Please could someone tell me when the decorations should be taken down?

When you're fed up with the sight of them?

By twelfth night, which is the night of 5th January.

Twelfth Night, 6 January

Traditionally it's the 12th night, (twelve nights after Christmas i.e. 6th Jan).
However, as our DC and DGC drove down the drive this morning, DH was already attaching the tree, which is now languishing in the back garden.
I do love the Christmas decorations, but I love it when they come down too!

attacking, not attaching!

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Boxing Day in craftergran's house.

So, which is it, the 5th or 6th?

And, should they be taken down ON that day, or the day before?

It's the 6th!! Or as I am having a birthday party on 6th - the 7th.

I take mine down on the 5th. Just to be on the safe side. I don't want any bad luck for the forthcoming year.

Decorations to be taken down on 6th Jan. That has always been my belief.

Take them down whenever you feel like it, there is no law.

Mine came down on Boxing Day. I love getting them up and I love getting them down.

Allegretto I'm like you - I love them ... when I see them coming, and when I see them going

It's amazing how quickly Christmas decs can start to look just a little bit sad once the day has passed!

Mine came down today. Family came on Boxing Day and we were too busy yesterday otherwise it would have been sooner.

They can come down whenever you get sick of seeing them. There is no law to say otherwise. Do whatever makes you happy.

As I understand it they shouldn't be left up after the twelfth night but can come down anytime before. I usually wait until the day after New Year then can't stand them any longer. I love the decorations but after 6th January I am positively offended by even a speck of glitter.

Mine will come down this weekend probably

It's 6th Jan - 12th night and Epiphany. Long ago when I first started teaching schools never went back until after the 6th which was regarded as part of Christmas and a religious day-visitation of the 3 kings.

Traditionally Christmas started on 25th December and the festival lasted for 12 days, finishing on 6th January. I grew up in a family that observed that tradition and old habits die hard. Decorations go up on Christmas Eve and come down on Twelfth Night. I love the Christmas tree and hate seeing it go

But you pays your money and you takes your choice. Decorate at the beginning of December (or even earlier) and whip them down on Boxing Day or leave it really late and take them down later. There are no 'rules'.

Thank you all!

It looks like they will be taken down on Sunday 6th, unless of course it should be before midnight on the 5th?

Mine are coming down tomorrow. They went up at the beginning of December because we had an early Christmas family get together. I'm well and truly sick of them now.

The evening (not the eve) of Jan 6. The Feast of the Epiphany.
I always used to feel sorry for the Wise Men of our Nativity set as they stayed out of sight, just inching their way along the mantelpiece after Christmas Day and when they finally made it to the stable on Jan 6, oh no, wham! They and the whole crib got boxed up again for next year.

Of course if you wanted to leave them up you could decide to celebrate with the Eastern Orthodox countries who have Christmas day on 6th Jan.