text:  so you're saying to plant something outside after christmas that sounds a little confusing well you can do it but it does take some preparation dig the hole now it can't spend the entire winter in your cozy overheated room so i can actually put it back out in the yard when the ground is frozen and it'll be all right next spring absolutely you want to take a nice potted tree put it into an intermediate zone maybe the garage for about five days before you bring it into the house for again about another five days