Putting away Christmas- when do you do yours?

On the first day of Christmas my true love said to me
That is a lovely Christmas tree
On the second day of Christmas
It looked a little rough
And we thought perhaps that we had had enough
On the third day of Christmas
It looked a little bare
There were pine needles everywhere
On the fourth day of Christmas
It didn’t look so bright
As our cat had just fused the lights
On the fifth day of Christmas
The baubles were all gone
But the Angel was just hanging on
On the sixth day of Christmas
I thought that it should go
But just then it started to snow
On the seventh day of Christmas
Our wreath was still all right
Then some lowlife nicked it in the night
On the eighth day of Christmas
It was a windy day
And our roof Santa blew clean away
On the ninth day of Christmas
Our outside lights were stuffed
As our neighbours had had quite enough
On the tenth day of Christmas
Our crib was looking old
And the Magi were not yet in from the cold
On the eleventh day of Christmas
I saw our lecky bill
And I must say it made me feel ill
On the Twelfth Day of Christmas
Our decs should have come down,
But I quite forgot and went shopping in town.
So our decs and tree and tinsel and everything else I fear
Will just have to stay up until next year

Great poem Maw .

I decided to crack on after lunch today and now just the tree to dismantle (1st Jan) and a few other bits which will all be sorted by tomorrow.

All in the attic. Wouldn't have put them up if I had known GC visit would be cancelled. Although OH might have.

My little attempt at decorations - didn’t feel like going the whole hog - will be put away on Friday.
Can’t wait for the potted hyacinths to be in the shops - always heralds Spring and lighter nights to me.

Twelfth Night - never before!

I’m usually a 12th nighter but this year I have just had enough of the holidays and all of it. Normality looks very attractive. Everything is coming down Jan 1st.

Have taken mine down and all packed away. Always do, to me Christmas is an end to the year, time to celebrate and reflect as a family. New Year is all about looking forward, planning time together, but every family is different.

I think in the past when real greenery etc was used people didn’t put up their decorations until much later and Christmas lasted until 12th night. Now everything goes up so early we’re all fed up with it soon after Christmas and find waiting till 12 night just too long. I am a bit fed up with ours I have to admit, but I’ll probably leave it until later to take down just because it’s tradition!!!???

We usually take ours down Jan 6th .
We haven't put much up this year - we have a new cat who is a climber so didn't put our big tree up and only when we found out that he didn't like the small of tinsel, did we put our 3 foot prelit tree in place.
Same thing with the lights around the windows - he'd have been hanging off the usual ones, so just have some tiny cluster lights along the top of the window and along a shrub outside.
It was like a little clique with some of the neighbours that are pally - they all put lights up along there front of their house, plus a Christmas tree in their front garden - all taken down on Monday !

Twelfth night.

However we follow the old tradition of not putting decorations up until Christmas eve rather than the 1st December like everyone seems to do now.

BC -before Covid we kept them up until 12th night. There was always so much coming and going and the grandchildren loved to see them. Now I look at them and think, why are they still up?
DGS is coming for a sleepover today and he’ll help me take them down.
I’ll keep the lights on the bannisters for a while though. They really brighten things up.

Another one for 12th night, here. Tree doesn't go up until Christmas Eve anyway. Family tradition born of a churchgoing childhood (and a need to entertain excited children).

I don't like taking the tree down because I do love a decorated Christmas tree.

I must admit, though, that I'll be glad to see the back of all those garish flashing coloured lights which the locals love to display on their houses and gardens from the beginning of December onwards...

Thoro

I maybe a bit odd but I love taking down the decorations - usually the day after Boxing Day - they are already back in the loft!

? I have been known to put them up Christmas Eve and take them down Boxing Day.
I didn’t bother with anything this year and could quite frankly do the same here on in!
I really dislike them drooping around until Twelfth night, I find it depressing.

Miy decs will come fown just before Twelfth Night but the lights stay till Candlemas. I need the light and colour at this time of the year.

Through to mid-January usually. I do love the sparkles lol!

Mine have been taken down and put away. Did it on Monday.

5th January - no sooner - no later.

12th night.
My Christmas starts on St Nicholas' day - 6th December (also my birthday).
Decorations go up sometime in the week before Christmas day.
I am so glad that no-one in my area does outside lights.

Like to be awkward. Christmas really finishes at Candlemas Feb 2 nd when we turn from the crib to the cross. Although I shall remove some of my decs before then. This is 6 weeks after the birth when Christ was presented at the Temple. I shall leave my nativity scene around until then.

I put decorations up gradually from the beginning of December, so it’s not a Big Job. I’ll take them down in the same way, definitely by 06/01.

We usually keep our decorations up for the whole twelve days of Christmas, it's lovely to include New Year as it falls within the Christmas period.

p.s. Just seen your post dumdum and I read in an Advent book recently about Christmas going into February, I might leave my Nativity out until then too.

Probably this weekend...

Yep! Only reason they're not coming down today is that we're having a game night with another couple and 18 yr old son on NYE! But we year's Day? Down they're coming, all packed away in attic and Sunday cleaning day! HAPPY NEW YEAR ?

Oh dear, I took mine all down late on Boxing Night after my sister went home. I just wanted to properly clean and dust everywhere and get everything back to normal. I'm one of those annoying people who like every thing in its place, sad I know. So down came the trees and decorations, they are all boxed up waiting in the garage to go back up in the loft. I live on my own so I haven't upset anyone else by taking them down early either.