I already have ours up. I got a wild hair to put it up this past Saturday, because I had just bought it on sale at Sear's. Yes, it's artificial - I have a problem, in principle, with putting up a real tree (but I don't begrudge anyone else doing it - my parents always had a real one). It's one of those with the lights already woven into it. This year, I bought one with multi-colored lights at my son's request (our previous one has white lights, but parts of them don't light up anymore and I don't feel like going light by light to figure out which one is burned out).
He wanted to just have the lights on it and nothing else, i.e., not put any ornaments or topper or other stuff on it. He got vetoed. This morning, he had a hissy fit because I had strung gold beads (instead of tinsel) and put ornaments on it after he went to bed. He's six, so I'll let it slide. Not a great start to a morning - a nuclear meltdown by your child over Christmas ornaments.
Anyone else got theirs up yet? Or am I a maverick in this regard?
I do plan to wait until after Thanksgiving to put the outside stuff up. We have a row of oak trees along the side of our yard facing the street (we're on a corner lot). I tack giant red bows to them each year, put wreaths on the front doors, and decorate the mailbox. Just don't have the gumption to string up lights outside. My husband says I'm welcome to do it, but I have to do it myself (Scrooge). So I don't.