We don’t decorate until after Thanksgiving and husband insists on taking everything down NYD! The late Thanksgiving worked this year because it was late enough for us to buy our tree while S17 was still home. D21 asked that we keep getting a real tree until she goes to college. So I think next year is it then we’ll go fake - no more cursing battles with string lights and picking needles out of the couch in April!
As I’ve gotten older, I like decorating less and less - although I still love the lights! This year we’re keeping it simple - the tree, a lighted garland for the mantle with stockings and a couple other things. I haven’t put my nativity out in a couple years, but I still keep it as it was a wedding gift from my mom.