Everybody does it differently here, but the trees are generally on sale the day after Thanksgiving. We have an artificial tree (allergy problems when we had real ones), and I put it up Thanksgiving weekend. We don't do mistletoe since it's toxic. Between the dogs and the cats, nothing is safe, even hanging from the ceiling, so we just don't bring toxic vegetation into the house. And even though I have no children, there are 7 stockings hanging off the bookcases in my living room (we don't have a fireplace) - one for each of the 5 dogs and 2 cats. The puppy will have her picture taken with Santa next weekend, so it can join the other Santa pictures on my desk at work.
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Date: 2003-11-30 12:47 pm (UTC)