Christmas officially over...?

Family here on 1st, so cleaning will begin at weekend!

I shall take mine down tomorrow New Years Eve and clean the house ready for a fresh start to the New Year - I've been itching to take them down for days.

Brother and sister in law are being shared around family at moment due to their current housing problem ,have just been told they are coming on friday..as they will have to sleep in lounge which is the only living area,and a small 2 bed house,resident teenage and a fat black lab,christmas tree will have to come down along with trestle table put up for xmas day so it could groan with food..mini parrott will have to be put somewhere as he has a tendency to start talking Very early in the morning and waking up the household christmas cards and my birthday cards will come down ,spring clean will have to wait as will have their little dog also...good job we didnt put a lot up and my tree is a collapsible one.

2nd of January here as well. Usually before that but really want to keep the lights this year to brighten the greyness. It will be good to have a post Christmas sort out when the time comes.

Hi there Maggiemaybe - your post expresses my sentiments. I'm particularly enjoying the decorations this year, all the lights are welcome in this grey, rainy and unpleasant weather. I do wish we could have some brisk, frosty mornings rather than sliding around on the sodden fields and paths when I'm out (with the dogs of course)

I'm having folks round on New Year's Day, so mine will come down on the 2nd of January. That's usually the start of my 'spring' cleaning, but as I'm on jury duty from the 4th I might have to get stuck in a little later this year. I do like the tidiness that results from putting 'Christmas' away.

Mine are staying up till Twelfth Night, as always. I love Christmas and certainly don't want it to end prematurely. The tree went up on 17 December and is beautiful.

Sad to see half a dozen discarded fresh trees piled at the corner of the road as early as 27th. Why bother with a real tree if you're going to keep it for so short a time?!

Just like you Coolgran - mine went up on the 18th and came down today! All packed away in the loft, and I'm glad to have the house back to normal

Mine went up on 18th and down today. A few cards are on the fireplace and the rest are in a trug on the hearth.

I only have a small tree, and that'll stay up until 12th night, as will cards, etc. I didn't put the tree up until a few days before Christmas.

The tree and decorations go up about five days before Christmas Day and come down on twelfth night.

Christmas Eve to Twelfth Night.

Christmas Eve until 12th night!

I love my Christmas tree and am always very sorry to have to take it down and burn it because it's unlucky not to

Ours didn`t go up until the 13th of December, so they`ll stay until Jan 6th.

Mine will stay up until next week when school starts again. When the children were small I used to wait till Christmas Eve to decorate and then leave it all till twelfth night, but now I tend to start decorating earlier.

Chucked my chocolate this morning! Decs will be going in a day or so.

We moved house the week before Christmas so didn't bother much with decorations - just the cards and a few candles. I can't wait to get straight and finish unpacking but we are doing New Years Day lunch for DD1 and the grandsons who were away for Christmas.

What with all the driving and late nights at DD2's I'm really lacking in energy. Tomorrow I want to help DD1 move into our bungalow and the dog has to go to the vet for booster jabs and then there's the Aldi shop......

Ho Hum!!

12th night is when they come down!!

They go up the first weekend in December and I enjoy every glittery, sparkly day!

Stricter with leftovers, they get thrown out/ given away on Jan 2nd !

It's the chocolate that's going first. Dustbin. First thing in the morning. The decs can stay.

Mine have always come down on 2nd January.

I took mine down first thing on Boxing Day. They seem pointless after Christmas Day. I noticed in my neighbourhood, some trees etc are still up but the lights are no longer on.

Twelve days! I have suspended my 5:2 for the twelve days and would never take decorations down early. I also still have my birthday cards up but may well take then down tomorrow.

Begin to gradually take them down after New Year ending with the tree on 12th night

I chucked my tree out yesterday as it was beginning to smell. I will take down the cards tomorrow as they look messy and I am cleaning the house for our New Year's Eve party. I will leave some of the lights up for that and take the whole lot down on January 1st.