jewellsmommy Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 I'm thinking of taking my tree down today. I'm the one who had a difficult time getting my family to even want the tree, but they did all help put it up. My birthday is Jan.10th and I've never liked Christmas decorations up into January because of it. I don't like my birthday being associated with the holidays. I understand those of you who keep up the decorations for religious reasons, but am I the only one who is ready to take it all down and get back to normal? I'm a Jan 3 birthday, so I get it. While I don't mind the decorations still being up as much, I disliked never having birthday wrapping paper. It was usually Christmas wrapping or winter themed wrapping. Some years the decorations are down before the 1st and sometimes not. This year, dh and I have a bad cold, so I'm thinking they will be up a bit longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamiof5 Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Oh noooo way. Putting decorations away today would make me sad. We keep ours until the Epiphany or even a little after. No rush on taking it all down, I love Christmas :) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrairieSong Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 (edited) Dp Edited December 27, 2015 by PrairieSong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrairieSong Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 We keep ours up the whole twelve days of Christmas, until Epiphany or a couple days after. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 I'm always a little sad when it's time to take down the tree and the decorations because it means that Christmas is over. :( 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Noon. Christmas Day. Done!!! My family makes me wait until noon, otherwise I might (and have) started earlier. While I love the season, and Advent, and decorating, after a couple of weeks I hate the clutter of it all. So, by noon, I'm itching to start. I do leave the lawn inflatables out until New Year's, and when they're dry. It strikes me as quite funny to take down a Christmas tree on Christmas day itself. To each her own! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 I'm half done. The decorations are off the tree and clustered on the table. Tree is outside, and will go out with recycling next week. I am do a great purge this year to get rid of old stuff, so I need to sort thru the boxes to decide what goes. It will take a few hours and I am dreading it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 WE keep CHristmas decorations up to Epiphany or a bit longer. We didn't decorate the tree until Dec. 19th. My bday is Jan. 10th and we almost always have decorations put away before then but we will see with the weather. We have been having a lot of rain lately. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 I will have it out on the curb by Saturday trash pick up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faithr Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 We just put ours up on Christmas Eve. We are keeping it up for the whole Christmas season which for us ends on the Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord on 1/10/16. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 It's all down here, just need to put away the Christmas dishes. So sad it's so ordinary looking without all the beautiful Christmas lights and candles. May have to shop for new decor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane in NC Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 The religious tradition in which I grew up recognized Epiphany as the end of the Christmas season so I am always a little surprised when some people mark 12/26 as the end of the holiday. My husband and I created a tradition for our family that involves bringing our tree inside until around 12/15. Usually around 1/1 we'll take it down--although I like keeping the outdoor Moravian star up until Epiphany. My poinsettia will probably continue to look gorgeous until the end of January so no plans to toss it for a while. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 (edited) Most of the time since my kids were born, there was always a Christmas tree up. We simply never took it down. :p This past summer, we got new carpeting and had to take the old tree down. We threw it out and recently bought a new, smaller tree, which we put up in a different place. It is nice and some people want to leave it up. We will probably take it down in early January though. We will always keep it up until t least January 6, Little Christmas / Ukrainian Christmas / my kid's birthday. Edited December 27, 2015 by SKL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 I've got knee surgery on Tuesday, so I'm taking it all down tomorrow! If I don't, then it'll probably be late January/February before I can get to it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktgrok Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Probably will take it down New Years Day. I like the idea of leaving it up until Epiphany, but on the other hand the house isn't that big and I want room to put away all the new toys, get things organized, etc for the new year and that's hard with the tree still up. It displaces some other furniture and it's a bit of a jumble. I would like to put away some of the smaller items that are on flat surfaces, to make cleaning up easier as well. Those may start to get put away tomorrow even, things like Christmas sleigh that holds napkins, etc. But the tree will be up until New Year's Day at least. Oh, and we got it the day before Thanksgiving, so it's been up a while. Still looks great though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TammyinTN Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 We took ours down yesterday and completely redecorated our first floor. Dh was home and we had a big spill that needed to be cleaned up so we tackled it all together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneezyone Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 We have movers coming in two weeks so the tree and ornaments came down today. The garage is half organized/edited. One more half to go next weekend (which is mostly DH...although I hesitate to let him do it alone b/c he doesn't organize/edit well AT ALL). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alice Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 I'm taking ours down tomorrow. I like to have it down by New Year's and when we start school again. I like the way the house feels, it always feels so clean and light and uncluttered. (For about a week.) This year I work the New Year block for our practice and I'd really like to have it done by the time I go back to work on Wednesday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2ndGenHomeschooler Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Our decorations are coming down this week. We have a small house and all the clutter is really getting to me. Part of the clutter is caused by the fact that the decorating was never quite finished in the first place. There are still a few bins out that got shoved under the piano and random nic-nacs that never found a good spot. I'm ready to get it all cleaned up and back to normal. I also want to sort through my decorations and get rid of stuff that I don't care for, or never use. We're starting back to school on the 11th and I plan to use the next two weeks to deep clean, de-clutter, and organize as much of the house as I can. I need the Christmas stuff out of the way so I can work on that. Usually I leave out things that are more wintery than Christmas (snowmen or snow flake themed) but I think I'm just going to pack it all up this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milovany Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 (edited) Christmas just started two days ago (!) 😊 so ours will be up for awhile yet. At least until Theophany (Jan 6), more likely at least until the leavetaking of Theophany (Jan 13) and maaaaybe until the 40th day after Christmas when we commemorate Christ being presented at the temple. That's Feb 2. Not sure if we've ever made it that long! Edited December 28, 2015 by milovany 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imagine.more Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 For religious reasons I know I *should* leave everything up until January 6th at least but I'm already itching to get the house back to normal. So no, you're definitely not the only one eager to get everything put away already! If my husband didn't insist I'd probably have the tree on the curb tomorrow morning ;) Milovany, do you guys get a live tree? If so how do you get it to last that long? Ours usually starts dropping needles and drying out around the 4-5 week mark and we get it the first day of Advent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milovany Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 We get it on Dec 20 or right after that, so it does okay until mid January. That's why I can't remember if we've made it to Feb 2 -- can't remember if the tree has made it that long. Our priest de-decorates the parish on Jan 13. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medawyn Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 I solved this problem by not decorating this year :-D We have movers coming tomorrow and were out of town all week until today. I just couldn't face undecorating after a day of travel with toddlers. Next year, however, like most years, I will probably be taking the decorations down the 30/31 of Dec. Some of it will depend in when our new city does tree pick up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbridgeacademy Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 We usually take it down on the 1st of January (it goes up on Dec. 1st). But this year DD went to visit out of state friends yesterday and I think she would appreciate if the tree was still here when she got home on the 4th (she's really the only one who's into it). So it will be the 5th or 6th before it comes down :glare: . I don't know thouggh, it's really pretty and does cheer me up, kind of missing my kid :crying: . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 We like to leave our tree up through Epiphany but generally it's left up longer. I might have mentioned my favorite of years gone by. We had a big tree and let it get quite dried out. Realizing the branches would not get through the door and it was too dry and too big to wrap in a sheet. We would have had needles all over the house. Ds and I cut off the limbs. Well that trunk was quite a fine trunk. We left it up and put purple lights on it. Voila, 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' Christmas tree!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 I cannot even imagine taking everything down the day after Christmas. :blink: We usually do it New Year's Day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forget-Me-Not Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 I'll probably start putting things away this week and enlist DHs help in putting the tree away. He'll probably get the outside lights down next weekend since it's dark when he gets home from work. I'm itching to get the house straight and clutter-free again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 We put our tree up a couple weeks ago and it's coming down this week. It would probably be down already but we're at MIL's house until tomorrow. Usually we put it up the weekend after Thanksgiving but we were trying to figure out the best way to set it up with our puppy who likes to eat plastic. We always take it down by New Year's Day. Our house is tiny and the tree is always a major disruption I can only take it so long once the holiday is over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 I beat the problem this year by not putting up decorations to begin with! Just take down the tree and we are done, and that's happening today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatherwith4 Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Yesterday I put everything away besides the tree. I didn't decorate much beyond the tree this year, and we put it all up before Thanksgiving, so the house was feeling cluttered. I'll probably take down the tree ornaments tomorrow, and then leave the tree up for the rest of the week. I like the lights. :) I always miss the tree when it's put away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppleGreen Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Our stuff is down and put away, except for some bows that still need to be put back in their box. I have a first of the year birthday and never liked having Christmas decorations up for my birthday, so as an adult I make sure everything is boxed up and put away. We do have some winter decorations (a couple of pillows and other little items) that will go out around this time, but nothing Christmas-y. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennay Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 We out up our tree on 19th so it's only been up about a week. It will be up until at least Jan. 3. Ideally, it would last until Ephipany or a bit later but we have a cat who will eat the ornaments and he has to be put in the basement anytime we are not home or sleeping. He's getting a bit depressed over that so for the cat's sake I'll take it down earlier. I don't put up a ton of decorations - we have a few strands of lights on the front bushes and a white lighted tree, the Christmas tree inside, a 6 building Christmas village, the Nativity set, and that's about it. The stockings are put away. Everyone actually decided they want to do stockings on St. Nicholas Day from now on instead of on Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoot Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 I took everything down today. I don't like going into the new year with Christmas stuff still up. Sent from my VS985 4G using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tess in the Burbs Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 well, I did the mantel stuff yesterday. I did the ornaments today. Hoping DH will pack up the tree and lights before the 1st. I wanna go hiking instead :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donna Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 I put all my Christmas decorations away last night. I didn't intend to do it until New Year's Day but I had to go in the attic to get something and ended up bringing down boxes to pack decorations in, then because the boxes were out, I figured I would put away the Christmas tree ornaments while watching a movie (I hate doing that part). Once the Christmas tree ornaments were away, it was nothing to pack up everything else and my husband packed away the tree and outside tree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LifeLovePassion Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Ours came down today! Excited for the new year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baseball mom Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Usually New Year's Eve day. I am ready for some stuff to come down but I love my tree. So relaxing to sit by the glow of the lights after everyone has gone to bed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktgrok Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Well, i wanted to wait until the 6th, but the needles are starting to fall on the tree. Looks like it will be done tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My4arrows Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 I wanted to take it all down last weekend but DH likes it up so they are still up. I'm pushing to take them down this weekend since I'm ready to have more space. I'll probably leave up a few more winter like decorations for a few weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessReplanted Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 My tree was down on the 29th and that is my record. We usually keep it up much longer, but we were feeling very cramped and wanted the space back. I also wanted to have everything cleaned up for when we start school again next week. :svengo: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktgrok Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 I just realized I'm not feeling cramped from the tree, I'm cramped because I have a powerwheels jeep, a giant front end loader toy, and a cardboard play house all in my living room. Duh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 I'm thinking of taking my tree down today. I'm the one who had a difficult time getting my family to even want the tree, but they did all help put it up. My birthday is Jan.10th and I've never liked Christmas decorations up into January because of it. I don't like my birthday being associated with the holidays. I understand those of you who keep up the decorations for religious reasons, but am I the only one who is ready to take it all down and get back to normal? Well, we leave for my mother's house every year the day after Christmas. That means we take the tree down on the evening of Christmas day. My tree was on the curb at 9pm last Friday. It's that or come home to a dead tree. That would have to be taken down the moment we got home anyway, so might as well do it early. Growing up, my mom always had the tree down by New Year's eve. She wanted to have the house back to normal by New Year's Day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 A full month (our tree etc goes up the day after Thanksgiving) is all I can take. I take it all down within a day or to of Christmas. My SIL has to kids with b'days Dec. 26 and 27th - each kid posed for a birthday photo in front of the tree - which had been festooned with Happy Birthday ribbons, to make it a Birthday Tree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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