I don't have a tree anymore as I have these lovely creatures I adopted called cats, and they'd knock it down and destroy my ornaments and the rest of the house in the process. Sometimes we'd get the tree right after Thanksgiving and decorate it, other times we'd wait and decorate it later.
One thing on which I will never waiver, is that the Nativity Scene/Creche will be displayed appropriately and in order. The animals and the stable/manger can be present before Christmas Eve, but all other individuals don't arrive until their specified time, with the Three Kings/Wise Men/Magi joining the scene on Epiphany.
I'm probably just going to weave some paper heart baskets and put some cookies in them for Santa Lucia to give to people.
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