ITS CHRISSSSSSSSSSSTMAS!! *Flash your festivities*

That tree looks amazing flow! We'll put up the tree today if we get time but we have special Christmas mugs for mulled wine and plates for mince pies (we're a bit sad like that) that we'll definitely get out today!

Not sad!! I am aiming to get these today!!

Glad I'm not the only one! Oh and we'll probably put the Christmas duvet cover on the spare bed today too. I love decorating the house for Christmas more than I like actual christmas. I'm also a big fan of tinsel. It's a must.

We have our Advent tree out today but nothing Christmassy for another fortnight at least.

Looks great! We are doing ours on Tuesday as it's OH's only day off this week. I'm ashamed to say that last year our tree was up in november!! It was our first year living together and we got excited, that's my excuse

Yeah where do I go for one of those?!

It's more wintery than christmassy but it has a festive feel. This is a picture of it from last year. I bought it from primark last year - I'm not sure if they are doing them again?

DCM that's amazing I want itttttt!

I haven't got mine up yet - not until the 9th. I usually put it up later but I'm working a lot over the next few weeks.

I will have to come back with a flash once they're up

Primark have got festive bedding in this year, I saw it last week. Although I'd rather pull my own eye balls out than tackle primark again this side of Christmas!

Wow, Flow, that's some tree!

Here's our tree:

Bit sparce on the old light front as H snapped one set of lights trying to untangle them.

Here's our front porch too:

Ho, ho, ho!

Advent tree?! Is that like a special tree that you have until the normal Christmas tree comes out?

Advent tree is a small (tabletop sized) wooden cut out tree and every day in December we open a drawer of the advent "calendar" and hang the enclosed little wooden decoration on the tree. Oh that's a rubbish explanation. Will try to photograph.

That sounds lovely AC!

My house currently looks like a building site, no space for a tree need to book a day off to tidy and sort out downstairs.

Here's the Advent tree (with one decoration on)

and the Advent drawers that the decorations come from!

That is such a lovely idea AC!

Thanks Cat. We also have a tin of Roses in case anyone needs an Advent chocolate!

Ha Flow I love how your tree is fenced in! Baby proofed?

Love your tree tricks (and your wallpaper!)

Why do you have a fence round the tree Flow?

Thanks Funky! I love your view!

to stop little hands wrecking it and pulling it down!!

Sorry, I have no idea how to de-wonk them.

Oops Funky I know where you live from that view. I am down the road in RA

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Mrmini has been really poorly today so we haven't put our tree up as he can't get into the loft. I'm very jealous of all your trees.

Amazing looking trees! We didn't have time to do ours in the end - we'll try to do it in the week

I've spent all night untangling fairy lights (and shocking myself) the tree is up but needing decorated.

this is my new titchy tree

Lovely trees everyone! I won't be putting mine up until next week and will flash away. I bought lots of decorations in the Jan sales last year, so it's been a surprise for me when I've got them out! I'm quite excited and plan to go all out, since this is our first proper Christmas ourselves, as last year we'd not really moved in so didn't bother with lots of decs.

Haven't quite finished yet, but got most of them up.

I have the 'festive' bedding from Primark too, not too Christmassy but it still looks wintery I think:

Homemade Christmas tree:

Workmade Christmas tree (yes those are bananas - we don't have any decorations yet so made do with fruit!):