When do you take yours down?

We'll be taking ours down over the weekend. It doesn't seem festive by then I don't think.

Mine came down yesterday. I'm not superstitious and Christmas has no connection to the start of a new year for me.

Mine are still up, phoenix. I AM superstitious and believe that they shouldn't come down till the 6th January. The thing is, the blu-tak is drying on the back of the cards which are stuck on the doors....now and again there's the sound of a flutter/plop as another one bites the dust!

Tomorrow or Friday. My son will be here to help and the weather looks set at lousy. Decs down and spring cleaning commencing

Ah! this post refers to Christmas decorations! I did wonder.
I always wait for 12th night, partly tradition and partly because I'm lazy and it's a real faff [as opposed to fun, when you put them up]

I took mine down today, it's over as far as I am concerned. In my living room and lounge windows I now have vases of Daffodils. Harbingers of Spring I love them.

phoenix I wish you all the luck in the world for the coming year you certainly deserve it. I love your sparky humour and enjoy your posts. x

Not superstition, tradition. January 6th is the last day of Christmas.

I still think it should be the 4th January - but we had this discussion last year and I lost the argument!

Ours will be down by Friday. Is leave it as late as possible to put them up then get them down as so as possible. This year they've been up for two weeks and that's long enough for me!

Well, that is a very personal question- I refuse to answer

Thank you Sook

Granjura

Mine came down yesterday, so that I was ready to face the new year.

Tomorrow probably as DH birthday coming up and I like to take decs down before then!

I am tempted to take mine down but CBA. I am likely to be occupied for at least another three days on the 2nd Jigsaw puzzle of the season. I include this pleasure in my post Christmas celebrations. It is 1000 pieces a really tricky puzzle of an actual painting. I don't do steam trains or kittens.

I find it very relaxing but you cannot sit at them for hours at a time without going boggled eyed.

I think if I take the decorations down Christmas will seem to be over, so I will feel more guilty for spending time on the puzzle. Therefore I had better leave them up so Christmas won't be over and I won't feel so guilty.

Yippee a no guilt solution.

took mine down Sunday

I didn't put any up, except one string of lights for opening presents on Christmas Day...didn't seem worth it this year, but normally if people were coming here I'd keep them up to the 5th......

Sometimes I hang it out till the 6th but if there's a handy weekend before then I'll probably do it over the weekend.

Have always taken ours down on 2nd January.

Not superstitious but fingers crossed and touch wood they should be down at the weekend.

Ours will stay up till the 6th, then I will hate how dull the room looks without them!

On the 6th. I love Christmas, so always feel sad that they have to be packed away for another year - it all looks so bare and cheerless. Perhaps I should just surrender to total eccentricity and leave it all up a la Miss Haversham.

My tree now lies on it's side in the garden awaiting the boy scouts who will come and cart if off for £3.

Cards and a small glittery tree decoration will stay up until the 6th so I can feel I am following tradition.

Mine came down the minute my family left after a big lunch last Sunday. I was also pleased when they stopped playing seasonal music on the radio and in shops.

Does anyone else find that, after packing it all away, they always find one item that was forgotten? This year it was the old decoration which I had relegated to the shed door!

shysal, I usually find something I've forgotten round about the next December, when I'm putting up the new cards - bits of the dreaded blu-tack still stuck on the doors . How I can miss it - the doors are painted white......?? Oh well......I'm not going to change now - never was very careful cleaning-wise!