Advice about celebrating the holidays

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Can you put up a few very simple decorations. We ended up with our house being set on the foundation on Dec 1 of last year and since it was supposed to only take 3 weeks was in the same predicament ourselves last year.

I put up a few decorations on the entertainment center such as a musical nativity, fiber optic angel, a couple of special gold pine cone candle holders which happened to be the last gift I ever got from my granddad, the gingerbread house my 3 year old daughter made. Christmas eve I hung the stocking on the wall, and placed a small (21-24" tree on a small stand and put the presents on the floor next to the stand. (Not only were we not sure exactly when we would be moving but I had a two small children ages 3.5 and 14 months in a 850 sq ft house)

All my oldest cared about was the stockings and the tree. The nice thing with a small artificial tree is that you can later place it in a bedroom or even a bathroom if your vanity counter is large enough. Stockings on the wall shouldn't be too hard to do especially if you declare that they will be taken down the night of the 28th.

So I would say decorate but just choose one area such as the entertainment center or the fireplace to decorate and keep it simple only using a few very special items that your family particularly enjoys.

Tammy

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We moved the week before Christmas one year with 3 kids. Yikes. I'd suggest having a Christmas "corner" or room. Get a fake small tree (like 4' high) or a similar size live one in a pot, and either make ornaments, or go ahead and get out the "important" decorations. For us, this meant the family tree-topper, 2 specific nativity sets, etc. Christmas is memorable because of the same decorations year after year, so picking a few to get out is good. Decorating with edible ornaments will aid in later clean up, too--like strinking fruit loops for a garland (eat at will), hanging a few mini candy canes, etc. Maybe pick some decorations that would fill one (or 2) boxes for clean up, then go for it. Good luck with the move!

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Get a charlie brown twiggy tree, 1 strand of lights and make the ornaments. :)

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How bout a living tree? We got one from the Boy Scouts last year and it was cool. It was about 18 inches tall. When you move, you can take it with you and have a special memory of your last Christmas at "the old house."