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?

No. I love the decorations up.
Everywhere looks so cosy and jolly

I came onto this thread thinking your tree had fallen down OP

Ours has been up for roughly 7 weeks😂

There’s the wise men and this is part of Christmas.

Heavens no. Husband back to his old argumentative ways. We got a day off yesterday. Need all the hoho I can get

Hopefully it'll also be illegal to put it up before the first day then?

Not something we believe in

No, I like Christmas so the tree and decorations stay up until Twelfth Night.

Waiting for the clan to head to football then mine coming right down, house is a disaster, need it back to normal

I've realised I've put mine up too early this year (end of November) I've been ready to take them down for a few days, so I think I can manage about 3 weeks before they start annoying me. I'll hang on a few more days though for the kids to enjoy them a big longer. Next year though, I'll wait until beginning of December.

Ideally. But I will compromise with the first day of Advent. Because I'm benevolent as well as petty. I do mean the first day of Advent though, not 1 December.

Just saying because you said that Christmas was over when it isn’t over - belief or not. If it’s for Father Christmas then yes he’s been and gone.

This. Mine only went up on Saturday and will stay up till 12th night.

Why would you take the Christmas tree down on Boxing Day? Surely it's meant to be unlucky to take it down before twelfth night? Boxing Day should be spent eating turkey and chips, turkey sandwiches, watching carry on films, and farting 😆

Mine will go down on the 27th as its my sons birthday the day after. A friend of mine has already taken hers down this morning.

I still do it your way. I think it's social media that has made people put their decorations up earlier and earlier.

The influencers on social media platforms do it after Halloween because it means they can maximise their income over the festive season. They can push as many Christmas-related adverts, products and services (both declared and undeclared) as possible, within the timeframe. Come Boxing Day, thoughts are turning to how to profit from the January, "New Year, New Me" wellness trends. Grotesque really.

But why would you put Christmas trees up 7 weeks(!) before Christmas only to take them down at Christmas?

I'll vote for you too, but only if this includes no mention of Christmas before 1st December 😁

But why?

Totally wrong. Tree is supposed to stay up until twelfth night.

I have a three year old who was absolutely desperate to have the tree up so I caved on the 1st December. Pre child though, neither DH or I wanted it up before the weekend before Christmas Day.

I'd take it down today if it wouldn't devastate DD. Want my space back and to vacuum behind it!!

Crikey, no! To each their own but I'd find it incredibly depressing if someone took down my decorations on boxing day. Mine will be up for new years, then anything after the 2nd is fair game. Boxing day is for going for a walk, chilling out in pjs, watch shite on TV, and eating cheese, chocolate, and left over stuffing.

We take ours down after new year. They usually get put up mid December- ish.
I’d imagine if they went up early December id be keen to take them down though!

Nope.

Mine will all come down over Monday and Tuesday whilst ds is at work and I'll have a deep clean then.

I'm off until 6th Jan.

Had a tidy up and doing washing today though whilst also watching Black Dove and eating crap.

Ds back to training tomorrow so we are up at 5am and then watching my nephew in the panto in the evening.
Training Saturday morning and then shall just flit around the house until Monday 5am!!!

We only finished putting up the decorations yesterday!

I had ours down as soon as the last sprout was swallowed yesterday!