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Old 11-30-2006, 07:20 PM   #31
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Put it up when I decorate. It is to pretty to hide until the 24th.

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Old 11-30-2006, 08:00 PM   #32
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I put them up when we decorate.
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When we decorate.
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Up when we decorate.
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We cheat, and leave ours up all year. At least the Eeyore, Stitch, and Princess ones...
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We put them up when we decorate! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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When I decorate!
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Re: Another Christmas question

Since we don't have a fireplace mantel or anywhere else that they would look good hanging, I don't hang them at all. I just lay them out in the livingroom on Christmas morning. They are always overflowing with stuff so I wouldn't be able to hang them anyway. For some reason I never remember what it takes to fill a stocking and I just keep buying all that little stuff. Then on Christmas Eve when I start filling them...well you get the picture. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]
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Mine go up when we decorate!!
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We put them up as we decorate. Since we do not have a chimney, I use that new 3M stuff that won't wreck the walls. Well, I reversed the sides and pulled the paint off. Ouch. But that gave me a new incentive to repaint this summer. LOL I also made the stockings for our family as well. Except the dogs. I just used glitter paint to put their names on. Love to decorate.


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Our family puts our stockings up when we decorate. We have four. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smileysanta.gif[/img]
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