Nativity sets can be found in many homes during the Christmas season. They are a beautiful and meaningful way to remember the occasion of the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ!
Every November I spend a little time looking for new books, toys, and teaching tools about the Christmas story and especially the nativity scene. Today I’m sharing my favorite nativity resources with you as well as a BIG giveaway basket full of a few top picks!
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Why I Love the Nativity
When it comes to teaching tools, I prefer resources that are truly biblically accurate. We know the wise men were not kings, did not arrive the night of Jesus’ birth (but when he was around 2 years old) and that there were probably more than 3 of them.
I am sure to carefully explain things like these when we teach the kids about the Christmas story, read Christmas story books, and talk about nativity scenes. For me, nativity sets are more of a coming together of the major elements of the story of Christmas into a beautiful single picture of God’s entrance into the world as Jesus Christ. I love to use them to tell the Christmas story to my children and remind them of this beautiful gift.
My Favorite Nativity Resources
BOOKS!
Who doesn’t love a good Christmas book, right? There are so many fun books for all different ages. Here is one of my favorites, This Is the Stable
– The kids love the repetition and we all love the story.
Room for a Little One: A Christmas Tale
is a delightful, big book with gorgeous pictures that you can really snuggle up with your kids to enjoy. We love it!
Find more of our favorite Christmas books!
Nativity Sets
We have several nativity sets in our home, some of which are specifically for the kids. This one is my favorite Christmas decoration: a Jim Shore nativity set we received as a wedding gift!
This Fabric Nativity Manger set was a new addition last year and we love it. It’s perfect for babies and toddlers, and the kids enjoy packing everything in and then unpacking them as they tell the story.
Of course, we have also enjoyed the Little People Nativity Set! We’re on our second one now because somehow we lost the first one. The littles love to play with this set, and all the pieces stand up well so it’s easy to play out the story.
This 18 piece handmade wooden nativity puzzle from Arts of the Heart is the newest addition to our home this year and I LOVE it! The pieces come out to make a fun puzzle for the kids, and they use them to tell the Christmas story and pretend their little hearts away. The pieces are sturdy, beautifully made, and you can display them all as one piece or with the pieces out and arranged on your mantle. We have the Easter puzzle from Arts of the Heart as well and it’s played with all year long!
Teaching Tools
There are so many great Christmas teaching tools out there! Here are just three to get started. The Christmas Story Lego Challenge is a new challenge here at Proverbial Homemaker this year. It’s a 12-day Bible reading plan with Lego challenge prompts, simple journaling pages, a memory verse with copywork, and more. Go get your copy!
Birth of Jesus study from Grapevine Studies. We did this last year and it was SO much fun and really stuck with the kids! We’re definitely doing it again this year.
What are your favorite nativity resources?
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Sara M
9 Nov 2015Each year is different, but usually about a week or two before Christmas we put up our tree. It’s hard to keep the little kids from pulling on it, so we don’t do it too early.
Sara M
9 Nov 2015I think the Wooden toy Fruit and vegetables is adorable. https://www.etsy.com/listing/80001458/wooden-toy-fruit-and-vegetables-15?ref=shop_home_active_15
Anna A.
9 Nov 2015I aim to get the house decorated December 1st, but then life happens and it’s more like December 24th before it’s done.
KT
9 Nov 2015Christmas decorations don’t go up in our home until after Thanksgiving. However we do start baking in November to try to get cookies out of the way before December busyness, and we try to get our homemade gifts done in September or October for the same reason.
Josefina Inthalangsy
10 Nov 2015We put up our Christmas decorations the Friday after Thanksgiving!
Darcy
10 Nov 2015We usually start decorating for Christmas the day after Thanksgiving.
Darcy
10 Nov 2015The handcarved nativity is beautiful!
https://www.etsy.com/listing/38156722/hand-carved-christmas-nativity-set?ref=shop_home_active_17
Laura Stephenson
10 Nov 2015We have two birthdays in December so we try to put up Christmas decorations during the first week of December. It makes the whole month more festive.
Karolyn K.
10 Nov 2015The day after Thanksgiving we put up the Christmas tree and all the other decorations.
Karolyn K.
10 Nov 2015I really like the Montessori Waldorf Wooden Tree too:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/81908609/montesorri-waldorf-wooden-learning-toy?ref=shop_home_active_3
Faith
14 Nov 2015This is such a great giveaway, the stories look great and the kids would love the toys.
Tracy Malone
10 Nov 2015I enjoy your blog and appreciate that you begin early. I like to begin planning and wrapping in mid November.
Jennifer B
10 Nov 2015I’ve already started putting up Christmas decorations!
Hope
10 Nov 2015We begin right after Thanksgiving! We really look forward to this time of the year!
Hope
10 Nov 2015From Art of the Heart I really like their Nativities! http://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/38156722/hand-carved-christmas-nativity-set?ref=shop_home_active_17
Emily
10 Nov 2015Usually it’s not until the day after Thanksgiving.
Emily
10 Nov 2015I also love this
https://www.etsy.com/listing/38156722/hand-carved-christmas-nativity-set?ref=shop_home_active_17
It has a simplicity to it that I like.
Kristin S.
10 Nov 2015We start to decorate after thanksgiving. I get out all the nativity sets and our collection of Christmas books. We also get our advent activity ready. I change it up most years but it is usually some form of the Jessie tree. This year we are going to add the Jessie tree Lego challenge.
Renae
10 Nov 2015we put up decorations the weekend after Thanksgiving or the first weekend in December.
Jane M.
10 Nov 2015Checking out a few of these resources — thanks for sharing! We usually begin putting up Christmas decorations the Monday after Thanksgiving. It won’t be long!!
Wendy
10 Nov 2015Looks incredible!
Jill
10 Nov 2015Thanksgiving
CW
10 Nov 2015We decorate in the beginning of December.
Laura
10 Nov 2015We start putting up Christmas decorations in December.
Bridget
10 Nov 2015We usually have our decorations up at the beginning of December in time for my daughter’s birthday on December 3rd.
Traci
10 Nov 2015Excited about Christmas! We start decorating after Thanksgiving!
Susan Campbell
10 Nov 2015The week before Christmas.
Colleen J
10 Nov 2015We usually start decorating the weekend after Thanksgiving- but my 7 yr old is already begging to have the Nativity out!
Bridget
10 Nov 2015Of course, the nativity is my favorite, but if I had to choose something else, it would be the wooden pancake stack!
Karen
10 Nov 2015We begin the Christmas decorating after Thanksgiving.
Susan Campbell
10 Nov 2015The mini nativity.
Jade M.
10 Nov 2015Thank you for the opportunity to win this! We generally start setting up our Christmas decor and nativity the week of Thanksgiving .
Brittany r
10 Nov 2015After thanksgiving
Julia
10 Nov 2015I usually start the day after Thanksgiving.
Julia
10 Nov 2015Her etsy shop has the cutest things. I love the puzzles….I think she could make some really need Christmas ornaments.
Julia
10 Nov 2015https://www.etsy.com/listing/61563803/nativity-set-18-piece-christmas-puzzle?ref=shop_home_active_2
Leianna
10 Nov 2015We pull out our Christmas decorations Thanksgiving weekend. We spend a couple days kicking off the seanon pretending it’s cold in southern California!
Cate Hoepner
10 Nov 2015I start after Thanksgiving!
Tara H
10 Nov 2015We always wait until after Thanksgiving.
Wanda
10 Nov 2015I usually do fall decorations and then wait till after thanksgiving to start with Christmas:)
Sabrina
10 Nov 2015I usually begin setting up Christmas decorations just after my daughter’s birthday which is December 2. But I’m contemplating on starting the set-up at the end of November. I can never get enough of the Reason for the Season! 🙂 Thanks for a wonderful givesway!!!
Sabrina
10 Nov 2015The beautiful Waldorf wooden change of seasons Tree! Gorgeous!
https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/81908609/montesorri-waldorf-wooden-learning-toy?ref=shop_home_active_3
Colleen P
10 Nov 2015We put up some Christmas decorations right after Thanksgiving, but mostly wait until the week of Christmas to decorate.
Wanda
10 Nov 2015ttps://www.etsy.com/listing/61904559/mini-wood-christmas-nativity-set-puzzle?ref=shop_home_active_1
I am always so fascinated with peoples ability to create things..truly incredible work:)
Chasta
10 Nov 2015We put up Christmas decorations on Dec. 1. My husband is a big fan of Thanksgiving.
Beth
10 Nov 2015No Christmas until after Thanksgiving here. 🙂
Tiffany
10 Nov 2015We decorate on thanksgiving day.
Beth
10 Nov 2015We usually start the Sunday after Thanksgiving, with the biblical/faith based things – nativities etc, leaving the tree and Santa stuff until much closer to Christmas.
Lori
10 Nov 2015I start decorating the weekend after Thanksgiving!
Sara K.
10 Nov 2015Christmas decorations do not go up in our house until after Thanksgiving. We usually put up the tree the weekend after Thanksgiving or the first Saturday of December.
Liz P
10 Nov 2015This is a very exciting giveaway! Our family would love it 😀
Liz P
10 Nov 2015The Nativity Set 18 piece Christmas Puzzle Handcrafted wooden toy at ArtsoftheHeart on Etsy looks wonderful! I know that all 3 of my children would love it.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/61563803/nativity-set-18-piece-christmas-puzzle?ref=shop_home_active_2
Clarissa
10 Nov 2015We start decorating for Christmas some time after Thanksgiving.
jennifer mathesz
10 Nov 2015we start decorating on black friday and sometimes if i’m not hosting thanksgiving, we will start during that week
Clarissa
10 Nov 2015I love this! https://www.etsy.com/listing/206164615/nativity-set-sale-nativity-scene-14
Anna L.
10 Nov 2015We put up our Christmas decorations the Friday or Saturday after Thanksgiving. We really want to fully enjoy fall and the season of Thanksgiving which I believe helps prepare us for Advent and Christmas.
Anna L.
10 Nov 2015Love this changeable seasons tree: https://www.etsy.com/listing/81908609/montesorri-waldorf-wooden-learning-toy?ref=shop_home_active_3
Molly Cash
10 Nov 2015Our Christmas decorations go up right after Thanksgiving. My husband won’t have them any sooner, or I’d probably be putting them up already.
Rebekah
10 Nov 2015The decorations never come down.
Jennie
10 Nov 2015What a beautiful giveaway. We start putting up after Thanksgiving. But we start listening to Christmas music and movies in November
Chasta
10 Nov 2015I love the wooden nativity set!
Lynn @ TDHGP
10 Nov 2015We start the Saturday after Thanksgiving. My nativities are the first things we put out.
Jennie
10 Nov 2015Oh what a cute store! It was hard to pick 1 but I think it would be the donuts https://www.etsy.com/listing/201196908/wooden-toy-3-donuts-play-food-handmade
Lynn @ TDHGP
10 Nov 2015This is stunning! I would LOVE to add this to our collection.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/27679844/hand-carved-christmas-nativity-set?ref=shop_home_active_2
Audra Silva
10 Nov 2015We usually decorate for Christmas the weekend after Thanksgiving. However, this year is completely up in the air because we are currently living in a travel trailer and looking at a closing date of December 16th. Plus, all our belongings are about 5 hours away in a storage unit.
Audra Silva
10 Nov 2015I think the changing seasons tree is pretty cool, too: https://www.etsy.com/listing/81908609/montesorri-waldorf-wooden-learning-toy?ref=shop_home_active_3
NT
10 Nov 2015I love to put up Christmas decorations on Black Friday, or at the very least, try to put them up by the Monday after. It’s exciting!
jennifer mathesz
10 Nov 2015i love this https://www.etsy.com/listing/206164615/nativity-set-sale-nativity-scene-14?ref=shop_home_active_6
Janice D
10 Nov 2015The first week in December
Janice D
10 Nov 2015I would love the Turkey. It is awesome
https://www.etsy.com/listing/62030748/wooden-turkey-roast-or-chicken-play-food?ref=shop_home_active_6
Tiffany Marston
10 Nov 2015We put up our tree yesterday but we will not put the Christmas ornaments on until the day after Thanksgiving. There are always some Christmas decoration out during the year especially my Nativity sets and special angels to honor lost love ones.
Gina W
10 Nov 2015We usually start the day after Thanksgiving.
mistie
10 Nov 2015Due to family events, we don’t get to put our stuff up until the Monday after Thanksgiving. I always enjoyed putting it up Thanksgiving Day when I was a little girl – but only after the dishes were done 🙂
lifewithmycowboys
10 Nov 2015We start with the 1st day of advent
lifewithmycowboys
10 Nov 2015I love the Easter puzzle too!
Charlotte Bowman
10 Nov 2015We start right after Thanksgiving.
Cathy D
10 Nov 2015When I was little it was always the day after my sister’s birthday party. (She was born Dec 7). As a married adult, I haven’t found a rhythm for it yet. In theory, sometime in December. 🙂 Life is really crazy at our house right now.
Kirsten
10 Nov 2015We decorate for Christmas the first week or two in December.
Jaci
10 Nov 2015We begin decorating the day after Thanksgiving. I think my hubby would start sooner but he sticks to more cultural norms! He does most of the work!
Jaci
10 Nov 2015I love the tree puzzle! My hubby is a horticulturist so it would become art somehow at our house!
https://www.etsy.com/listing/81908609/montesorri-waldorf-wooden-learning-toy?ref=shop_home_active_3
Salina Fedrick
10 Nov 2015We usually start decorating for Christmas two days after Thanksgiving.
Salina Fedrick
10 Nov 2015I really like the Montesorri Waldorf Wooden Learning toy changeable seasons tree. So cute.https://www.etsy.com/shop/ArtsoftheHeart?page=2
Tasha
10 Nov 2015Usually we decorate for Christmas the day after Thanksgiving.
Tasha
10 Nov 2015The nativity puzzle is my favorite.
Lindsey
10 Nov 2015We usually decorate right after Thanksgiving, but we don’t do the tree until a week before christmas.
katie
10 Nov 2015https://www.etsy.com/listing/206164615/nativity-set-sale-nativity-scene-14?ref=shop_home_active_6 I love this Nativity
katie
10 Nov 2015We usually put up our decorations Thanksgiving weekend.
Vickie
10 Nov 2015We put up our Christmas decorations the day after Thanksgiving 🙂
Erin
10 Nov 2015We decorate the first weekend in December :).
valerie
10 Nov 2015The wooden nativity is beautiful! I love ALL THINGS rustic and natural so this is right up my alley! Thanks for all you do. 🙂
RachelC
10 Nov 2015I like to start decorating after Thanksgiving.
Tasha
10 Nov 2015We start decorating after we return home from celebrating Thanksgiving with family.
Tina Rojas
10 Nov 2015We traditionally put up our tree the day after Thanksgiving.
Dana
10 Nov 2015We usually start with a simple Advent wreath the Sunday after Christmas with the tree going up sometime that week. We don’t do a lot of decorating.
Judith Martinez
10 Nov 2015We usually put ours up in mid-December but we don’t take them down until after La Dia De Los Reyes on January 7.
Dana
10 Nov 2015Some of the wooden foods from Arts of the Heart are very unique and would make nice additions to our collection!
Becky Salter
10 Nov 2015We always wait for the day after Thanksgiving before decorating for Christmas. Growing up, we didn’t celebrate Christmas, so I tend to err on the side of a lot of Christmas. 🙂
Michelle
10 Nov 2015We always put up decorations the day after Thanksgiving when I was little. Now that I have my own family, we’ve kept the same tradition.
Jennell Marks
10 Nov 2015We put up decorations on December 5th, the day after my son’s birthday, so that we can help him not feel lost or forgotten in the holiday crazy. 🙂
Jennell Marks
10 Nov 2015https://www.etsy.com/listing/61563803/nativity-set-18-piece-christmas-puzzle?ref=shop_home_active_2
We are always looking for decorations, particularly nativity scenes, that the kids can touch and use!
Michelle
10 Nov 2015The day after Thanksgiving!
Michelle
10 Nov 2015I love this nativity!! https://www.etsy.com/listing/206164615/nativity-set-sale-nativity-scene-14?ref=shop_home_active_6
JPierce
10 Nov 2015I love teaching my kids at Christmas and look for biblically accurate books and items. Thanks for sharing and the giveaway.
brittany
10 Nov 2015october! i love decorations!!!!!!
Jessica Andrews
10 Nov 2015We usually decorate the weekend after Thanksgiving, much to the chagrin of my grinch hubby 😉
Alexis
10 Nov 2015Our Christmas decorations go up the weekend after Thanksgiving 🙂
Melissa
10 Nov 2015We usually put our decorations up the first weekend of December.
Katie
10 Nov 2015Day after Thanksgiving!!
Katie
10 Nov 2015https://www.etsy.com/listing/61904559/mini-wood-christmas-nativity-set-puzzle
I love this!! Perfect for church!
Amy
10 Nov 2015We start decorating right after Thanksgiving. Thanks for the chance to win!
Mindy H
10 Nov 2015We go out and cut down our tree and decorate on the Saturday following Thanksgiving.
Amy
10 Nov 2015https://www.etsy.com/listing/62109282/hand-cut-wooden-nativity-set-christmas?ref=shop_home_active_14
I like the unpainted nativity. Thanks for the chance to win!
Kelly Kiggins-Lund
10 Nov 2015Thank you for the opportunity to learn more about these homeschool blogs and the chance to win such great prices.
Mindy H
10 Nov 2015https://www.etsy.com/listing/80843151/wooden-toy-cupcake-with-sprinkles?ref=shop_home_active_12
Gretta
10 Nov 2015As soon as we get Thanksgiving lunch cleaned up!
Laura P.
10 Nov 2015I try to start decorating when my 1st Christmas cards come in the mail 🙂
Rebecca Xavier
10 Nov 2015I like the changeable seasons tree here:https://www.etsy.com/listing/81908609/montesorri-waldorf-wooden-learning-toy?ref=shop_home_active_1.
Rebecca Xavier
10 Nov 2015We put up Christmas decorations the day after Thanksgiving.
Kendal Barriere
10 Nov 2015Shortly after thanksgiving
Kristine
10 Nov 2015We start the day after Thanksgiving 🙂
Sara B
10 Nov 2015We start decorating at the beginning of Advent.
Kristine
10 Nov 2015I like the mini nativity: https://www.etsy.com/listing/61904559/mini-wood-christmas-nativity-set-puzzle?ref=shop_home_active_1
Jessica
10 Nov 2015We like to decorate at the end of November.
Charles-Linda Bradshaw
10 Nov 2015I would say we start decorating for Christmas as soon as we get the stuff pulled out. Sometimes November, sometimes the beginning of December or sometimes we just don’t do it. It really depends on our medical appointments and how often we are stuck at the Children’s hospitals.
Deidre
10 Nov 2015We pull out the boxes the day after Thanksgiving. Our tradition is to put out all the nativities first.
Deanna S
10 Nov 2015We always decorate for Christmas the weekend after thanksgiving. Thank you for the opportunity to win!
Lauren M
10 Nov 2015the weekend after thanksgiving!
Jessica W.
10 Nov 2015We put ours up on Thanksgiving later in the evening.
Kimberly W.
11 Nov 2015We usually start decorating whenever my husband gets the tree down from the attic which is usually 2-3 weeks before Christmas. I’m not big on decorations in general so he has to take the initiative.
Su Ann
11 Nov 2015I like to put up our Christmas decorations the day after Thanksgiving. thx
Su Ann
11 Nov 2015I don’t know what the URL would like the Monogrammed black pebble Daire tote/purse by JDB corner. thx
Su Ann
11 Nov 2015Some words got cut off…I meant, I don’t know what the URL is and I would like…. thx
Gena
11 Nov 2015We put them up the day after Thanksgiving.
Gena
11 Nov 2015The changing seasons tree
Lisa
11 Nov 2015I love https://www.etsy.com/listing/38156722/hand-carved-christmas-nativity-set?ref=shop_home_active_17.
Theresa L
11 Nov 2015We decorate the weekend after Thanksgiving.
Kara Arthaud
11 Nov 2015We start putting up Christmas decorations the weekend following Thanksgiving. 🙂
Kara Arthaud
11 Nov 2015What a cute shop! https://www.etsy.com/listing/81908609/montesorri-waldorf-wooden-learning-toy?ref=shop_home_active_1 I really liked this tree activity. All the wooden food was fun too! 🙂
Jennifer
11 Nov 2015We like to put up our tree the day after Thanksgiving, but the nativity is first.
Amanda C
11 Nov 2015We start a few days after Thanksgiving.
Emily Seawell
11 Nov 2015We put up our Christmas decorations on December 1st! 🙂
Danielle Garcia
11 Nov 2015We put our decorations up the day after Thanksgiving or at least that weekend!
Raye
11 Nov 2015We start decorating the weekend after thanksgiving!
laura s
11 Nov 2015thank you
Tammy Walker
11 Nov 2015We usually put up Christmas décor on Thanksgiving or Black Friday.
Kath
11 Nov 2015We usually put up decorations on the weekend after Thanksgiving!
Chantelle
11 Nov 2015We have the tradition of decking the halls the Saturday following Thanksgiving. We put on Christmas music and make hot cocoa and then watch a Christmas movie after we finish.
Chantelle
11 Nov 2015I love the natural wood nativity scene and the tree with the different seasons from Arts of the Heart!
Chantelle
11 Nov 2015Forgot to post the url’s oops! https://www.etsy.com/listing/81908609/montesorri-waldorf-wooden-learning-toy
https://www.etsy.com/listing/38156722/hand-carved-christmas-nativity-set
Krista
11 Nov 2015We usually start decorating after Thanksgiving
Krista
11 Nov 2015https://www.etsy.com/listing/206164615/nativity-set-sale-nativity-scene-14?ref=shop_home_active_6 I’d love this nativity set as it has more than one shepard — most don’t
Tami Grgas
11 Nov 2015We start decorating our house after Thanks Giving. I work in retail and am not too happy with them starting the marketing so early. Our store was decorated for Christmas on Halloween this year and the Christmas music has started.
Stephanie Olmsted
11 Nov 2015We start decorating the day after Thanksgiving. I am excited to be able to get a real tree this year!
Kelly Hill
11 Nov 2015I begin decorating just after Thanksgiving.
Stephanie Olmsted
11 Nov 2015I like the set of three pears and strawberry.
Sara Dodge
11 Nov 2015I am so ready to start decorating for Christmas, but I try to wait until after Thanksgiving. My sons are 5 & 3 this year, so the magic of Christmas is especially exciting this year!
BOBBIE
11 Nov 2015We used to decorate 2=3 weeks before, but since I remarried 5 years ago, my husband likes doing it after Thanksgiving lunch…
Danette Benoit
11 Nov 2015We leave our nativity set (it’s very small) set up year round on the mantle. We start decorating the day after Thanksgiving. We bring out a little bit at a time.
Michelle J.
11 Nov 2015I start the day after Thanksgiving.
Kellie W
11 Nov 2015We put up a “Thanksgiving” tree in early November (filling it with notes of things we are thankful for), after Thanksgiving, the cards are taken down and ornaments added.
Barbara Hall
11 Nov 2015We have children’s birthdays on November 19 and December 31, so we always put up Christmas decorations after Thanksgiving and take them down before New Year’s Eve. Plus, we believe in celebrating one holiday at a time.
Rachel
11 Nov 2015We put up Christmas decorations soon after Thanksgiving…we don’t have a specific day.
Marilyn
11 Nov 2015As soon as the Thanksgiving decorations are taken down and packed away.
Marilyn
Marilyn
11 Nov 2015The wooden Nativity set.
Marilyn
Kris Bell
11 Nov 2015We put up the Christmas decorations on Christmas Eve.
Melinda Roberts
11 Nov 2015Right after Thanksgiving
Danielle Jenkins
11 Nov 2015Usually the day after Thanksgiving!
Danielle Jenkins
11 Nov 2015Usually the day after Thanksgiving! It’s about the only time off we have 🙂
Danielle Jenkins
11 Nov 2015Oh wow, the amazing 3-d nativity puzzle is amazing! https://www.etsy.com/listing/38156722/hand-carved-christmas-nativity-set?ref=shop_home_active_2
Katherine
11 Nov 2015We start decorating after Thanksgiving, usually within a week or so.
Katherine
11 Nov 2015I like the mini nativity from the etsy site too. https://www.etsy.com/listing/61904559/mini-wood-christmas-nativity-set-puzzle?ref=shop_home_active_2
Lynette
11 Nov 2015Our Christmas decorations go up soon after Thanksgiving. Typically, we are very eager and have them out the first day we are at home.
Elizabeth B
11 Nov 2015We started the tradition of putting up our Christmas tree on Thanksgiving Day the first year we were married. Our family always comes our way for the holiday, so while we were all together, I liked the idea of putting the tree up together. And the tradition has stuck. Now it’s one of the favorite things for the kids after the Thanksgiving meal.
Lynette
11 Nov 2015This changing seasons tree is pretty cool. https://www.etsy.com/listing/81908609/montesorri-waldorf-wooden-learning-toy?ref=shop_home_active_1
Ani Wilson
11 Nov 2015Sometime in November is when we start.
Beth
11 Nov 2015No decorations until after Thanksgiving at our house!
Jessica Medina
11 Nov 2015We start the Saturday after Christmas.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/61563803/nativity-set-18-piece-christmas-puzzle?ref=shop_home_active_3
Linda S
11 Nov 2015The first sign of Christmas around our home is on the Saturday after Thanksgiving – when we play Christmas music while washing up dishes after our large family Thanksgiving celebration, and our outside lights are turned on for our guests as they head home. The first Friday of December is official ‘let the season begin!’ when Dad takes the children out to cut down the tree.
Amy C
11 Nov 2015We start the weekend after Thanksgiving.
Amy C
11 Nov 2015Love this beautiful set…. https://www.etsy.com/listing/27679844/hand-carved-christmas-nativity-set?ref=shop_home_active_2
Erin M
12 Nov 2015After Thanksgiving.
Sarah M
12 Nov 2015We usually start decorating the day after Thanksgiving, but sometimes we’ve been known to do it sooner.
Heidi Daily
12 Nov 2015Following my family’s tradition, I always wait until the day after Thanksgiving to decorate for Christmas.
Heidi Daily
12 Nov 2015I also like the more intricate nativity at Artsoftheheart. https://www.etsy.com/listing/27679844/hand-carved-christmas-nativity-set
Jennifer Stone
12 Nov 2015We decorate for Christmas after Thanksgiving. My kids take turns putting the star on top each year and they usually sleep by the tree the night we put it up.
heather e.g. kaufman
12 Nov 2015We start decorating after Thanksgiving.
zekesmom10
12 Nov 2015The weekend after thanksgiving.
Michelle
12 Nov 2015We usually start decorating the first week of December.
Narae
12 Nov 2015We start decorating for Christmas the first of December. (I make it part of our homeschool calendar time)
Naphtali F.
12 Nov 2015I begin decorating the week after Thanksgiving. It is an ongoing process right up to Christmas as we do crafts and projects all month long.
Naphtali F.
12 Nov 2015I love the unpainted nativity set!
https://www.etsy.com/listing/206164615/nativity-set-sale-nativity-scene-14?ref=shop_home_active_1
Judith Martinez
12 Nov 2015I like this nativity. https://www.etsy.com/listing/38156722/hand-carved-christmas-nativity-set?ref=shop_home_active_17
Michelle R
12 Nov 2015I usually start decorating after Thanksgiving but sometimes my college kids try to jump start it early so they have more time to enjoy it.
Michelle R
12 Nov 2015This natural wood one if beautiful
https://www.etsy.com/listing/38156722/hand-carved-christmas-nativity-set?ref=shop_home_active_17
Joy
12 Nov 2015We usually put our outdoor decorations up first, as soon as we are able after Thanksgiving. It is a little more unpredictable for our indoor decorations. We aim for soon after Thanksgiving, but life happens so it really varies. We put our Nativities out and then depending on my husbands work schedule, he takes a day off and we drive out to a Christmas trees farm to get our fresh Christmas tree. This has become one of our traditions. The same day, we stop at the bee farm and the fish hatchery which are in the same area.
Lois Ormsby
12 Nov 2015We start the day after Thanksgiving with Christmas decorating!
Pamela
12 Nov 2015We begin decorating our house the day after Thanksgiving. It’s tempting to start earlier, but we love Thanksgiving and want to enjoy it before Christmas time is in full-swing.
Sally W
12 Nov 2015I start decorating for Christmas when the first Christmas card arrives. I love to display the cards on our dining room table until they start interfering with dinner, then I hang the from a bead chain in the dining roon window or arrange them on the mantle. We put up our tree about two weeks before Christmas.
Michelle J.
13 Nov 2015The mini set’s adorable, too: https://www.etsy.com/listing/61904559/mini-wood-christmas-nativity-set-puzzle?ref=shop_home_active_2
Jenn Khurshid
13 Nov 2015We decorate for Christmas Thanksgiving weekend. Now, Christmas music and egg nog…that’s another story!
Starla J
13 Nov 2015Usually beginning of December!
Kara Morey
13 Nov 2015We put up our Christmas decorations the weekend after Thanksgiving. It might be rushing it a little, but it’s so much fun to get the tree as a family. I LOVE Christmas music, but wait until the day after Thanksgiving to rock out!
Kara Morey
13 Nov 2015This is just precious!!! https://www.etsy.com/listing/61563803/nativity-set-18-piece-christmas-puzzle?ref=listing-shop-header-0
AllisonP
13 Nov 2015After Thanksgiving 🙂
StaceyK
13 Nov 2015We don’t start decorating until about two weeks before Christmas
Jamie
13 Nov 2015We usually put up Christmas decorations after Thanksgiving.
Ashley Hartley
13 Nov 2015The weekend after thanksgiving
Kim Abbott
13 Nov 2015We start decorating the house the weekend after Thanksgiving.
Julie
13 Nov 2015We set up our Christmas decorations on the 1st Sunday of Advent.
Julie
13 Nov 2015I love all the wooden play food items. https://www.etsy.com/listing/80001458/wooden-toy-fruit-and-vegetables-15?ref=shop_home_active_14
Barbara Hall
13 Nov 2015https://www.etsy.com/listing/80843151/wooden-toy-cupcake-with-sprinkles?ref=shop_home_active_12
My daughter loves to play cupcake shop!
Rachael Marsceau
13 Nov 2015We always decorate the day after Thanksgiving. 🙂
Rachael Marsceau
13 Nov 2015Also, I would LOVE the wooden fruit set! I’m sure it’s even more beautiful in-person!
https://www.etsy.com/listing/80001458/wooden-toy-fruit-and-vegetables-15?ref=shop_home_active_14
Nancy S.
13 Nov 2015We usually decorate the weekend before December 25th, but we keep everything up until after Jan. 6th.
Tammy
14 Nov 2015We usually start decorating right after Thanksgiving.
Bethany B.
14 Nov 2015We start putting ours up the Saturday after Thanksgiving 🙂
Tammy
14 Nov 2015I love this seasons tree. https://www.etsy.com/listing/81908609/montesorri-waldorf-wooden-learning-toy?ref=shop_home_active_3
Bethany B.
14 Nov 2015I didn’t see the Easter puzzle there, but that would be one I would definitely want. I also really thought the hand carved Christmas Nativity Puzzle was beautiful!
https://www.etsy.com/listing/38156722/hand-carved-christmas-nativity-set?ref=shop_home_active_2
Kerri B
14 Nov 2015We usually decorate the weekend after Thanksgiving. Lat year, though, I was quite slow and didn’t do it until a week before Christmas!
Sonja
14 Nov 2015We usually begin decorating for Christmas the day after Thanksgiving.
Sally
14 Nov 2015Usually just before Thanksgiving.
Deanna S
14 Nov 2015https://www.etsy.com/listing/206164615/nativity-set-sale-nativity-scene-14
Wow, what talent! I love all the food, but my daughter is really into nativities, so I LOVE this other wooden set.
Sally
14 Nov 2015https://www.etsy.com/listing/27679844/hand-carved-christmas-nativity-set
I love this one.
Megan H.
14 Nov 2015We usually wait until the first week in December to decorate! It’s really hard to wait though!!
Deanna
14 Nov 2015Right after Thanksgiving!
vivian
14 Nov 2015i have so many litle hands i would like these for the younger kids https://www.etsy.com/listing/61904559/mini-wood-christmas-nativity-set-puzzle?ref=related-6
Lori H
14 Nov 2015We decorate the day after Thanksgiving. We’d rather decorate than fight the Black Friday crowds 😉
Brandy Y.
14 Nov 2015We usually decorate right after Thanksgiving! I have a lot of cute fall decorations outside on the porch and don’t want to get rid of them too soon! lol.
Jocelyn
14 Nov 2015In early December. This year will be different because we just moved. In Colorado we would go hunt for our tree in the forest generally the first weekend of December and that would start the season for us.
Karlee Kerr
14 Nov 2015We start putting up our Christmas decorations the week after Thanksgiving!
Amy T
14 Nov 2015We usually start thanksgiving weeken, but we are moving this year so probably a bit later then usual
Lauren
14 Nov 2015The day after Thanksgiving!
Julia C
14 Nov 2015We start Christmas decorating the day after Thanksgiving.
beth galvin
14 Nov 2015We start decorating after Thanksgiving.
Jackie
14 Nov 2015I love Nativities. I make them from patterns on line and they remind me how much my SAVIOR gave up to give me eternal life. It’s humbling to know HE would have done that even if I was the only person in the world who sinned. So the Nativity reminds me to look to HIM ALWAYS.
Jackie
14 Nov 2015I would like to have the Handmade Nativity set that is on sale. The link is: https://www.etsy.com/listing/206164615/nativity-set-sale-nativity-scene-14?ref=shop_home_active_3
That is a beautiful nativity and would be one of those that I keep up all year to enjoy. I have a precious few that I keep up all year to keep my mind on YESHUA.
Rebekka Mehl
14 Nov 2015My husband says no Christmas decorations until after Thanksgiving, so usually that weekend.
Rebekka Mehl
14 Nov 2015https://www.etsy.com/listing/38156722/hand-carved-christmas-nativity-set?ref=shop_home_active_18
I loved the details on this!
R G
14 Nov 2015Christmas decorations go up during the weekend after Thanksgiving Thursday. It is a great tradition, and we love it that we begin the Christmas season by linking it loosely with gratefulness.
R G
14 Nov 2015My children love the season changing tree. https://www.etsy.com/listing/81908609/montesorri-waldorf-wooden-learning-toy?ref=shop_home_active_4
Kaylee
14 Nov 2015I love to start decorating for Christmas the day after Thanksgiving!!!
Kaylee
14 Nov 2015https://www.etsy.com/listing/38156722/hand-carved-christmas-nativity-set?ref=shop_home_active_18
I love this nativity set!!! I am definitely putting this on my Christmas list!!!
Stephanie
14 Nov 2015We always decorate the day after Thanksgiving
Carolyn M.
14 Nov 2015We usually start with a few things Thanksgiving weekend.
The wooden train set (a Christmas toy at our house) comes out Thanksgiving evening as do the Christmas books, Nativity sets and homemade Christmas stockings.
Everything else happens as time allows. 🙂
Carolyn M.
14 Nov 2015Love this Cheese burger! 🙂
Would be fun to get a variety of play foods for my youngest, as well as the grands to play with! 🙂
https://www.etsy.com/listing/57639483/cheese-burger-wooden-play-food-by?ref=shop_home_active_17
Lisa
14 Nov 2015We always put up the tree the first Sunday after Thanksgiving, as long as my oldest son and step daughter are here (we have a blended family)-everyone has to be here! 🙂
Laurie S.
14 Nov 2015We usually start December 1st bringIng the Christmas boxes out. This year we are going to try earlier, in November.
Laurie S.
14 Nov 2015I really love this mini wooden nativity. So sweet and special!
https://www.etsy.com/shop/ArtsoftheHeart?ref=shopsection_shophome_leftnav
Rebekah Will
15 Nov 2015Usually either the weekend before Thanksgiving or right after Thanksgiving.
Rebekah Will
15 Nov 2015https://www.etsy.com/listing/38156722/hand-carved-christmas-nativity-set?ref=shop_home_active_18
Theresa N
15 Nov 2015The weekend after Thanksgiving.
Lori Williams
15 Nov 2015We usually start putting up our decorations around my birthday, which is the 16th of december when our tree goes up.
Amanda T
15 Nov 2015We already started decorating for Christmas! We put up our Christmas village 2 weeks ago.
Stacie
15 Nov 2015We start putting up Christmas Decorations the day after Thanksgiving.
Teresa
15 Nov 2015Well, I’d like to start the day after Thanksgiving, but we’ll see how that goes. 🙂 I remember last year my then three year old one day just decided that we would do the decorations and I love that she initiated it.
lisa w
15 Nov 2015We begin the weekend after Thanksgiving : )
Gabreial W.
15 Nov 2015It is different every year, but not until after Thanksgiving, that’s my rule!
lisa w
15 Nov 2015I think the nativity set is lovely!
Theresa
16 Nov 2015We start decorating the weekend after Thanksgiving.
Heather Simpson
16 Nov 2015We start putting up Christmas decorations slowly after the beginning of December. We usually do it a little at a time as advent calendar activities.
Becky M
16 Nov 2015We start putting up our Christmas decorations the day after Thanksgiving. Any sooner and I don’t feel like we really had Thanksgiving!
Becky M
16 Nov 2015I love the Hand Carved Nativity Set. The wood is just beautiful.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/38156722/hand-carved-christmas-nativity-set?ref=shop_home_active_18
MotherLydia
16 Nov 2015Sometime between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Sometimes we get to it the day after Thanksgiving, while we are all home. Other years we are rushing to get the tree put up the day before Christmas so there is a place to put all the toys underneath.
Ruby
16 Nov 2015Thanksgiving weekend and continues through the next week. I am a tweaker!!!!!
Janell Garwood
16 Nov 2015We’re putting them up this weekend!
Laurie J
16 Nov 2015We start decorating the first weekend of December.
Jennifer
19 Nov 2015We don’t begin putting up Christmas decorations until the beginning of December.
Carly alzen
19 Nov 2015We don’t begin decorating until after Thanksgiving. I love fall and want to extend it out as long as possible!
Carly alzen
19 Nov 2015I love the seasons tree! I cant get the link yo post right from my phone, though.
Kimberly D
19 Nov 2015We try to start decorating the day after Thanksgiving.
Pamela
21 Nov 2015I love the Changeable Season Tree – https://www.etsy.com/listing/81908609/montesorri-waldorf-wooden-learning-toy?ref=shop_home_active_14
Heather Loewenheim
21 Nov 2015We usually start decorating the week after Thanksgiving. This year we’re starting Monday! We take off school the week of Thanksgiving since my husband has off then too. So I thought I’d use this time to start decorating. We store our tree at my mom’s, so we’ll pick it up when we see her at Thanksgiving and put it up when we get home that Monday.
Heather Loewenheim
21 Nov 2015I love the idea of a wooden nativity. https://www.etsy.com/listing/206164615/nativity-set-nativity-scene-14-peices?ref=shop_home_active_4
Mine is glass and I have to keep ;it up out of reach from my kiddos.
Amy
21 Nov 2015I’d love the nativity puzzle.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/38156722/hand-carved-christmas-nativity-set?ref=shop_home_active_2
We start with a red and green paper chain of the names of Jesus the day after Thanksgiving. My youngest daughter, Feobe, looks forward to making it every year.
Thanks for the chance to win!
Melissa Powell Higginbotham
21 Nov 2015We begin to decorate for Christmas the day after Thanksgiving. We love it! We decorate the yard and almost every room in the house!