[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: When the decorations go up (was: Being Scrooge-like)

[Kathryn Cawte]

Christian Stub
At least, most Norwegian still stick to the tradition of not putting
up the tree until December 23rd, in the very late evening (typically
finishing the tree at around 2 a.m., or so) - we still like to
differentiate Advent, with special Advent-decorations, whicha re much
simpler and more restrained.  Many families still also enforce that
the children are not actually allowed into the room with the tree
until the morning of Christmas Eve - so that the children will see
the tree finished, in a room lit only by the lights on the tree.


K

That's cool. My parents always used to put the tree up the weekend before
Christmas after I'd gone to bed. It was magical coming downstairs to see all
the decorations and the tree the next morning. Of course now I end up doing
about 60% of the work with my dad doing the rest. I don't bother with a tree
(small flat) but I admit to loving Christmas decorations - although I'm
ambivalent on the subject of tinsel which looks great but tends to leave
bits around that are still there come February :) I'd probably end up doing
more of the work putting up my dad's stuff if it wasn't for the fact that
I'm a)very short and b) so scared of heights that stepladders scare me - for
some reason my father dislikes the idea of all the decorations being so low
he'd strangle himself on them :)

K