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To want to take down Christmas decorations on 31stDec

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ThatCyanJoker · 31/12/2024 08:26

We’ve had tree and Christmas decorations up since early December. I’m so ready to take them down now and get the house back to normal, but DH says it’s way too early and how could I think that was usual. Out of interest, do you keep your tree etc until 6 January?

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TheFormidableMrsC · 31/12/2024 16:05

I'll take mine down tomorrow only because I'm having a small NYE gathering tonight and it's festive!

AwfullyWeeBillyBigchin · 31/12/2024 16:02

Ours came down at the weekend.

Winterskyfall · 31/12/2024 16:00

Mine are mostly down. They start to annoy me after Christmas and I just want a more minimal look in the house again.

WaitingforStrike · 31/12/2024 14:44

I'd like to keep my tree up and put everything else away I think. Children definitely want the decorations to remain, so will keep up till close to the end of the holidays.

MyLoftySwan · 31/12/2024 14:44

Ours are usually down before new year. I have an early January birthday and like the distinction between it and Christmas. However as a charity aren't collecting our tree until 10th January it'll stay up for a bit longer yet.

I have however got the outdoor decorations down today so they don't take off in the winds due 🤣

zingally · 31/12/2024 14:38

Mine all comes down on the 1st. Like you, I've had it up since early December and definitely ready for a fresh house for a fresh year.

HelpMeGetThrough · 31/12/2024 14:25

FrogOnAYuleLog · 31/12/2024 14:07

We have lights around the house year round though tbh. It’s not like no Xmas decorations = joyless house 😄

Same here. LEDs around the front and back windows and a nice selection of colours.

FrogOnAYuleLog · 31/12/2024 14:07

We have lights around the house year round though tbh. It’s not like no Xmas decorations = joyless house 😄

FrogOnAYuleLog · 31/12/2024 14:05

ThatCyanJoker · 31/12/2024 08:26

We’ve had tree and Christmas decorations up since early December. I’m so ready to take them down now and get the house back to normal, but DH says it’s way too early and how could I think that was usual. Out of interest, do you keep your tree etc until 6 January?

Fresh new year needs a fresh new house IMO. Playroom, living room, bedrooms been blitzed, sprayed, hoovered, aired. Tree (in kitchen/diner) coming down this afternoon ahead of our new year party tonight. It’s been a bad one actually, dropped needles from the minute we got it! It has some bare branches!! Never had that before.

BeerForMyHorses · 31/12/2024 13:40

Mine came down on Boxing Day

AlexaSetATimer · 31/12/2024 13:34

Wednesdaysotherchild · 31/12/2024 08:48

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 🤣

Edited

I agree. I love having lights and tree for Hogmanay and early Jan, so much more cheerful!

Applepoop · 31/12/2024 13:26

mine came down 26th

fresh start, moving forwards, clearing and cleaning

DecayingRelic · 31/12/2024 13:22

packed mine up on Boxing Day

Tanglemead · 31/12/2024 13:20

Ours never come down until 2nd at the earliest. We usually pick the most convenient day for us between 2nd and twelfth night. But up to and including New Year’s Day is definitely still part of the Christmas season, so I can’t understand why anyone would want the decorations down before then. But then I love our house decorated for Christmas (we have lots of decorations indoors) and I feel sad when they come down and the house feels quite stark and plain for a while.

shellyleppard · 31/12/2024 13:13

Mine are down, house is clean ready for new year. Just need to cook a nice dinner for tonight

hopeishere · 31/12/2024 13:12

Ours come down on New Year's Day. Hoping to get up early tomorrow and get cracking. I'm back to work on Thursday.

Pinetreethree · 31/12/2024 13:08

Mine were down by the 27th. I did want to take the tree down, but kids are still very young and wanted it kept up. I'll take it down tomorrow or the 2nd.

K0OLA1D · 31/12/2024 13:00

Just sat down with a baileys laced coffee after pulling them all down. The fairy lights are stopping on the bookshelf as a permanent fixture though

Clafoutie · 31/12/2024 13:00

CheeseTime · 31/12/2024 08:44

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. 🌟

I guess it all depends whether you see Christmas Day as the last day of Christmas or the first day! I am in the first day camp.

BlackChunkyBoots · 31/12/2024 12:57

I've only got a little tree up but it's coming down tomorrow. I think Christmas is done by NYD. Only the Pringles remain!

ILikeDungs · 31/12/2024 12:47

Tree went up Dec. 23rd, coming down Jan. 1st.

We have a very small cottage, need the space back

MereDintofPandiculation · 31/12/2024 12:46

When I was young we used to have a family member with a birthday on 6th, so obviously we left them up for the birthday, besides, it would have been unthinkable not to have them up while the school holidays were still on.

I take down the wreath and anything in the entrance hall on 7th , then leave the tree as long as I'm still enjoying it (but I draw the curtains on it, don't display it to the outside).

Christmas, and then snow in January or February, is what gets me through the long greyness of winter.

Shardlake63 · 31/12/2024 12:42

Mine will come down this weekend.
I always like to leave them up till after the New Year celebrations, but then I didn't put them up until about two weeks before Christmas.
Some households near me put theirs up in November, so I can see why they'd be sick of the sight of them before January.

pizzaHeart · 31/12/2024 12:38

Ours are always coming down between 3d and 8th of January depending on when I have free time and opportunity to get them down . I never take them down on New Year Eve or New year day, I like still to feel festive on these days.

AccidentallyWesAnderson · 31/12/2024 12:38

Only my tree is still up and I've started to remove the baubles. It actually looks better with less, note for next year! I quite like having a bare tree with just lights for NY then the whole tree will come down.

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