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Did You Put Your Holiday Decorations Up Early This Year?

December 11, 2020October 3, 2022 Kelley 10 comments

In a typical year, we would cut down a tree from Dan’s family’s Christmas tree farm during the weekend after Thanksgiving, and put up a few decorations in our apartment that weekend too. But…

This year has been anything but typical, and after seeing pictures of cozy livingrooms lit up with Christmas lights and decorated trees — as early as the first week in November — we decided to start a little early too. 

We weren’t able to cut our tree earlier than normal, but we put up lights around the apartment and hung a wreath in the entryway before Thanksgiving. Just those two simple things gave us some early holiday cheer. 

For our Christmas tree this year, we decorated with white lights, DIY dried orange ornaments, and DIY cranberry garland. We’ve also added candy canes and a few decorations since I took these pictures, but now we’re not sure what to put on top of the tree. What do you have? A star? An angel? Something different? I honestly don’t mind it just the way it is…

P.S. Our tree from a few years ago.

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10 comments

  1. Jenn Smith says:
    December 14, 2020 at 2:57 pm

    We put our decorations up early too. We have a fake tree, so we were able to put up our tree early. I like the simplicity of yours. Very cute!

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    1. Kelley says:
      December 15, 2020 at 8:27 am

      Thanks, Jenn! It was fun to switch up our decorations this year and do simple DIY ornaments.

      Reply
  2. Jennifer says:
    December 14, 2020 at 3:24 pm

    Your tree and decor are beautiful!

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    1. Kelley says:
      December 15, 2020 at 8:26 am

      Thanks, Jennifer!

      Reply
  3. Tiffany D Setzer says:
    December 14, 2020 at 3:34 pm

    I definitely broke my rule and decorated right after Halloween…. I usually wait until Thanksgiving day.

    Also, I love your dried orange ornaments! I will have to try this.

    Reply
    1. Kelley says:
      December 15, 2020 at 8:31 am

      This was definitely the year to break the rules! ;) Yes, def give the dried orange ornaments a try — they’re super easy and so pretty.

      Reply
  4. Tara says:
    December 14, 2020 at 3:58 pm

    I love the cherry garland! Is that made with dried cherries? How does it keep?

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    1. Kelley says:
      December 15, 2020 at 8:43 am

      I just picked up two bags of Ocean Spray cranberries from the produce section at our local grocery store and so far so good! I didn’t use any that looked bruised or too soft, so hoping they last a while!

      Reply
  5. Katherine says:
    December 14, 2020 at 10:44 pm

    I got my tree up (with a star) at the beginning of the month! Helps to keep the chaos down as the holidays approach… it this year I forgot to get the xmas cards ready on time! Can’t win them all! And the tree looks great btw!

    Reply
    1. Kelley says:
      December 15, 2020 at 8:44 am

      Oh, I’m the same, Katherine — getting our holidays card out on time is such a struggle!

      Reply

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