Why do people take the Christmas tree down Boxing Day?

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My Facebook is full of it
Ripped down Christmas night.
I don't understand it.
Most of them had them up since the day after Halloween (when it wasn't even Christmas )
Then rip it down when it's Christmas (12 days of Christmas)
Oh I'm sick of the mess
Need my living room back
Honestly i don't understand the logic
Why not enjoy the festive season as long as possible

"Most of them had them up since the day after Halloween"

That's why. They're fed up of it. Most of us don't put it up until some time in December.

Mine went up on 14th and will come down tomorrow. After Boxing day Christmas is over for me. I like getting my house spick and span for welcoming in the new year.

Are you in the USA?
They don’t have Boxing Day there and most people return to work. Thanksgiving is the big holiday in the States.

When I lived there most of my neighbours threw their Christmas trees out on the 26th.

I’m taking mine down tomorrow. I like a clean house for new year. I’m not religious so no way I’m waiting until the twelfth night. That’s way too long

Because by Boxing Day we all want to forget about Christmas cobblers for another year.

I have taken it down on Boxing Day previously. I will take my down at the weekend. Personally, I like to see the New Year in with a clean house and mentally prepare for a new year. I feel like it finishes the year off nicely.

Why bother celebrating Christmas at all if you think it's cobblers?

Still up here - mine stays up till Jan 2nd. We don't put it up until a week before Christmas so don't want to take it down too early.

Because traditions have shifted and now for many people Christmas Day is the culmination and end point of the Christmas season. So decorations go up earlier and come down earlier than they used to.

Cause they put their tree up in October.

ours is up till 2/3 January. Can’t do Hogmanay without a tree.

And thank you, OP, for kicking off the traditional 'trees being taken down too soon' thread - an essential part of a Mumsnet Christmas!

For many people the Christmas celebrations are in the period leading up to Christmas rather than after. Everyone has their own traditions - there isn’t a right or wrong way.

They either work in retail or love shopping and so their lives are heavily influenced by what goes on in retail?

It sounds miserable to me but if that's their thing, it's their home.

What I really don't understand is why so many people feel the need to announce it, like they're doing something shockingly edgy or something.

Every single Boxing Day there are threads announcing the taking down of trees and decorations 😳

What do they expect people to do, clap their hands?

My tree went up on the 15th December, nowhere near Halloween 🥴 and it’s now down in the garden awaiting collection. We go
on holiday tomorrow so we have spent the morning de-Christmassing so when the cleaner comes in next week the house is lovely and fresh for us to come home to and straight into a really relaxing weekend (of which we haven’t had any of so far!).
Judge away, I don’t give a shit!

Mine are up until at least the 2nd January (depending on work schedules etc) but after that I'm desperate for them to be gone.

My 8ft real tree is looking a bit lacklustre and after NYE I'll probably take all the decorations off and just leave the lights.

I've taken it down on Boxing Day before. It depends when I'm back to work - it's my busy period at work in January so house needs put back in order and a deep clean before I go back. Back later this year due to when the holidays fall so tree might make it until new year.

Never did the 12 nights.

But how can you "see the New Year in" if you've already put the "old year" away yesterday?

I totally understand the need for the starting over feeling. But the year is still happening! We have another week of it.

I’ve never understood it. To me it’s still the festive period, it’s still Christmas time.

as for the people who say they like it down to have a clean house for new year, was your house not clean for Christmas, my house is clean for the new year but it still has the tree up.

Ours does not go up till the last Sunday in advent. that’s the Sunday closest to Christmas Day and then stays up for the whole season of Christmas til Candlemass (2nd Feb)

How dirty are all these people's houses, do they not clean while the tree is up 🤔

Even more importantly why do they post that they have on FB or there is even a thread on here - smacks of look at me I've taken my tree down. Aren't I edgy? So what if you have taken your tree down - why are you telling everyone. Do it or don't - noone cares.

Are they coming round yours to take yours down? If not then what's it got to do with you?

No, I don't understand it either, although if I'd had the bloody thing up since Halloween I might!

Ours will come down tomorrow or Saturday, but that's only because a) it's a real tree and b) we're going away for a week on Sunday and I don't want to come home to a dead tree.

I normally pack mine away NYE ready for clean NYD. This year it'll probably be around the 2nd as we have family over on NYD. The ILs usually host NYD lunch but MIL is in hospital so we're picking it up this year.