Christmas decorations

[New2Us]

I want to remove the Christmas decorations today but DC are desperate for them to be up longer.

AIBU to insist at least the tree - which we got the first week of December (and has been dropping from day 1!) - is removed, even if the twinkly lights outside the house stay a while longer?

Got me wondering, if all the kids are back in school tomorrow then when will everyone take down decorations?

We did that one year - just after the lockdown Christmas, to cheer ourselves up as we hadn't been able to get the family together over the holiday and it all felt a bit crap. It was nice at first, but then the tree started to smell funny despite keeping its needles well (think it was the water in the tub) and we were really glad to pack everything up on 2 February! I think of that now each year when I feel sad about clearing away on 5 January.

I took our tree down before new year. We had such a rubbish Christmas and I just felt like I couldn’t wait to see the back of it all.

Mine stay until twelfth night. I also keep some elements - greenery, white candles, some little star lights - up until candlemas (Feb 1) since January is so depressing.

Our tree and wreath will be up until Epiphany and I might leave the extra fairy lights up until Candlemas if I can persuade DH.

Ours will be going down tomorrow along with doing the housework

Mine came down on the 30th. I was sick of watching the TV through the branches and not being to see out of my window. I can’t imagine wanting them for two weeks after Christmas.

I always leave up one thing for the 5th,it was what my mother did.

Thin them out stealthily.

I'm going to take a few down tonight but the tree will stay up till 12th Night.

We leave everything until 12th night, as per tradition. We don't usually put it up until a week or so before Christmas but it went up earlier in December this year, at dd's request.

Cards have been recycled and the stockings,ornaments and door wreath came down today.
I'll take down the sitting room tree and the lights in the conservatory tomorrow.

😱😱😱what? Past 12th night? All that back luck? 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I’m all for waiting till 12th night. But I took them down on NY day as wanted to clean the house after numerous Xmas and new year guests.
I like when they go up
But I also like when they come down, you do a major clean and house looks nice and tidy, fresh and uncluttered to start new year.

But then I’ve no kids at home any more…

I think we always took down day before term started when they were at school …

Only if you believe in it. There's another tradition that you leave them up till Candlemas.

We have a family birthday just after 12th night, so we've always left them up for that. After all, the alternative is to have boxes sitting in the hallway waiting to be stashed up into the attic.

I once kept my tree up later than the twelfth night out of sheer laziness.

Worst year ever! I will never test it again!

That wasn't you in 2020, was it? 😂