This year the decorations seemed to come earlier.  I am not sure if I am just noticing it because I am so far out from having any of the holiday spirit, but when I was still trying to get into the Halloween spirit there were Christmas decorations out in the stores.  And then almost as soon as November 1st dawned, before the last remnants of shaving cream were even cleaned up, people were putting out their Christmas lights and wreaths.  And what I can only assume are fake Christmas trees, because who can keep a tree alive for that long? 

This season has been a crazy one for our family.  Right now we are STILL in the midst of football season still, preparing for my son’s team to go to the National Championship in Florida next week.  Planning a trip right before Christmas is strange.    We will arrive back home on the 14th.  Which will give us 10 days to refocus and prepare for Christmas. 

I don’t want to put up the tree before we go this weekend because it will die while we are gone.  Also, we like to keep our decorations up until the Epiphany.

It seemed to me in years past that the weekend of Thanksgiving was the the beginning of the Christmas season.  That was when people pulled out their lights and strung them on their houses.

I may go and buy the wreaths and hang them up on the doors before we go to Florida and maybe bring some of the decorations down from the attic.  But I honestly am not in the mood.  I am too busy thinking of the warm weather.

So tell me, when do you decorate for the holidays?  Do you think that people are decorating earlier now than they used to?