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Are you that person who drags out the Christmas decorations while the rest of your family is still finishing Thanksgiving dessert? Well, join the club! A quick cruise around the iVillage community tells me that many of you waste no time putting out the tree and getting ready for Santa.
"Friday night I put my tree up, and I finished decorating it Saturday." -- glebou
"We're making gingerbread houses at my sister-in-law's house this afternoon." -- hunterandyranmom
"I switched my kitchen plates/bowls, etc out for the winter ones -- snowmen. Then I pulled out all my snowman blankets for the living room." -- scrapperstacy
"We have an iron gate as you enter our property that is almost 40 ft wide. I just finished decking it with green garland, stars and bells." -- deenow17
"My sis and I will be decorating my mom's house for her for Christmas. She typically goes all out and every nook and cranny is decorated for the holidays. She LOVES this time of year, and we wanted to make sure that she was still able to celebrate, even though she's not physically able to do like she usually would right now." -- jennh1230
"I have yet to get the lights up on the spruce, and I am still doing some cleaning, but I did add two more strings of lights to the front bush, alternated a little Christmas decorating with cleaning yesterday, picked up a red velvety patterned shower curtain for the holidays, one candle pedestal, found enough envelopes for the Christmas cards, and even found a beautiful swirly white bowl at Pier 1 that now sits on a side table with a bunch of tiny red ornaments in it." -- michellejeanne
Or maybe you're like me and shirley_v?
"I was thinking of putting up a fake-fir garland on the balcony railing with some red bows -- which I bought a couple of years ago but never got out of the box it came in! (Real enthusiasm, there, eh?). Oh yes, I do have a wreath that I hang on the front door." -- shirley_v
What does your house look like this time of year? Is your joyous noel visible from outer space, or do you go with a more subtle approach?
