To want to take down Christmas decorations on 31stDec

[ThatCyanJoker]

We’ve had tree and Christmas decorations up since early December. I’m so ready to take them down now and get the house back to normal, but DH says it’s way too early and how could I think that was usual. Out of interest, do you keep your tree etc until 6 January?

Yup. You just carry on telling yourself that

You too!

I don't tell myself anything duck. I don't give a shiny shite when anyone takes their decs down. They can take them down on Christmas eve and I wouldn't tell them it was wrong or right, or early or late. Everyone does christmas their own way

Ok.

As many of us have already taken them down (usual time for our house is between Christmas and NY), nothing negative happens and we all now move onto into 2025. There is obviously no right or wrong.

I keep mine up till the 6th.

However I don't put the tree up till about a week before Christmas.

Totally agree with those who say it's personal choice.

It's still Christian for those of Christian faith.

But I agree it's been coopted by a much wider group of people. It's also a winter feast / a festival of consumerism for a large number of people and nothing really to do with Jesus (my family included).

Bloody cat tried to preempt our planned removal of the tree on 12th night.
We've ignored his kind help and resurrected it (deliberate Christian pun)

I always leave decorations up until January 6th - it's the twelve days of Christmas.

But then I don't put up my decorations until later in December. You make up your own rules.

That's some impressive work from the cat.

Ours has survived intact in our first year with a puppy. It's a Christmas miracle!

Ours goes down on the 5th as it's dds birthday on the 6th.

My mother had a tradition to take them down on newyears day while listening to the newyear concert from Vienna.

@Nogaxeh agree, I don't understand why people follow any rules over this really.

I take mine down when I'm ready which is usually at least 2 weeks into Jan when it's much lighter and it doesn't feel right.
Others follow rules about 6th or royals which I think is candlemas

It's the only time in forty odd years of cat ownership that this has happened to us. Don't know why he took such exception to it this year

I have 4. 1 being a kitten this year and one being 4. The 4 yo has always been in and out of the tree. But the kitten decimated it. It looked like it had been left up for 20 years in an apocalypse by the time we took it down this year

Ours was all put away today. Because we were all here to do it. 30 minutes and done. Not religious, so just done when practical.

Ours have come down today. We had them up for roughly a month, so I'm usually ready for them to come down and have a good clean round. We've left some battery operated fairy lights on the mantlepiece in the living room which gives it a nice hope but everything else apart from our old Christmas tree (which is going to the dump) have been packed and stored back in the loft.