Only businesses put up decorations before that. $$$

• Christmas Tree & Decorations - Sara
  • I try not to even think about it until after Thanksgiving - pet peeve (sm)
  • I try to have it up by thanksgiving or right after..nm - blondie_1147
  • Normally week AFTER Thanksgiving. - nm
  • The people across the street from - mtmomof2
  • The common date here in Oz is 1 December, - Xmas in Summer
  • Never before 12/20. if then. TOO SOON. - jj
    • Only businesses put up decorations before that. $$$ - P.S.
  • Just curious...sm - not starting anything
  • Our tree is undecorated until 12/24. - Lllls
  • We get our tree (real) the week of Thanksgiving - LinK
    • Never before Dec.10 but this year need uplifting sm - gemini

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What? No Christmas? I just don't get it.  For years, businesses have advertised Christmas, but now, ewww, don't even THINK of saying the word, ***CHRISTMAS***, for you might get THAT LOOK from someone who is ewwwww offended.  Offended? Give me a break!  I am supposed to accept every other religious nuance with open arms, but if I say MERRY CHRISTMAS these days, I get a very negative knee jerk response.  I'm sick of it.  So, I'm doing something about it, just like I did last year.  So, here goes...

TARGET - you're IN. I'll shop at your store because you are including Christmas in your advertising.

WALMART - you're OUT.  Not only are you not advertising Christmas, your snarky response to my email simply questioning your intentions really turned me off .  I also won't be shopping at your other company SAM'S CLUB either!
UPDATE - WALMART HAS ANNOUNCED 11/9 THAT THEY WILL BE INCLUDING CHRISTMAS IN THEIR ADVERTISING AND ADMIT THAT THEY MADE A MISTAKE.  SEE LINK HERE AND BELOW!  http://tinyurl.com/yd9gx9

KOHL'S - You're IN.  The letter you sent was very respectful and I appreciate that you will be including Christmas in your advertising.

SEARS - You're OUT.  Kwanzaa? You actually used Kwanzaa as a reason for not advertising Christmas?  Diverse cultures? Afraid you're going to offend other religious beliefs? Do you have a CLUE that Christianity is the NUMBER 1 religious belief system in America?

DILLARDS - You're IN.  Discover Christmas. Discover Dillards.  Good job.

LOWE'S - You're IN. Glad you smartened up and changed your sign from Holiday Trees to Christmas Trees...DUH!

MACY'S - You're IN.  Thank you for allowing your employees to now say Merry Christmas and for placing advertisements in your stores, television, online, and print ads.

VICTORIA'S SECRET - You're IN.  Christmas trees and music in your stores? What a novel concept. Kudos.

As of this writing, other stores as of last year not advertising Christmas are Kroger, Dell, Office Max, Walgreens, Staples, and J.C. Penney.  I'm doing research to find out if they've smartened up and changed their position.  I will post as I find out more information.

What it all comes down to, folks, is that these businesses CAN advertise Christmas.  Christmas was here FIRST, but fat cat corporations are trying to lump all religious holidays together into one even though they don't fall on December 25!  Does any of this make sense? People generally don't buy Thanksgiving gifts, but Thanksgiving is advertised.  Hmmm.  Interesting concept, isn't it? 

Some readers may not like what I have to say and to them, I say...oh well.  I believe in what I believe.  In my opinion, there should be no reason to be offended by Christmas. If you celebrate a holiday other than Christmas, when it rolls around, celebrate it will a full heart!  I sure am!

We always try to have the tree lit up and the decorations out on display by Thanksgiving day. I think having a fake tree makes that possible.

Do you set a deadline to have the tree up and decorated by Thanksgiving week? If not, when do you try to have it finished?

It was driving me absolutely nuts and I finally found out what they are called!  Google or do a search on E-Bay for 'Melted plastic popcorn decorations' and see what you find!  I'm gonna try and make a bid for one or two because after seeing that one in 'MT of Oz' picture there, I suddenly felt this NEED to have one again! 

Thanks for reviving happy memories MT of Oz!!