Since I got divorced and bought my own little 3-bedroom home a few years ago, I put up some LED C9 bulbs in the main story windows and leave them up year round. Nobody notices them and nobody inside the house nags me about them, so, I just plug them in when it's appropriate.
Usually, I wait until after Thanksgiving to turn them on. Tonight, we had snow in the forecast and work sucks, so I turned them on early. I even added another 600 lights to my privacy fence today and plugged them in.
With all that's going on in the world, I think we could all do with a little earlier Christmas cheer.
Who else couldn't wait this year? Or do you have a rigid date that you wait for to install the lights?
I don't do a tree anymore since my roommate, a 100lb great dane/lab mix, just thinks it a new potty. But I do a table top little tree of some sort and put out a few interior decorations.
Girlfriend just suggested some cinnamon-scented pine cones... Polite way of saying my house stinks?
Anyway, I love this time of year and can't wait for at least a foot of snow blanketing everything!