Why do people put their Xmas trees etc up now then take them down Boxing Day

Irrationally makes me roll my eyes.
I have images of people dusting their baubles.

We have a real tree, get it early Dec and have it outside until about 12 days before Christmas. Comes down New Year.

I personally put my tree up and take it down earlier than most people because I want to. I love the run-up to Christmas but once the day is over it’s done.

I take mine down on the 27th or 29th usually

It’s because the run up to to Christmas is the most exciting bit. All the magic and anticipation is created in the build up to the day. People want to prolong that feeling so they put it up early. Very few people are excited about their tree on 28th December (arbitrary date) but any date prior to Christmas is still filled with excitement.

We celebrate that’s partying time

I love parties but think they benefit from decorations. We usually go to a neighbours NYE party & it would be weird to me for the tree etc to not be there.

Mine goes up mid December (14/15/16 then comes down on 1st Jan as I like everything to be clean and clutter free ready for my daughters birthday on 4th Jan

We celebrate the Christmas period from Sinterklaas to Boxing Day.

Now that is a different tradition, I love the shoe stockings!

I feel that the anticipation is what makes Christmas special. That's why Christmas Eve is my favourite time and has been since I was quite small. If you start too soon, by the time it gets there, you're jaded.

I think this has only started because most people now have fake trees. We have always had a real tree so usually put it up in mid-December.

However, last year my allergies were so bad I ended up getting rid of the real tree before Christmas and getting a fake one! Think I'll still put it up halfway through December though. Couldn't care less what other people do with their Christmas trees though, so i voted YABU!

I am so excited for Christmas and despite not putting up any decorations yet, I am definitely going to be doing some Christmassy things soon.

Because they want to? What difference does this make to you?

For some people the run up is the fun bit and the day itself.
Once it gets to Boxing day its over and done with especially for those who are back to work

We celebrate that’s partying time🥂🎁🥳🎉

Because it cheers them up. And we all need cheering up right now, don’t we?

Newsflash! Some people do things differently. You don’t necessarily have to agree with them, just accept that we all do things our own way.

Perfectly rational

No, when I was a child (and until I was precisely 27), I was excited about Christmas from September and couldn't wait to put up the decorations (my job from being very young because I insisted!). I loved them and felt really sad when I had to put them away....I'd put them away really carefully, thinking about how excited I'd be to see them the following year.

I hope you give your special little boy an amazing Christmas celebration and make it last as many days as can.

I totally agree. It’s nuts.

I agree in the sense I prefer to have ours up longer after so our children can enjoy it for the whole Xmas hols (we host over NY too). So we put ours up first week of Dec then take it down end of Xmas hols. If I got sick of it I’d rather put it up mid-Dec/closer to Xmas and still have it up longer after. Doesn’t bother me what others do though.

@Parker231 I wouldn't class them as different traditions!

We celebrate the Christmas period from Sinterklaas to Boxing Day.

No but what i said still stands. It's still Christmas until 6 Jan

We tend to put it up the 3rd weekend of November as our villages local Christmas events start the first weekend of December (along with all the kids clubs and school Christmas parties and events) and the weekend before is a close family members birthday.

I really enjoy making it a lazy day with Christmas music and snacks and decorating the whole house. We wouldn’t have as much time once Dec hits. The kids LOVE it!

I don’t take them down Boxing Day but do take them down before new year because we have time off work and all enjoy the fresh start element to New Year and tend to enjoy decluttering and finding new places for new gifts for Christmas.

Same as others have said though that I’m not bored of it but it fits better for us

I think it’s to do with the way shops, advertising etc approach each season.

It’s like there always has to be a season on at any given time - we can’t have any “ordinary”
periods of time.

And the result seems to be that Christmas has been brought forward almost to join with Halloween (which itself seems to need a season these days!)

I don’t put mine up now but I do put it up fairly early (second week of November usually) because I love Christmas time, the kids find it exciting - but DDs birthday is NYE. So I tend to take our tree down on the 27th/28th so we can have a few days of ‘normal’ before her birthday. My mums birthday is the day before and she grew up hating her birthday as it was strongly linked to Christmas, joint gifts, Christmas wrapping on birthday presents ect.. and having read a lot of the same opinions online I want to try and make DDs birthday her special day and not Christmas related 🤣