We don't have a tree up yet. We used to buy a tree with a root ball. My husband would dig a hole before the grown froze and cover it with wood, then we'd get the live tree with the root ball and keep it in the living room in a large zinc tub which I decorated with stencils and a tree skirt. Then a few days after Christmas, he would acclimate the tree to the cold again (a day or so in the garage) and then one day, well watered in the shade and then into the hole. Now, we're using some of the trees we planted in years past, by cutting them down, as we had so many they were crowding each other out.

Because a living tree which then has to be planted can only be inside for a few days, we got in the habit of decorating fairly late in the season.

I don't like the decorations up for a month anyway. It's Ok for other people, but I like to do it close to Christmas.

We'll probably get our tree next week or the weekend after this.