Funny you should ask this question...I completely forgot how close to December we already are. I suppose for me it would be nice to do it the day before Thanksgiving, make a two for out of the whole deal.
I put mine up the first week of December. That way I can enjoy them for an entire month.
Actually, I put up the decorations like... a week before Christmas! :D Sometimes maybe a couple of weeks, I don't like to be too early. :).
We put them up two weeks before Christmas then take them down two weeks after, not quite sure why but my mum stills swears that's how it's meant to be as it follows some tradition.
We will start preparing after the thanks giving...
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.