When do you take yours down?

Yes. I've got a cookbook by her too. Also a good read for the way she describes when the food would be eaten.

"a pile of snowy white cobs fresh from the oven waiting for me when I returned from school". ( she walked about four miles to and from school. Through the woods, all on her own. Describes how the trees would take on faces!)

I thought I'd got that, but can only find a very old copy of Magic in my Pocket. I know I've read The Country Child. She's from Derbyshire, isn't she?

pretty sure it's in this one Good read.

I haven't noticed cherry wood smelling when burned. It's VERY hard wood though so hard to cut. Thinner branches I just snap once they're good and seasoned.

Okay , got to be the one to ask , but who are Lucy & Tom ?

or Who the heck, even.

Bags goes to google Allison Uttley.... (whot he heck?)

At my parent's house, the tree was brought in and decorated on Xmas Eve and everything taken down on the twelfth day of xmas – 6 Jan (Epiphany).

I think Lucy and Tom's Christmas is to blame for the fact that my Christmas is never quite as perfect as I want it to be .

And Lucy and Tom's Christmas. I've always wanted to decorate the tree on Christmas Eve like they do in the book but I'm so disorganised there would be a danger of me not getting round to doing it.

Does cherry smell as good as apple?

Mine don't flash! Never!

Hello Bags. Your way is very old-traditional. Decorate Xmas Eve, take it down Boxing Day. Thinking Allison Uttley.

Minibags has some lights in her room on a mini tree. I expect she'll tidy them up by next autumn.

No lights. I hate flashing lights.

Did anyone else have decorations up for as short a time as I did? Branch of lichen-loaded fallen cherry decorated on Xmas eve. Decs taken off it Boxing Day. Branch is still in situ but will use it for firewood soon.

And I have fallen completely in love with this Christmas tree!

No sun here. Just hail! I still need my lights!

They've all gone this morning- couldn't stand the sun shining on the dust a minute longer. I see the Christmassy emoticons have gone too!

Mishap!

They've all finally gone! thank heavens, boohoo.Binned the cards,thrown the cake to the chickens, downed half a bottle of wine

Oh - the Christmas decorations! I was wondering what I was meant to be taking down!

I am tempted baubles, but not sure. I'll see how it goes over the next couple of days!

Do have a lovely break, I hope you don't get too much rain. The cold is ok, but rain is not!

That sounds ideal to me Baubles , sometimes it is nice not to go too far.
The change of scene is pleasant, plus I love staying in hotels .
I like that idea for * phoenix * sometimes just subtle lighting around a focal point can "Lift" things . I have half a notion to do something along those lines myself !

Nonu not terribly far away just an extremely nice hotel in Perthshire for one night and a less posh hotel beside Loch Lomond for the second night.

I will enjoy it Marelli thanks

Why not keep some fairy lights Phoenix ? I'm very fond of fairy lights at any time.

While I've been out, dd has been making meringues which she intends to fill with a leftover pot of whipping cream! How will those fit in with post Christmas eating?!

All mine are now packed away - sadly I broke a glass bauble that DH and I bought our first Christmas after we were married 43 years ago - still have 5 of those left though!