If you’re humming Christmas carols by late August and putting lights on your house and reindeer on the front lawn practically before the trick-or-treaters have retreated into the shadows, chances are you live in Tennessee.

In a recent CenturyLink ranking of the U.S. states with the greatest Christmas spirit, Tennessee came in sixth – behind only Washington, South Dakota, Utah, Missouri and Maine – as the state with the greatest holiday spirit.

If you’re wondering about the bottom five states – the ones with the least holiday spirit – those would be Michigan, New Jersey, Florida, Hawaii and Alaska.

The survey examined data in two primary categories: area culture and online activity. That might seem pretty arbitrary; but, hey, it was their survey, they made the rules.

CenturyLink measured online activity by the states’ overall Google searches for Christmas-related topics… such as music, decorations, Christmas movies and the like; other online activity included whether folks tweeted about Christmas.

Area culture examined numbers of Christmas-tree farms and level of charity giving in each state.

And in case you just had to know where each state ranked, the entire list is below.

1. Washington
2. South Dakota
3. Utah
4. Missouri
5. Maine
6. Tennessee
7. Alabama
8. Arkansas
9. Virginia
10. North Carolina
11. Pennsylvania
12. Indiana
13. West Virginia
14. Wisconsin
15. Mississippi
16. Rhode Island
17. Idaho
18. Wyoming
19. North Dakota
20. Ohio
21. Massachusetts
22. Oregon
23. South Carolina
24. Iowa
25. Nebraska
26. Kentucky
27. Oklahoma
28. Vermont
29. Kansas
30. Colorado
31. New Hampshire
32. Maryland
33. Connecticut
34. New York
35. Delaware
36. Louisiana
37. Illinois
38. Texas
39. Montana
40. Georgia
41. New Mexico
42. California
43. Arizona
44. Minnesota
45. Nevada
46. Michigan
47. New Jersey
48. Florida
49. Hawaii

Alaska