The Christmas tree is down!

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Just taken down the main living room tree, absolute workout getting it back in the box and as usual I found a couple of stars once I'd packed away the decorations.

Trying to get all the trees down today so I can deep clean the house before New Years.

Anyone else just want their space back and taking decorations down today?

I leave mine up until about the 3 January. My birthday is 1 Jan and I like it up for NYE

This, the Christmas season is only starting

No I’ll take it down after new year, Christmas has only just started and I love the house looking festive.

Each to their own.

i don’t normally take mine down until New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day but I would never judge anyone who does on Boxing Day.

what baffles me more is the shock/horror from other people who can’t grasp that not everyone loves Christmas or gets into the festive spirit.

I bloody hate it, I’ve lost too many significant people in my life for me to love it, I struggle with the whole of Christmas, even putting the tree up is painful and a constant reminder dh and dm are no longer here. My gran died on. Christmas Eve when I was a child so it’s always been tainted anyway.

I never put a tree up.
Its 12 days of xmas but every year it seems to start earlier more like 3 months of xmas.

mine is down, had a crappy Christmas and just really looking forward to the new year and and a fresh start

I like my tree down quickly but boxing day is a bit too soon! It's still Christmas in my eyes. Boxing day is a more relaxed Christmas day to our family. It will come down Saturday or Sunday here, it may have come down tomorrow but we have husband's family coming tomorrow.

I think a lot of it has to do with social media. I think people like to post who puts the tree first and then who takes them down first.
It’s sad really that Christmas has lost all meaning. I’m older and putting trees up mid Dec and taking them down in Jan used to be the norm.

Mine will stay up until 5th Jan. But then we only have 1 tree and limited decorations elsewhere, so it doesn't impact cleaning too much.

Why???? It's still Christmas 🤦‍♀️

@Parker231 the tradition of Christmas is 12 days of Christmas

🌲🌲🌲Oh no, we always keep our (one) tree up til 12th night, per tradition. I'm never enthused about housework or cleaning, I find it odd that so many people seem to fetishise it nowadays.

Good choice for your first post on Mumsnet OP! You will get lots of reaction and attention.

Noooo, Christmas has only just begun! I thought we took ours down early, on Jan 1st or 2nd usually! But the 26th! Scandalised I am!

Because for them the Christmas celebrations are over - they may be back at work and now looking forward to the new year celebrations without the remnants of Christmas left out.

Ours have been up since November 10th, not sick of them, I absolutely adore Christmas however I need to have everything down and the house cleaned top to bottom for New Years eve.

I'm working between 29th - 1st so won't be able to do it then, have family visiting tomorrow so unlikely to have time & i have 5 Christmas trees to take down. Plus I'll be swapping from Christmas to a few wintery decorations.

Our tree was bought snd put up only the night before Christmas due to sudden medical issues. I think we will leave it up to enjoy it through January at this rate. My 92 year old mother has kept a tree up for the last three years, suitably decorated by her carers for every interim holiday. People do a lot of weird things.

Sorry to hear you had a bad Christmas, I hope your 2025 is better

For you it is, for others there are different traditions. For us the main celebration is 6th December for Sinterklaas - that is our tradition.

Why bother putting it up if you're in a mad rush to take it down? Christ, live a little

Christmas is over after Christmas Day

They’ve probably had it up for nearly a month by now

Decorations up on 10th November? Are you trying to win the prize for earliest decs on your street or something? Very bizarre. 😂

Mine went up on the 1st of December and I’ll probably take it down by new year. I have a lighter work schedule so it’ll be a chance to get some cleaning and decluttering done.

That's what New Years Day is for, it's the most boring day of the year so perfect for taking the decorations down and having a good clean ready for starting the new year.

Tbh I would be sick of them too if they'd been up since November 10th!

I don't really understand how they stop you cleaning your house though unless the place is literally festooned. We have a couple of trees and some lights, alas it's still perfectly possible to clean our house, much to my disappointment.