The wife remarked to me that we forgot to put up the Christmas decorations this weekend. In my native country (England) we usually put them up once December begins, whereas where I live now it's done later in the month. I can't stand doing it (I'm clumsy with my fingers and don't like fiddling with things, so trying to get those bauble things onto the tree branches irritates the piss out of me), yet I like it when it's done.
We seem to have a reasonable cross section of nationalities here and I'm interested to know a few things about your attitude to Christmas decorations. Namely: do you bother putting them up? If so, when? Have you done it already? Do you enjoy it, or do you do it only for the sake of others (kids, for example)? And most of all - what kind of stuff do you put up? A tree and a few elegant garlands, or can your house be seen from space?
Another Christmas question - how do you feel about carol singers knocking on your door, and what (if anything) do you give them? We don't get many anymore, it seems to be a dying tradition in England. Is it still fairly popular where you live?