Overview
- A lifestyle columnist describes putting up her tree in mid-November, citing birthdays close to Christmas that limit time to enjoy decorations at home.
- A survey of 2,000 UK adults by Tapi Carpets & Floors reports that 52% decorate in the first two weeks of December and roughly one in ten do so in November.
- Psychoanalyst Steve McKeown says early decorators are often motivated by childhood nostalgia that can lift mood and extend feelings of excitement.
- Psychotherapist Amy Morin adds that decorating early may help people grieving a loss feel connected to happy memories of a loved one.
- Coverage notes routine social-media mockery of early decorators, while framing the practice as a harmless, low-cost way to brighten time at home.