Thank you so much for this message. Our priest’s sermon had to do with just this subject on Christmas Eve/Day and my husband and I felt it was the way we wanted to begin our celebrations from now on. Your message showed how we can begin.
For as long as I can remember (and no doubt longer *\;-) our family’s tradition has been to put up and decorate the tree on Christmas Eve, during the day. It comes down on Epiphany.