New to MMC not to Christmas

NcGunny · Dec 28, 2015

New member stopping in to say hello. Retired USMC,, I pretty much celebrate Xmas year round and my wife still tolerates me. I
have a den that is decorated year round with Christmas,I might be a oddity here but thats how much I love it. NcGunny

snowflake22 · Dec 28, 2015

Hello & Welcome to MMC, NcGunny!
We're happy that you're here!
I love that you have a year round Christmas room, that is great!

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Jeff Westover · Dec 28, 2015

NcGunny said:
New member stopping in to say hello. Retired USMC,, I pretty much celebrate Xmas year round and my wife still tolerates me. I
have a den that is decorated year round with Christmas,I might be a oddity here but thats how much I love it. NcGunny

Welcome! Nothing weird about a year round Christmas room. It's when you break the boundaries of the room where things get weird. I have a long term project that will have Christmas trains running through out the house. We're in the negotiating stage -- like of like arms talks. It's taking years but I know eventually we will get there.

Iteachpercussion · Dec 28, 2015

NcGunny said:
New member stopping in to say hello. Retired USMC,, I pretty much celebrate Xmas year round and my wife still tolerates me. I
have a den that is decorated year round with Christmas,I might be a oddity here but thats how much I love it. NcGunny

Welcome!
Your zeal for Christmas is awesome! While I would love to have a year round room, I do get to keep one decoration up year round. We have a Santa head plaque, above the entry way from the living room to the kitchen, that stays up all year. It happened on accident a couple of years ago and my wife agreed to leave it up all year. We get strange looks from guests when they notice it.

NcGunny · Dec 28, 2015

My wife keeps a tight rein on it leaving my room,but she does keep the house decorated into January. We start whole house decorating the 1st weekend of November,its strange because I find her and the kids frequent the den more than I do after Xmas.

Iteachpercussion · Dec 28, 2015

We start decorating pretty early too. We have been known to put up one of our many Christmas trees on Halloween night. Our beggar's night is usually before Halloween itself. I tend to have the Friday on of the first weekend in November off, so I start the inside decorating process then and we take through the weekend. The outside stuff goes up shortly thereafter. Then, Thanksgiving weekend we cut down our real tree.

We tend to take things down fairly quickly after Christmas. We are both teachers and we like to have the decorations put away before we go back to school.

e_xander · Dec 28, 2015

NcGunny said:
New member stopping in to say hello. Retired USMC,, I pretty much celebrate Xmas year round and my wife still tolerates me. I
have a den that is decorated year round with Christmas,I might be a oddity here but thats how much I love it. NcGunny

You're not an oddity, if I had a room to keep decorated, I would! You're at home here with your love of Christmas! Welcome to MMC, NcGunny!

XmasDreams · Dec 28, 2015

welcome to the boards my man cave is pretty much a Christmas haven for me. I have two trees up all year long and two lighted Christmas tapestry on the wall. Thanks for serving, would have retired this September if i didn't get out medically from the navy few years ago

MsRose · Dec 28, 2015

Welcome to MMC
When I moved in with my Mr. eight years ago, I negotiated space in his sacred garage lol
I don't start rearranging my Christmas boxes until July.
You're in the right place to celebrate with a bunch of Christmas crazies lol ::wave

you will find all kinds of stories here that will make you feel like you have kindred spirits!

mommytotwo · Dec 28, 2015

Welcome to the site! Sounds like your den is a lovely place to be, and to remember Christmas year around!

xmas365 · Dec 28, 2015

Welcome!!!

Irishsnow · Dec 29, 2015

Hello and Welcome

Christmasstar · Dec 29, 2015

NcGunny said:
New member stopping in to say hello. Retired USMC,, I pretty much celebrate Xmas year round and my wife still tolerates me. I
have a den that is decorated year round with Christmas,I might be a oddity here but thats how much I love it. NcGunny

Festive Spirit · Dec 29, 2015

NcGunny said:
New member stopping in to say hello. Retired USMC,, I pretty much celebrate Xmas year round and my wife still tolerates me. I
have a den that is decorated year round with Christmas,I might be a oddity here but thats how much I love it. NcGunny

I love the idea of a year round Christmas room. It must be so cosy! Welcome and hello!!!

NcGunny · Dec 29, 2015

Thxs all!! At first people found it odd I do this. And honestly before I met my wife, the whole inside of my house was decorated year round..lol I just tell em..whats different about this than you having a Nascar room or football..etc

snowflake22 · Dec 29, 2015

NcGunny said:
Thxs all!! At first people found it odd I do this. And honestly before I met my wife, the whole inside of my house was decorated year round..lol I just tell em..whats different about this than you having a Nascar room or football..etc

So true!!
Talk about festive, I'm sure it brings instant joy and peace every time you enter it.

DoubleA · Jan 1, 2016

Welcome to the fun!

Ryan · Jan 14, 2016

NcGunny said:
New member stopping in to say hello. Retired USMC,, I pretty much celebrate Xmas year round and my wife still tolerates me. I
have a den that is decorated year round with Christmas,I might be a oddity here but thats how much I love it. NcGunny

Welcome! Having a Christmas den sounds like a wonderful idea.
Glad to have you here!

HomemakinGirl · Jan 15, 2016

Welcome!

barberbob · Jan 16, 2016

Welcome, McGunny, to the MMC community. Happy to hear you love Christmas so much. If I was a single man I'd keep my house decorated for Christmas year-round, but I am a happily married man nonetheless. Listening to Christmas music is always in season. Merry Christmas!