Decorations.

As I don't put up cards or anything Christmasy until the 22nd /23rd December I'm happy to leave things until 12th Night.

Ours will stay until the 6th. It's a public holiday here today anyway, so not back to anything like normal yet. We don't put anything up until the middle of December at the earliest, so not tired of them yet.

I took mine down yesterday. This is the first time I have taken them down before twelfth night.

I am back in work today and as yesterday was a bank holiday, it seemed a good opportunity to take them down. I wasn't busy!

I don't mind putting them up and down. It's getting in them in and out of the loft that I hate. It's such a faff and they take up so much room.

I have more decorations than I know what to do with but I always end up buying a few more every year

Mine were up from 1st to 31st december. I always like to get them up and again to take them down, ready for that snuggle into january winter. All dusted and cleaned, knitting out for this next calm and quiet month of lit stove and candles

Since I have the family with us until 2nd January, nothing will come down before then. I will then take them down at a room a day. Giving the relevant room a good post Christmas clean at the same time.

I can never see the point of pre-Christmas extra cleaning, because the moment the family arrives the house is in total chaos and as they usually stay a week, by the time they go - that is when the house needs a good clean.

hollysteers

What happened to the twelve days of Christmas?
I just don’t understand anyone taking their decs and cards down before the 6th.
People put them up too early, that’s why.

Probably because Christmas starts being shoved at us all from the end of August, or thereabouts. There’s a Christmas surfeit by the beginning of December.

Am sure I am not alone in remembering the tree going up just before Christmas, and the postman delivering Christmas cards and parcels on Christmas Eve or just before, and not because they had been on strike for the weeks leading up to it.

Already crème eggs in Tesco.

Roll on Easter!

What happened to the twelve days of Christmas?
I just don’t understand anyone taking their decs and cards down before the 6th.
People put them up too early, that’s why.

I began today. Should finish on Tuesday I think, I do a little each day. The tree is last to go. We’ll leave some lights in the conservatory - winter lights and a couple of ornaments that are for winter not necessarily Christmas. They’ve been installed since early December and I’ll be sorry to see them go. .

Nothing comes down here until the 6th - January is dreary enough anyway. Our real tree still looks beautiful - I’ll be sad to see it go.

Ours will probably be taken down on Tuesday. I'll miss it but the dogs will be over the moon. They like to sit on the armchair gazing out of the window which they've been unable to do for a month now.

Don’t see much point in going to all the trouble of putting up decorations for Christmas only to whip them down again a few days after. Seems a waste of effort. Jan 6th here.

Ours are put away on the 6th sad to see them go back in the boxes. Neat and tidy to keep them in good condition.

Everything down and put away yesterday.

I'm still waiting for some cards to arrive though!

The three kings are on their way to the crib - by tradition we move them around the room, getting a little closer each day. When they arrive on 6th Jan it's time to pack the decorations away until Christmas Eve.

I love taking down my trees. The ritual of packing everything away carefully.
I’ve broken my shoulder so I don’t think I’ll be able on the 6th . I’m not sure if we’ll leave the tree up or ( god forbid ) DH packs it away.

I didn’t put many up as I was going away and not much of a Christmas fan. I’d bought new stuff, so I now can store it in the garage and to hand. I would have packed it away today, but both DDs and their little ones are coming for tea tomorrow. I’ll take it all down on Sunday and buy daffodils and hyacinths in pots when the shops re-open. A sort of Spring wish,

My DH has taken everything down, cleaned up (lots of fir needles), and put everything back up in the attic. Bless him, I like to put it up but hate to take it down! The lights outside will stay up until the 7th, which is Orthodox Christmas. DH's mum's family was originally from Yugoslavia and some older traditions were held.

In my family growing up we kept decorations up until Epithany, as long as the tree held up.

Mine were all down and packed away on the 28th. I do tend to put them up nice and early though

We took ours down this afternoon, as our 2 GC were here overnight last night and they like helping us do it. We have retro ceiling and wall decorations (think 1980s metallic style dangly Chinese takeaway!) inherited from my parents when we cleared their house after my mum died, which the AC and GC love as it is part of their Christmas experience from childhood. It is nice to get back to a more minimal living experience!

I always take mine down the day after Boxing Day, the house looks tidy again. My mum always took them down early when we were kids saying you didn't carry any unwanted baggage from the old year into the new one. My friend said I'll have bad luck, but so will a lot of my neighbours too as I've noticed they've all taken theirs down too.

Ours go up late like AreWeThereYet and come down for 12th night. I'm still enjoying them but they aren't in the way of curtains etc.

Ours will come down on New Years day. They've been up since the last Sunday in November. I do love them and will miss them when they've gone but it'll be good to get back to normal again.

We took ours down today.

We took the (real) tree down yesterday (and took it to our local park where there's a collection point for composting).

The other decorations will stay until early January, but the candle holders I've dotted around will stay longer, as they're so pretty and not specifically Christmassy.

Twelfth Night is my deadline. (6 Jan) . I will start before then, I guess, but I like the bit of cheer given by the decorations during this dull weather.