When do you start decorating for Fall/Halloween?

[tinkerbellandpeterpan]

Start decorating for fall after Labor Day. Usually start decorating for Halloween the first weekend in October. Swap out the Halloween for Thanksgiving stuff the first weekend in November. Christmas goes up the weekend after Thanksgiving, but takes awhile because I have a big Christmas village.

 

[jujubiee4]

Next couple of weeks for Fall. Im over Summer and the heat. But the real reason is because I want to
downsize all my decorations and the only way to do that is put everything up and donate/sell what i
don't want anymore.

Oh and I decorate every room.

 

[Dead2009]

Usually around the beginning of October is when my halloween stuff starts going up

 

[hhisc16]

If Mickey is decorating, then it is time for me to decorate!

 

[TiggerTrigger]

Never before October 1st. I only do outside decor and it's Halloween specific. I will allow myself to watch The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown beginning the first day of fall, but it needs to be the holiday month to do the yard. That being said, two out of three of my inflatables died last year. I'm down to a giant inflatable octopus throwing a pumpkin, a bunch of mini jack-o-lanterns, and some orange/red/purple flicker lights that used to be the Halloween river of lights for my Halloween at sea theme. The inflatables that died were a Viking ship with dancing skeleton Vikings and a large sea serpent holding a Halloween banner across its body. Oh...and I flip my big projector to red to make it look like it's raining blood on the house...but even that's on its last leg. It'll feel strange, but I may not do anything this year. I'm going to have one kid off at college, the outdoor outlets are super sensitive to rain meaning it's often dark, and it never feels quite right since it's always so hot here. I can't even put out real pumpkins until a day or two before Halloween.

 

[tvguy]

I think it is too soon to decorate for Christmas before Thanksgiving and think mid-December is early enough.

Old debate, but, yes, Christmas decorations mid-December through the epiphany, January 6th. Usually the weekend after the epiphany. Taking them down too early is as bad as putting them up too early. Although I do know people who NEVER take their Christmas tree down.

 

[Disneylover99]

Old debate, but, yes, Christmas decorations mid-December through the epiphany, January 6th. Usually the weekend after the epiphany. Taking them down too early is as bad as putting them up too early. Although I do know people who NEVER take their Christmas tree down.

My parents never took down their tree when I was growing up.
I usually get my tree down just before Easter. lol.

 

[disneychrista]

Old debate, but, yes, Christmas decorations mid-December through the epiphany, January 6th. Usually the weekend after the epiphany. Taking them down too early is as bad as putting them up too early. Although I do know people who NEVER take their Christmas tree down.

Growing up all the decorations had to be down before the New Year. Something about not starting the new year with the old year.

 

[tvguy]

Growing up all the decorations had to be down before the New Year. Something about not starting the new year with the old year.

I grew up with the "12 Days of Christmas" mindset of Christmas. Christmas starts Christmas Eve, and lasts through the epiphany when the 12 Wiseman arrived in Jerusalem. My mom had no problem with decorating before Christmas, but not much more than a week before.
My mom grew up in a household where Santa brought the Christmas tree and decorations and gifts on Christmas eve, so there were no decorations before then.
While my wife has no religious beliefs, she too grew up with decorations not going up until very close to Christmas. Usually she had a major role in them being put up, and not until she was on her school Christmas break. This year school Christmas break starts the 23rd here.

 

[JulieBeeRN]

We usually go to WDW in early October/late September and like to have the decorations up before we go. So this year, I'll probably put them up the weekend of Sept 14th.

 

[PollyannaMom]

Around September 1st for my general fall stuff, and October 1st for Halloween specific items.

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

Usually early October, but I might do a little earlier this year because I have some cool stuff I found on Temu that I am anxious to use

 

[slo]

Normally…..mid to late September.
This year I will decorate a little earlier, because the weekend I decorate is the weekend my DD20 will be home to celebrate her birthday. She really likes the Halloween decorations, so I’ll get them out for her

 

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

We don't really. It's not as big a thing here as it is State side. Instead, we focus on Guy Fawkes night on the 5th November which we celebrate with copious amounts of fireworks, fires, processions, music and bonfires upon which we burn an effigy. The subject of said effigy is traditionally Guy Fawkes but can be topical, such as Bin Laden back in the day.

 

[Karin1984]

Missing an answer: Not.
I never decorate my house. Only on very rare occasion I might do a string of Christmas lights, but I think that happens once every 5 - 10 years.

Here in the Netherlands, if someone decorates their house it's usually Christmas and some also do Easter. But that's it.