To want to take down Christmas decorations on 31stDec

I took ours down Sunday. They'd been up for about 2 weeks maybe. Both dh and I had to work yesterday, dh is working today then both back properly on Thursday so it just made sense to take them down then.

Mine come down on 27/29/30th. Always before the 1st.

I like a fresh start and a house that always feels nice and empty once the tree etc are down !

There really seems to have been a change in the last maybe 10 years to have the decorations up so early. When I was young( now early 60s) most people put the tree up round about a week before Christmas, lots would do it a couple of days before.
When my children were at school we put the tree up a couple of days before the end of term. No one put their decorations up on the first of December and if you happened to see a tree up then it was very unusual, whereas now it's not uncommon in November.
No wonder people are sick of them.
It does seem very joyless though to take them down on boxing day. I would never take them down before new year, I too take them down on the 5th or 6th, but I only put mine up on the 20th December so I'm not at all fed up with them. People do seem to have forgotten about the 12 days of Christmas.

I'll probably take mine down friday as it's more convenient for me. I'm busy over the weekend and then back to work.

People i know taking them down 26/27th are the types who put it up during November.

We had ours up from mid November this year in an effort to cheer up our house after the loss of my lovely dog ( husband did it as a surprise whilst I was away for a couple of days) , usually they go up the last day Nov/ 1st Dec . We always take them down on the 30th/31st Dec ( it’s a 2 day job 3 trees + decorations) so that it’s all clean and tidy for when he goes back to work on the 2nd . It’s definitely not a case of being fed up with them as they don’t get in the way and I love my trees .

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/christmas/leaving-up-christmas-decorations/

Growing up most people put trees up weekend before Christmas/Christmas Eve and left up for the 12 days. Lights in towns wouldn't have gone on before 1st Dec but now it's 2nd week of November for many. It's all been brought forward so I'm all for taking down asap after Christmas.

Always take mine down on the 27th but only because it's my daughters birthday on the 30th and I want her to have birthdays and not Christmas/birthdays all rolled into one

I'd like mine down. My dh is adamant that they stay until tomorrow, new years day. Whilst I never take any notice of what he says, I can't take it down or put it away without him, so tomorrow it is. Ideally I would have liked it down probably the last weekend. My MIL always had her ups until the 12th night believing it was unlucky. It does cross my mind to leave it, is it unlucky....but really I find it all a bit over stimulating by now....and I don't even put loads up.

I keep mine up until the 12th night.
January is long and bleak enough without removing a bit of colour, light and cosiness prematurely. There's still another 3 weeks before the darkest days really eek out until 5pm and become more usable. Winter tends to bite harder in Jan/ Feb too, so I'm in team Yule on lighting up the shortest days.

I always take mine down on New Year's Day. There is no right or wrong here though.

I am dying to take mine down but hubby also wants to leave it up a bit longer. I don't want to be a kill joy so will put up with it for another day or two if he insists.

Usually up mid-December and down on the 12th night, but I will probably take them down on the 5th this year as we are back to work on the 6th, so Sunday makes sense

The very few decorations I have up, they’ll be down tomorrow!

Mine are coming down today I usually have them up for two weeks, this year 15th to 31st. I can’t wait to get back to normal. Nice fresh start to the New Year

And yes to January being gloomy enough already. My tree will be down by 12th night but I keep the mantel and TV table lights till Candlemas.

I'd normally wait until Candlemas, but I haven't felt Christmassy as much this year. They went up on the 23rd. I'll take them down on Friday. I'll miss the twinkly lights on the fire surround etc, though. So I might keep up a candle holder and two larger candles.

It's the seventh day of Christmas 🎄

Took ours down early for the first time ever this year- they usually stay up till Epiphany but we have a funeral on 6th and it would be completely miserable.

I took mine down two days ago!!

I wouldn't mind taking the tree down but I'd like to leave the window lights up for longer as January is just so miserable, the lights are nice!

I usually put them up on the 1st or what ever weekend is closest and down on 31st. This year they went up 30th and down yesterday. It was hard as they looked lovely and cosy but I wanted my house back to normal to feel fresh for the new year.

Our tree and decorations will stay up until Candlemas. We've been visiting relatives for most of the festive period and tbh I'm looking forward to some more "Christmas" at home in my own house.

I’m in Ireland and it’s unheard of to take Christmas decorations down before 6 January. My step daughter in England took hers down yesterday.

My parents always insisting on leaving their decorations up until twelfth night and took them down on 6th January - otherwise there would be bad luck.

Whilst I don't subscribe to this belief, I have noticed than since I starting taking our own decorations down earlier, the world has been plagued by bad luck e.g. a multitude of problems in the Middle East, conflicts in Afganistan, Iraq, Libya, the continent of African, then there's climate change, Covid, the Curse of Strictly, etc.

I don't think it would be fair for me to be blamed for all of these, although I suppose it could be the collective power of 'early removal of decorations'. I don't know.