Can I take the decorations down now?

Can I take the decorations down now?
No you may not Teetime
(after all, mine have only just gone up - well, a few days before Christmas!)


see - I'm still wearing my Christmas hat.
I'll allow you to do it next Monday at the earliest.

Exactly . Each to there own. There house, there decorations. It's not a big deal.

That's the point really, isn't it paddy, each to their own.

I'm sorry to hear about your daughter - I must have missed it if you have mentioned it before.

she's COPING .dont know whats going on with this keyboard

we had a lovely day yesterday with our D and family she's just been told she can expect to be in a wheelchair by this time next year,we'll make sure the kids and she enjoy every minute of this christmas ,twinkly lights and tree may well stay up longer IF the kids want it to.She's coping remarkably well ..in public so anything that keeps a smile on her face will be the order of the day

I'm just back from a walk in the dark with the dogs. I'm pleased to report that the majority of houses are still lit up brightly. I'm not criticising folks who get fed up with all the razzmatazz, the cooking cleaning tidying up dogs children relatives c* tv but - I'm so pleased not everyone feels like that.

Teetime I'm not grumpy either however ours decs will be down soon.
I will leave some nice candles out.

But like you would love some fresh flowers although I do have a couple of white and pink (one of each) Amaryllis which are blooming quite splendidly at the moment.

I am looking forward to the scent of a lovely bowl or two of hyacinth

They will come down on 2nd January here. Life is not the same now, it's a struggle since my beloved husband died a few years ago.

In years gone by when I suffered PMT I would rip the decs down before twelfth night esp as children back to school by then so it felt wrong to have them up and I had had enough and wanted to feel normal again but now we have minimal decs to please the grandchildren so they will come down the day after their visit

Thankyou for the support. We havent had any visitors this year so it is just to suit DH and I. I shall proably take them down at the weekend as we arent expecting anyone then either. I shall then fill several vases with fresh flowers, restock the fridge with lovely fresh food buy some more wine, spring clean the house and look forward to spring.

Depends when they are installed maybe? Ours arrive at the beginning of December. By this week they start to look a bit dusty so gradually they are cleaned and packed away. Outside lights go on New Years Day. The trees and lights stay the longest. We have some battery lights that are in various items all year round to brighten dark corners. Each to their own I say.

Ours will be up until 6th Jan ( then sadly packed away) they look so lovely, especially all the green garlands and lights,
But each to their own, as to duration.

I am glad that I didn't put up as many this year though. I was always sorry when it came to the taking down and packing away.

Yes Teetime, you can take the decs down whenever you like. Its entirely up to you. Just enjoy your home and have it the way you want it.

mcem lighten up, what about some Christmas cheer yourself to other GN posters instead of moaning!

Mine will be coming down soon. It'll be nice to have room to move!

Maybe Teetime's visitors have gone for this year or, maybe, she hasn't had any at all!!

We have an artificial olive tree in hall which has fairy lights on it all year round, not turned on in the Spring and Summer months, but very cheery in the Autumn and Winter.

2nd or 3rd of January for me. By then they will have been up for two and a half weeks so I am happy to pack them away.

'Twinkly bright and cheery' or 'obsessively tidy'???
Wonder which sums up a little seasonal cheer?? Wonder which option my GCs would prefer as they visit over the next week or so??
Given that this was the first this thing I saw on GN today I'm afraid my first reaction was not 'oh what a pleasant lighthearted thread'.
Each to their own!!

I thought it was perfectly reasonable too Teetime. After all you were not being judgemental (or only about your own decs) and you were not telling anyone else what to do.

I shall do whatever makes me feel comfortable at the time but I had little chance to put much up this year so it isn't annoying me yet.

Ooooooooops family arriving today so mine are going up as other people's coming down - like escalators. Today is the day for us! Didn't have the oomph until we knew they were on their (long) way. Happy times!

Thank you kitty it was meant to be jokey - like have you put the sprouts on yet. Got my Goat!!!

Flippin' heck is all I can say.

What unwarranted nastiness from some people. I thought Teetime had started a fairly light hearted thread and certainly not a grumpy one!

My DD puts hers up on the 1st of December. Our 18month old DGC still revels at it every morning like its the first time she's seen it haha .