When do your Christmas decs go up?

I just started putting up my Chrimbo tree a few nights ago, I've not finished decorating it yet. I did recently receive some bubble lights for the tree, they have an American plug on them but that's okay as I have a power transformer. They'll only look okay in the middle of the tree as there's only 7 lights, but this means the power cable wont reach the floor, so I either need to get more sets of lights so I can daisy chain them all, and obviously because there's a lot they'll be spread out all over the tree including the bottom, this means I can then plug in the plug from the lowest lights as it'll reach, or I could just stick with the 7 lights and get an extension cable.

Hi @Zippy1983 I have some very serious Christmas monsters too that come in many forms, some of which, like with you, are traumatic family memories. Some years they get the better of me. I'm sorry you struggle. I am sorry for that part of me too. Sometimes the celebration to me is allowing myself to fall apart and honour my monsters. Every year there are monsters in the midst. It's just a matter of monster percentage. But they never really go away. And in the future new ones will probably be born. So to me, Christmas includes honouring my monsters. I too hate when people ran their effing joy down my throat - whatever that joy may be. And I'm sorry if I'm coming across that way. That's not my intention to make anyone feel uncomfortable. That's what they call toxic positivity. That's not my way of being in any way.

I love Nordic Christmas things, I have a cat but he doesn't bother with the tree. I have cat decorations from temu

They are cats

Thank you for making me laugh

Three times I've had two cats, and three times they didn't get along. Geez! Because of that and because my apartments are always small here, I've decided to stay with one at a time. Here is a Christmas mug some girlfriends bought me last year....

Isn't that adorable? "Miau" is how they spell meow in Spanish. Weird, eh?! 😁

Yeah? That's funny!!

Since you're into Christmas villages, I found a really nice video for you of one of my favourites here where I live, in Malaga. "Belén" means Christmas village in Spanish. "Ayuntamiento" means City Hall in Spanish. So the video title says this Christmas village is at City Hall. It's last year's version. Every year is new.

Christmas villages are all over the city, and both Christians and non-Christians just love them. I've never seen any Christmas villages like these in Canada, where I lived before moving here. The detail is spectacular.

The music is added to this video and is not a part of the real scene. It's super annoying, I think. So you might want to mute it, like I did. See what you think...