How soon is too soon to start decorating for Christmas? I Remember when, the day after thanksgiving we would go traipsing up the mountain to cut down a real live tree. Then we spent the rest of the day drinking hot chocolate & decorating the tree. Ah! those days are gone! Now we go downstairs to UN-dig our fake pre-lite tree that weighs a ton hoist it upstairs and decorate it. Oh how the time has changed.