To want to take down Christmas decorations on 31stDec

I agree. It's a shame that once Christmas Day is over you never hear any Christmas songs on the radio, having been played since about November 1st 🤣 & people can't wait to take down the decs when Christmas is really just beginning

Still Christmas for me & it would feel odd to celebrate NYE without a tree & decor. But my tree is the appropriate size for my house & other decorations are off the floor eg hanging so they aren’t in my way.

I will take them down this weekend & my council tree collection isn’t till next week anyway.

Mie have been up since the end of November, and I will begin taking them down on the 5th Jan, finish on the 6th.

When I was working full time, I used to take them down before going back to work in the New Year for purely practical reasons and to get back into 'work' mode. Since being semi-retired I leave them up as long as possible. There's plenty of months with no Christmas decorations.

Mine is coming down this afternoon after I finish work, i'm sick of it, the lights havent been turned on on the tree since boxing day

Mine has gone. I like to start the new year all clean and tidy.

Ours went up on 30th Nov and will come down on 1st Jan although I'd leave the tree up longer as I love it! 🎄

Once my eldest is back from the States in a few day's time, we will take down the tree. Probably 3rd January. Never before NYD!!

Mine will come down on the 2nd, bar the real life greenery that is dotted around the house. I take that down on the 5th and will burn it before sunset (when 12th night starts).
Not even remotely pagan or superstitious but I do enjoy a ceremonial burning of stuff to mark the end to the Christmas season.

Put them up the week before Christmas and take them down on the 6th -as per the tradition - it’s called the 12 days of Christmas for a reason! You lot are all peaking too soon, frankly 🤣

Ours came down yesterday, would have done it Sunday but we couldn't be bothered! If happily have it all away on boxing day. As soon as Christmas day is done I want it back to normal

Mine came down yesterday. I like to go into new year with a clean house. My mum loves going into new year with the sparkly tree. My sister took all her decs down on Boxing Day! Everyone is different

Ours came down yesterday. I normally wait until the 2nd Jan but so glad they are down now

Christmas anything seems wrong after 25th. I held out until yesterday and enjoyed my day of cleaning and putting the house back to order. That’s my new year feeling. 🌟

We always take them down in the 1st.

I've wanted ours down since about 5pm on Christmas Day 🤣 they'll be coming down on Thursday, seems a shame because our tree has been lovely this year

The idea is that the decorations come down on the 6th Jan as that is the Epiphany. It took the wise men 12 days once they followed the star to the Baby Jesus and it's supposed to be bad luck to take your decorations down before then. Though if you're not religious or superstitious then it obviously doesn't matter. I like to keep mine up til Jan 2nd. Its Christmas week and I like to finally relax and enjoy Christmas and still feel festive now that I'm off work. Some people put them up early and take them down early because they are sick of looking at them. I prefer to put them up a bit later and actually enjoy them over Christmas. Each to their own though.

I do it by stealth... cards come down, advent stuff, anything with Christmas or bells or wreath. We end up with lights and tree. That will stay up 'til Friday.

Do.
Our are down.

I don't believe in bad luck either but the curse of bad luck keeps the show on the road here. If the house isn't clean on Nye, it'll remain a mess for the rest of the year. If you don't open the door at midnight, you won't let the good luck in. If you don't take the decorations down by the 7th, you're in for it. And on it goes. It seems the corrective for all the wishes you get for mixing Christmas cakes and blowing out candles. Coming from a family of atheists, there seem to be a lot of inherited threats traditions. 😁

We normally hold out for the 12th night, but we are away at the weekend and back at work on Thursday. I think it would probably work out better if we did it on the 1st, but that does feel a bit sad

Inside stuff went up on 21st December
outside stuff went up the week before that
all down by 28th

Yeah, damn those 12 days of Christmas 🤣

I always put mine up really late this year was Xmas eve! New years eve and Day are still Xmas imo I'll take them down Thursday.

Usually wait until 12th night or the day before if I'm working. Don't really understand taking everything down right after Christmas. It's the 12 days of Christmas, not just one day. Meant to be a period of time to enjoy. Think the problem is it just all starts so early. I'm not going to put tree up as early next year. Tried to do it 1st December and it felt way too soon.

Mine are coming down on the 2nd. This is why I don’t put the tree up early. It goes up a week before Christmas otherwise I’d be sick of the sight of it by Christmas day.