All my immediate family is Atheist and we put up a tree every year other family members come over for Christmas. It is a lot of fun to get together and eat big high calorie meals (prime rib this year cooked on the grill) AND dessert! We open gifts Christmas morning and drink more wine than usual. The holiday was around a long time before the Christians and it doesn't belong to them any more than it belongs to me. There is no angel on top of our tree and the Jesus police haven't found us yet.

I put up my tree before Thanksgiving, since I was hosting the feast and wanted to give everyone the opportunity to enjoy my glorious nine feet of fancy ornaments.

Have a small artificial tree fully decorated (lots of lights) that sits in a basement closet. Takes about five minutes to grab it, carry it upstairs and set it on the formal living room's elevated stone fireplace's hearth. Two smaller ceramic trees (one near the bow windows and another in the formal dining room, finish out the lit xmas tree atmosphere.

I normally do. I have not this year because I got a kitten on Thanksgiving and I just don't want to deal with yelling at him and/or cleaning up after him. I'm also not really feeling the Christmas spirit this year for some reason, so I don't really care.

No tree. Too much expense, cats in residence and nowhere to store the stuff when it’s over. And.... just not interested.

I used to get excited over Christmas in the past but the last few years it has been meh. I'm not putting up a tree or decorating the house this year because we are hardly at the house. We did decorate the office at our business mainly for the clients but no tree because it could be disastrous with the dogs that come in. And, we are working all through the holidays even Christmas and New Years (heck, we work everyday of the year).

We always put up a tree that we cut ourselves, enjoying the lights and pine scent.

That would require time I don't have. So, no.

Leave it in the ground where it belongs.

I have always put up a tree (fake) but I enjoy it's subtle glow more then my lamps for night time. I have lots of plants growing all over inside and out of my home and like the joy it brings me personally. I don't believe in any religon, it's up for MY own benefit.

It’s something my sons look forward to every year. A lot of my ornaments are decades old and are from many countries.

Nope. I have a 14 pound cat who loves to leap and climb.

I'm proud of our wierd mixture of acquired and homemade decorations. I think it encapsulates the joy and memories that a holiday tree is supposed to much more than the more professional looking ones you always see these days. The kids did most of the decorating while I was at work. Couldn't find the topper so they put a picture of the dog up and laughed for hours waiting for me to notice ❤
I hate xmas with all that I have but the tree does make happy.

I probably won’t get home for Christmas, but while I enjoy the pine smell in the house - I’d rather not deal with the cleanup

Because my Service Cats will get sick eating pine needles fake or real pagan or xian

i'm jewish (and an atheist). i don't put up trees. i like when they grow in the earth in their natural environment.

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