To want to take down Christmas decorations on 31stDec

We were a bit late putting ours up this year - 21 December and it is staying up until Twelfth Night.

I started taking things down on 28th and it was all away by last night - usually I would leave it longer but like you and a lot of others now, it goes up very early December so I was more than ready to put it away.

Ours are coming down at the weekend, probably on Sunday, before I head back to work on the 7th. We always have them up over New Years with cards out til 12th Night but we're not properly back to work till w/c 6th this time so they'll all stay til the weekend with the cards down night of the 6th. I often have the decs down on the 2nd-3rd.

We decorated on the 14th so we don't put them up especially early. I think it's sad if they're down before New Years Day. I think it's bizarre how many people are raring to go and have Christmas stuff up after Halloween practically or certainly into November (not just Americans at Thanksgiving) but whip the lot down by Dec 27th and say "not a day too soon" with a straight face. One of my friends who was a late Nov/ 1st Dec put up de-decced yesterday and has already arranged her mantlepiece to "welcome spring". It's still Dec 2024 at time of writing and I am still playing epiphany carols.

I suppose there's no right or wrong way but I think some people get so into the build up and do it soooo early that they actually get a bit out of step with the "season". And I say this as someone who often manages their take down around going back to work.

Mine come down as soon as possible after Xmas, I only leave them up
if we are having visitors for belated Xmas celebrations.
I had to go out all day Boxing Day and came home to the lovely surprise that DH had packed Xmas away and hoovered up
all the evidence.
He knows it’s a job I hate so was very grateful to come to it all being done 😬

I take ours down on New Year’s Day as DH used to always go away on about 4th-9th Jan so I wanted them packed and in the loft before he went.

They’ve been up since 1st December though so we’ve had plenty of time to enjoy them 😊

Yes, but it's still Christmas !

There’s no right or wrong, they are just decorations. Personally I like to have mine down before new year. Feels like a nice clean fresh start for the year.

But it's bad luck if you take them down early.
I can't imagine a new year without decorations up.

Ours usually come down on the 6th, but since a Gdc was born on that day it’s more often the 5th or the 7th now.

Our tree is always real, and it only went up on the 17th and still looks fresh and lovely, so I never want to chuck it too early.

I’m not surprised if anyone with fake trees that have been up since the end of November are sick of them by now, though.

I'm taking mine down today. I usually wait until after new year but we are going away for a few days on the 2nd and I don't want to have to do it when we get home.

I'm doing mine today and tomorrow but only because we moved to a park home earlier this year and it's tiny compared to the house we had and everything is cluttered. Next year will be up longer as hopefully we'll be more organised with where to put stuff.

My plug in fibre optic tree is the only thing that has gone up here for the last couple of years and I like it that way. It went up mid December and I will be packing it away later today.

we took ours down yesterday!

Not unreasonable to take them down. And much easier to do now than when back to normal routine for us.

If dh is enjoying them and wants to keep them up a little longer fair enough. If it is to be considered correct then that is pointless and many take them down now.

I usually wait till the day before I go back to work (6th this year ) but did it yesterday

Mines down, I had a spare day Saturday and I'm back at work Thursday.

Interested to know if it's something your husband will do once you're both back at work or this will fall to you ?

We keep ours up and take down for Twelfth Night.

I'm thinking about taking all decorations down today except the tree.

I want to do a declutter but the tree is a real one and is still going strong!

Ours does. As soon as the new year is here, that's it until next year.

DH prefers to put decorations up only a few days before Christmas and keeps them up until 6th Jan.

I prefer to put them up a few weeks before Christmas and take them down on 27th.

What we actually do varies from year to year.

I already told everybody everything is coming down on the 1st.

Mine are coming down today. Bit late this year. It's normally around the 30th but we were busy yesterday.

I have never had my decs up past NYE

Oh no, definitely January 6th here. I could never imagine taking them down just after Boxing Day as it’s still the Christmas season or celebrating New Year’s Eve with no decorations. I will slowly take a few bits down in the next few days though.

We never go into Hogmanay with the decorations up, the house is decluttered from Christmas and cleaned top to bottom for the New Year.

Same. I like Christmas to be at Christmas, not for several weeks.

I will be taking ours down tomorrow and put away before DH's birthday.