When do you take yours down?

Ours will come down on the 6th not because of tradition really; I just can't get myself motivated to do it. My late mother collected Father Christmases so I put them up in her honour - there are at least fifty of them and most are rather lovely - but it is quite a faff wrapping them all up and packing them away.

I always manage to spoil something with blutack, wallpaper, paintwork and this year a stone effect, gothic style mirror!

I plan on taking mine down today - but if I don't get round to it then by the weekend. Growing up my Mother would never take decorations down until 12th night and when I was first married I did the same, but DH would say that after new year it was all over so may as well pack it all away until next December.

I always have some fairy lights on the decorative grass thingy which I turn on to cheer up the gloom all year.
Have already spotted Easter eggs in the shops

no way!!!!!!!!!! eggs!!

no wonder our lives move so fast!

Still wearing the Christmas chocolate!

I found 3 of last year's Christmas cards behind my sofa when I moved it out to put up this year's decorations. It doesn't say a lot for my housekeeping skills.

Maggiemaybe you are not alone! We have some bright sunshine this morning and it is showing up all the dust and cobwebs!!

I see HQ have done away with the Christmas emoticons already! Must mean that they have run out of sherry.

January 6th. That is twelfth night and it means they are still up for my birthday on the 5th. Though I do take down the cards or there wouldn't be room for the hundreds I get every year.

My cards were down by the 29th so that they made the recycling collection and I have just tidied away the last of the Christmas decs for another year. All is clean and tidy and I feel pleased! Like them when they 1st go up, get really sick of them by NYE and cant wait for them to be gone, and normailty restored!!

Mine all down, and house cleaned! It's funny, but as soon as Boxing Day is over, I think the decorations look sad and miserable, and I'm always longing to see the back of them. I'm reducing the number of them too, year on year. By the time I'm old (a very long way off, obviously!), I probably won't bother at all!

Didn't put any up this year and took the cards down yesterday. One of my sons was NOT amused at the lack of festive cheer - even though we did put up a small tree in our Norwegian cabin.

I don't want to take mine down. It's not over.

How can it be over when I have just had sausage rolls, trifle and Xmas cake (second one) for my lunch?

I am an early starter, decs up on December 1st, but once new years eve partying is out the way, I take them down and have a jolly good clean before going back to work

Mine also go up the 1st December and are STILL up . Not coming down till 12th night whenever that is ? Love them all .

jingl I've just had Heroes, orange and lemon jelly slices, a mince pie and the last of the Pringles with the last of the salsa dip, in no particular order. I don't even fancy proper food anymore.

I still have almost a full tin of Quality Street left, also 4 boxes of chocolates given to me as presents (by the way I looked it up and 3 Quality Street sweets averages out at around 140 calories and a mince pie is around 160 - sorry I will go and sit in the corner!)

My Mum would have been shocked if I'd taken my tree down before 12th Night but as she's no longer here, I'm going to do just that once my sister and BiL have left tomorrow. Sorry Mum!

Epiphany, 6 january which is also a feast day here, when families and friends get together and eat a special cake with a paper crown on it, it contains a small token and the person who finds it wears the crown for the rest of the day.

just spoken with the "Boss" & told him 12th night Monday , but he said he wants them down on Sunday !
So there you are , Boo Hoo !

DD's birthday is 7th January. When she was a child, ok, till she left home I would wait till she was in bed on the 6th to remove all traces of christmas then put up birthday balloons and streamers for her to see when she awoke on her birthday.

I've just taken down the decorations today as DH & I are going away in the morning for a couple of days and I couldn't bear the thought of having to do it when I come back.

Somewhere good Baubles ?