get the tree and get it in the tree holder . I put on the lights cause grandkids are to little and my husband doesn't like doing that. Then the very first Saturday or Sunday the grandkids come and do the rest of the decorating for us.
They love doing it and they always look forward to it.
they normally do the middle and bottom section of the tree, my husband and I do the top part. My little grandson will get lifted up to put the star on top....they love it...

When my children were little , I remember my mother in law would always decorate her Christmas tree herself never letting her children actually help. It had to be perfect.
She would come to my house and look at our tree and say, "oh you have a kid tree".
meaning she could tell the kids decorated it too. No it wasn't perfect like hers, and kind of made me feel bad that she is missing the point of Christmas but I look at her and say , "No its not a kid tree , its a FAMILY tree we all decorated". I was proud of it and proud how we all enjoyed and had fun together.
I enjoy the tradition of family decorating with the kids and doing other holidays together.
its a memory the grandkids and my children will carry with them , and especially my husband and me to always look back on.
That sounds really nice. I find that now, if something looks too perfect to me, I get the feeling that it lacks love (weird, I know). As a pre-teen I became more OCD/perfectionist and preferred things just so- to have the picture perfect look. Luckily, my family didn't really allow that, so my memories and pictures aren't sterile looking (the way I probably would have had them look). Now, I look for and appreciate 'family' trees and decorations. The magical childhood touch. And I agree- the memories of having fun together are priceless.

Did your husband feel bad about never being allowed to decorate his childhood tree?

[Papa_Christmas]

My Daughter has two that she decorates one in her room and one in the spare room(her living room)My wife and I normally do seven trees 3 by her and four by me.
Covid has caused us to cancel our Christmas parties for 2020, that coupled with a recent death in the family and a new dog with an unruly long tail joining the family,we will only be doing four trees this year.We always start right after Halloween but circumstances have delayed us and we are just now getting started.

[Elf_Erv]

I decorate the trees and the cats un-decorate them :christmastree:

[Papa_Christmas]

I decorate the trees and the cats un-decorate them :christmastree:

:elf1::elf1::elf1::elf1::elf1::elf1: Too Funny

[Mistletoe]

My Daughter has two that she decorates one in her room and one in the spare room(her living room)My wife and I normally do seven trees 3 by her and four by me.
Covid has caused us to cancel our Christmas parties for 2020, that coupled with a recent death in the family and a new dog with an unruly long tail joining the family,we will only be doing four trees this year.We always start right after Halloween but circumstances have delayed us and we are just now getting started.
I'm sorry for your loss. I hope you'll be able to enjoy the season, even if it will be more contained. The new dog should help! :elf1:

[Papa_Christmas]

Thanks KC,I prefer to celebrate a life rather than morn a loss.It was my sister who passed she was 11 years older than I. We moved her (and her dog)from Ohio to Texas in March because she was ill and living alone in our parents house.We wanted her to be surrounded by family when her time came.Christmas is always welcome in our house we will miss and remember her (we used to fly her down here every year for a week at Christmas) but life goes on and this Christmas will be as joyful and wondrous as always.

[Mistletoe]

Thanks KC,I prefer to celebrate a life rather than morn a loss.It was my sister who passed she was 11 years older than I. We moved her (and her dog)from Ohio to Texas in March because she was ill and living alone in our parents house.We wanted her to be surrounded by family when her time came.Christmas is always welcome in our house we will miss and remember her (we used to fly her down here every year for a week at Christmas) but life goes on and this Christmas will be as joyful and wondrous as always.
You looked out for her well. I'm glad she's not suffering anymore.

And I'm thankful that Christmas seems to stand outside of time, returning once again with warmth, brightness and happy memories.

[jonnybill]

I do most of the tree decorating myself.

[Bishop1954]

I do about 95% of all the indoor and outdoor decorating. I always have done it by myself, so I guess to me it is just the norm. But I enjoy it as well... :christmastree:

[BoyGirlStuff]

I do, although sometimes my niece and nephew will come over and help me decorate it.

[BoyGirlStuff]

:elf1:

[Bishop1954]

There is also one tradition that I made some 35 years ago. I have a handmade ornament by my son when he was five. It is the first ornament I hang (centered) and the last one to be removed... :christmastree:

[sharonDavis]

I normally start it by trimming/shaping the tree before we all add the lights and decorations.

[Bishop1954]

I have to admit, that I always do the decorating. Usually due to a "theme" for when we have several. :hopxmas: