If you have a Christmas tree....

Christmas is my favorite time of th year, my most favorite season to celebrate. i put up all the decorations as soon after thanksgiving as is feasible, most always thanksgiving weekend as soon as those festivities are over.

That said, I begin taking down all the Christmas stuff pretty much as soon as the last family member leaves on Christmas Day.

This year, because I’ve been so sick with the flu, is different. We haven’t celebrated Christmas as a family yet and won’t until I’m not contagious, hopefully by this weekend.
 

Later in the day on New Year’s Day. My wife and I will take the tree and lights down after everyone leaves, unless it gets too late.
 
Ronni said:
Christmas is my favorite time of th year, my most favorite season to celebrate. i put up all the decorations as soon after thanksgiving as is feasible, most always thanksgiving weekend as soon as those festivities are over.

That said, I begin taking down all the Christmas stuff pretty much as soon as the last family member leaves on Christmas Day.

This year, because I’ve been so sick with the flu, is different. We haven’t celebrated Christmas as a family yet and won’t until I’m not contagious, hopefully by this weekend.
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That's me. I love the season and I put up the tree and the lights as soon as the stores get decorated and the nights draw in. This year it was mid November. But when it's over it's over.

Today I took down the porch set-up at five while it was still dark, then un-decorated the inside and did a deep cleaning. We're back to our cool, clean look now and it's welcome.
 
Della said:
Today I took down the porch set-up at five while it was still dark, then un-decorated the inside and did a deep cleaning. We're back to our cool, clean look now and it's welcome.
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This. Even though my Christmas decorating is tasteful, not cluttered or random and it follows a theme, still there’s something very satisfying and peaceful about returning to the more streamlined look of my normal decor.
 
Kudos to all you January 6th people. I used to follow the liturgical year myself, but somewhere along the way I caved to the retailers.
It's probably because my son works at Walmart and right now he's already into the miserable nightmare of returns.
 
-Oy- said:
On the 12th Day. January 6th.
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Yes, when growing up, my family kept the Christmas tree up until Jan. 6. We'd all put our trees out on the curb, then the township would pick them all up and place them in an enormous pile in a dirt field area beside a main road. Then they'd set them aflame on The Twelfth Night, which would treat the community to a huge bonfire. People would come from miles around to enjoy it.

But nowadays I take down the tree, the decorations, and the outside tree light display on Jan. 1. We usually put up the tree and decorate it at the start of the 2nd week in December.
 
We have two little artificial trees, 3 and 3.5 ft. They won't come down until the 7th this season because I was late putting them up.
 

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