Okay . Yes I live in Canada , we have usually a large group for thanksgiving I do little in the way of inside decor but do put real pumkins in my planters along our walkway to the front door. It kind of does Thanksgiving and Halloween. I am not a huge lover of tons of decor for seasons . I do like a bit more for Christmas , a tree some other decor on the FP and tons of pointsettas on my hearth we have ahuge FP. I love my tree and do a different color combo every year. I do a sall amount of decor outside in those same planters and we have on by the backdoor that I do aslo . Mini LEDs all along the roof of the house all white and some reindeer on the deck facing the street

I have young children, so my dining room has become an art room most days. I don’t decorate with as many “grown up” decorations any more. But the kids convinced me to get colorful outdoor lights. They are so excited for every holiday and that’s better than the perfect decorations or menu❤️

We are Canadian. We had been set to have a big family dinner for thanksgiving and then my mom got Covid. It was a nightmare. We ended up doing a low key dinner just our family which was lovely.

We decorate for Christmas first week in December. We have advent calendars, wreaths, greenery, lights, decor and a tree. I love it all. Super fun and pretty. We have pine cones on the dining table and gold accents

Since my kids were little I have decorated each month. Most of my decorations date from before they were born. It's part of their 'catching' that the seasons change and each month has something special about it. Back in the day we made decorated sugar cookies for Thanksgiving because it's a season there was time. Pumpkins, pilgrims and turkeys were painted or frosted as fancy as most do Christmas cookies. Halloween is packed away and now we are on to Thanksgiving. Fall colors are my favorite. Here are a few pics from fall.

We decorate for Christmas when the weather is best...so often the outside is Christmas and the inside is Thanksgiving when my people come home. If not then it's what we do Friday after Thanksgiving, as well at take pack away all of Thanksgiving. I then spend all of Saturday dawning Christmas. It's about a 14 hour nonstop day but that way I don't have boxes and mess underfoot. It was particularly necessary when the kids were little. Later it was about having it done before I went back to work. December is packed so the decorating needs to be out of the way ASAP. This year we head to my daughters and are all bringing one of our many traditional foods to share. We will put her decorations up, bake cookies and attend a Christmas concert while we are there as well as take in a parade and the lighting of their city Christmas tree.

I think having young kids make Christamas so much more fun all out grandkids are now in their late 20'S early 30's and one great grand child who lives too far away for most of the holidays with roads being iffy we see him in the better weather often We even toyed with the idea of Christmas in August but it just did not seem right. I would love to have everyone home for Christams all the time but just not pratical so we skype or face time .

Arcy, those milk cans look wonderful. Great idea, and I also like all your decorations very much!

Arcy, I love your pumpkins on the tree stumps, and the mini ones in the wire basket.

I start buying pumpkins in September and have them out through Thanksgiving. Some will last a looong time. I love having them in and out of the house.

Arcy mentioned cookies. I saw these pretty ”watercolor” cookies online once (elisabethandbutter.com) and keep telling myself to try them. Too pretty to eat!

When my kids were young hubbies parents and grandparents were still alive, same with my parents. Pie at noon at the grandparents, turkey at 2 at hubbies parents and turkey at 5 at my parents. By the end of the day we were sooo stuffed and exhausted. It was crazy, noisy and hectic , but boy what I would give to be able to do that again.

Chloebud those are beautiful cookies!! Ours didn't look ANYTHING like those!!! hahaha, but they were just as delicious and fun to make, I'm going to assume. My mini pumpkins are a frustration as I grew them myself. Unfortunately here under the oaks my sun hours make my gardening a CHALLENGE.

I love the entire holiday (October, November, December) season and used to host large dinner parties for Thanksgiving and Christmas. However, as I get older I realize that while I'd still love to do so--I have a Food folder full of holiday recipes that I still add to--the urge to simplify is becoming stronger and stronger. This year because of that and because Covid has become a little less scary, though I am still extremely cautious, I have made major changes. These are tinged a bit with sadness. At the same time they are most welcome because I won't end up exhausted.

Instead of a whole roasted turkey, I bought bone-in breast, perfect for sandwiches over the weekend, two containers of prepared fresh cranberry sauce + two bags of fresh cranberries all to be combined and made much less sweet, some pre-made gravy from Whole Foods, fresh green beans, a pre-made salad and a pumpkin pie. So it will still be good and satisfy my craving for that meal. Plus, work, a community college with a Hotel/Restaurant division, offers a full T-Day meal for a reasonable cost on the day before. A good friend and I are going there too. She'll have the salmon for the entree and I'll get the turkey.

We even had a backyard party!

Ilove the tent Zoey not going to work where I live but waht an awesome way to celebrate. I too love the crazy of a full house but just seems to not happen anymore , Oh well I guess it is good the kids all have alife .