We put ours up in mid November, as it seems to go to quickly if its only for December!

Mum always put up the tree at the beginning of Advent (four weeks prior); I preferred St. Nicholas' Day (December 6). With the stores stoking the Christmas Spirit earlier and earlier these days, I've hijacked the "12 days" idea, beginning 12 days prior (and taking it down as always, on 12th Night).

A week before Xmas, I think I am in denial that its Xmas already and refuse to believe another year has flown by. I keep it up until New Year.

Christmas Eve is when you should put your tree up and take it down on 6 January. That is when Christmas is!

The earlier you put them up the longer you have to enjoy them

Anyone who votes for 'I leave mine up all year' has some explaining to do.

I agree with the others who put theirs up in mid-November! December races by so fast it is not enough time to soak up the sparkle and enjoy the Christmas ambience of having the tree decorated and lit up in your home. Can we have a poll on how many Christmas trees people have? I'm wondering if the Martha Stewart approach of differently decorated trees for different rooms is catching on??

Early December or whenever time allows. Putting it up on xmas eve - i'd be thinking what's the point!? I need that piney smell hanging around for weeks to feel the cost was worth it!

My youngest son's birthday is the 19th December and I made his first birthday party into a Nativity Play! Figured it was the only year he'd agree to being the baby Jesus. My daughter's birthday is late November and she's told me she doesn't mind the tree going up around then, which is great, because I am putting everything up THIS WEEKEND and NO ONE can stop me!!! :-)

We are putting up our Christmas tree this weekend so as to get a photograph of the grand-kids in front of it for the chrissy cards. My wife has become a Christmas tree 'Nazi' - everything has to be perfect. Myer are sending their shop window designers around so they can see how it is done. Will post a photo next week.

The earliest it goes up here is St. Nicholas Day - the sixth of December and it always gets taken down Twelfth Night - the sixth of January. However, depending on circumstances our decorations have sometimes gone up a bit later than the sixth of December -- but never any earlier!

1st Dec to 1 st Jan.

I don't take it down then because of luck, but I'm sick of it by then. In Jan /Feb the drapes are closed and dark with the heat so can't see things that well anyway inside and we are living outside and at the swimming pool.

It's a long story. About 30 years ago, I had a 5, a 3 and 1 year old, and it was a cold horrible rainy cup day (1st Tuesday in November) so, I thought I would put the Christmas tree up to keep them entertained. Next year, cup day rolls around and Miss 6 asks, "are we putting up the Christmas tree today Mummy?"

I replied something along the lines of "Cup day is way too early for the Christmas Tree to go up!" To which she replied, "but we did last year ......"

And that my friends is why, to this day, we put the Christmas tree up on Cup Day. So word to the wise, don't create any precedents with a child with the memory of an elephant.

Might be time to replace the story next Melbourne Cup Day with something like tree planting day....

My partner and I put up our Christmas Trees, a Christmas Village and a Nativity Crib mid November. We put a lot of effort into it and it breaks my heart to have it up for just a few weeks. And it looks so darn pretty Will post pics soon.

Love to see that!

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I'm from a European background ... Italian and Catholic.

Christmas means celebrating the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem.

I hold onto generations of passed down tradition ...

We celebrate December 6th as St. Nicholas Day (European Father Christmas) ... this is the day that all the house & garden decorations go up!

We celebrate January 6th as The Epiphany (this is the 12th day of Christmas - when the Kings went back home) ... this is the day that all decorations get packed away.

That's one month of relevant religious dates/events ... just enough time to truly appreciate celebrating the birth of Jesus with family and friends - whether gift giving or not - and "ooh-ing and ahh-ing" over the home Christmas decorations without getting bored with them.