to have or not at xmas

Ok so bubs is nearly three....we will be at home for xmas but after that busy and then off for holidays...and our house is on market etc etc...so open homes and viewings thru out this xmas holidays.

Well our xmas tree and ALL the decorations are in storage (and we have a LOT)...and I cant be bothered getting it any or all out and having it in a corner out of the way (due to the marketing of house etc)...and if i want to get to it in storage it will take a bit or work...

Is bubs missing out??? by me not decorating and having a tree etc? She will have stockings (yes plural) and a PILE of presents and a second xmas day on new years when family from usa arrive...but do I have to put the tree up??? or decorate???

friends (??) gave me grief about her missing out on a xmas tree etc the other day and gave me the guilts...what do u guys think...am i depriving her? Im feeling bad about no tree etc now....but in later years she will live in a house which will be mega decorated (in and outside) at xmas!

We haven't had a Christmas Tree up for 3 years and not doing it again this year either now that Kayla is here! I don't think there is any point since you can't even put the pressies under there when the kids will rip them open too early anyway.

I did buy a super-small tree during the sales last year that I have let Alyssa decorate and put in her room, but other than that..nothing. Honestly, they don't care. I won't bother with one until next year.. maybe.. LOL

Last year we just got a little table top fibre optic one and it was really pretty - maybe do something like that instead of a great big one!

 

oohh a xmas grinch! LoL!!!!

its not necessary, there are other things you can do. From what i can hear coming from the lounge the tree just causes arguments and grief anyway!

Can you move some furniture into the garage to give more space for the tree so it doesn't look crammed? That is what we are going to do this year.
True about the looking nice and chirstmassy for the open homes, maybe don't need to go overboard but does give a nice feel :-)
Good luck with the selling of the house!

a friend of mine started a new tradition for her family. they have nothing at all, but xmas eve they put everything up while the kids are asleep. they say it's lke xmas exploded and then xmas night it gets taken away again. that said, sounded like a LOT of work for me.

re the playpen works till they climb over it..like mine did..lol though we have it slightly away from the lounge in the dinette bit and he's touched some decorations but mostly he's been great...next year on the other hand i think we will skip it with a 10 month old around again!:)

anyway i hate it when you are made to feel guilty by others i say if she doesn't care dont worry about it..

No tree here, cant see us putting it up for a few more years. Maybe a little table top one as suggested earlier.

Nope not at all, we haven't got our tree or any decorations up as we leave the country next week.

we're not bothering this year, as we'll be in Aussie for Xmas, and Natalie is doing the 'helpful' thing atm (which is so cute ), but I don't want to spend all day having ornaments being brought to me! We definitely will in the future once she understands a little more about the whole thing. I also have very special decorations - none of that matchy matchy stuff here and every decoration was collected over the years from overseas, family etc so I don't want to tempt fate!