Does anyone feel sad to take their Christmas decorations down?

[ferriswheel]

I can't wait to get the damned things away. Was going to wait til the 3rd but I'm over it.

In the past I have kept mine up till valentines... Sometimes mid January. This year I felt a real urge to get them down today, not sure why. Feels like great though.

Got them all down today. Bloody delighted. Couldn't wait to see the back of them.

I put mine up second, third weekend of December. So not early at all.
I do as I feel over things rather than be dictated too by some obscure dates and times

Will leave outside Dec's and lights up though for a few more weeks

Took ours down today would have been yesterday as NYE is usually when I take them down but I couldn’t be arsed. Relieved to see the back of it all now tbh. I love Christmas but it was very stressful and I’m a little bitter about a falling out I had with some rather rude family members who funnily enough, won’t be invited again! Ever. On the plus side everything seems tidy now!

I love all the twinkling lights and the jolly santas on the mantelpiece. The place seems so drab and bare when they come down. I gave up on a real tree a few years ago so no mess and hoovering which might explain my reluctance to take them down.

Mine are mostly put away now, just the kitchen to do and pack the actual tree away. I took them down as after Christmas they just looked sad. All of the excitement, anticipation, and purpose had gone, they didn't look , or feel , the same. I shall miss them though.

It is not time to take them down, surely.

So much for tradition.

I love them but have taken them down today as always. I like to start back at work with everything clean and tidy.

On the plus side my rooms look bigger and wonderfully calm and quiet

All back to where to tomorrow so took them down today so the house is clean and uncluttered.

Traditions are made within families and no bugger dictates to me when the tree goes up or comes down.

And roll on the spring. Warmth and lighter nights.

When they come down has religious significance:
The title Twelfth Night refers to the twelfth day after Christmas, which marks a holiday known as Epiphany. Epiphany celebrates the arrival of the Magi, or Three Wise Men, to deliver their gifts to baby Jesus.

Traditions are not necessarily made in families, it seems.

My tradition is to take the tree and decorations down at my own convenience.

In this house they traditionally come down no later than New Year's Day, if not sooner. They don't go up until a week or so before Christmas either.

If I had my way they would go up on Christmas Eve and come down on Boxing Day.

Those who put their decorations up Christmas Eve and take their decorations down on Boxing Day is it really worth the hassle of putting them up at all? I mean you must spend more time putting them up than actually enjoy looking at them, seems a lot of wasted energy to me.

You shouldn’t be taking them down til the 6th anyway! I live in Australia so not depressed at all as we have all the gorgeous summer to look forward to now and many people take holidays during January whilst the kids are off school till the end of the month - it’s a wonderful and uplifting time of year!

I don't get this whole need to 'get back to normal' and what is nice about normality in January anyway? I hate the miserable piousness of January . We have weeks to go of dark days and shitty weather. I went back to work last week and it's been lovely to come home to tree smell and lights. Am hanging in there until the bitter end.

I love the Christmas tree with all the decorations we’ve collected over the years and it looked lovely especially when the fire was lit but I’m glad it’s gone now, the house is fresh and clean ready for back to work tomorrow. Our tradition is tree goes up about 18th or 19th December and down first thing New Years Eve.

Keeping everything but the tree up for another few days! Bloody cat has destroyed it so tomorrow it's curtains (for tree not cat!)