Just packed away christmas

Me too. I love the minimal look!

Ours went away today. Really hard work packing everything up and hauling it into the loft. Message to self don't get so much out next Christmas but I bet we do

Yeah took ours down today

Ours are also down

We have a tradition in our house that if anything gets forgotten it has to stay out all year. I haven't found anything yet

Ours went yesterday, I waved as the tree went off to be recycled 👋
Did it early this year as no visitors planned.

Our cards are put up as they arrive, however the Christmas tree and decorations go up on 23rd Dec just after the 4th Sunday in Advent. The baby Jesus is put in the crib late on Christmas Eve. We keep everything up until 12th night which coincides with the arrival of the three wise men at Epiphany on 6th Jan.

2 of my grandchildren are staying with me tonight so we’re going to have another evening cosying up to enjoy the tree and decorations. I might make a start packing it all away once they go home tomorrow.

Mine is coming down tomorrow. The tree still looks so fresh and has barely dropped a needle so it feels wrong to discard it, but I want my "uncluttered" room back.

VioletSky, we do that too. I didn't notice the new Scandinavian style decoration a few years ago for over a week, it's been in place ever since It doesn't shout 'Christmas', just Scandi style reindeer.

It all ‘went’ on Saturday evening as I cleared away after my DDs and DGSs left. I’d bought new stuff which I intend to store in the bottom of a wardrobe, as I didn’t trust myself with the loft ladder!
Looking forward to buying some potted hyacinths and spring flowers tomorrow.

Packed ours away this morning and most of the afternoon, then cleaned the sitting room and dining room.

I managed to condense the contents of 5 crates into 4 (yaay) then after putting them into the loft found a large Christmas cake tin that would have been useful to pack stuff in.

It’s now under the spare bed, when I next go into the loft it can go away then.

Gone last night. I felt a bit sorry for the tree this year. It was fresh and green. Last year, it was as dead as a doornail.

I put all ours away today. A quick vacuum to get rid of the fake snow. Tomorrow a thorough dust and vacuum of the lounge and put back everything that has been moved.
I've just lit two candles, smells nice.

All put away. House clean and beds all changed. Lovely. All clean and sweet smelling.

We won’t be having any visitors but I like the decorations up for a while until Twelfth Night. Himself plans to put them all away on 5th Jan.
I will watch from the sofa and tell him what a good job he’s doing. (We only live in a small apartment so I’m not as meanie as that sounds!).
#lazygran

All done today and hoovered plants back where they belong I like it like that

I've put everything except the tree away. That'll probably get dismantled on Thursday when I've got some time.

All away felt a bit sad it’s been one of the best Christmas times we’ve had. Mainly down to us doing as we pleased and taking time off work. Memo to one self plan ahead and take time off from now on. Tree away cards all cut up for my nursery kids to sticky picture with. Also the room looks tidy and I’m already missing the twinkly lights! Back to work tomorrow 😏

Ours didn’t really go up! We were on holiday for the first week of December, then had the last room decorated the week before Christmas. We bought a tree from a local nursery where they reduced all trees to £10 - even ones normally £150.

Didn’t get round to decorating it and there’s no point now. The tree has roots and is potted so we are hoping to plant it out in the communal garden.

Feel a bit sad but not sad enough to make the effort! Thinking of buying an artificial tree for future use.

All my get up and go must have been removed with my gall bladder!

I am regretfully taking mine down tommorow, decorator is coming.
My real tree is still lovely and has barely dropped a needle.

Done and dusted. It looks so fresh and tidy and I’ve added a vase of flowers instead.
We have the same rule, Violet Sky. This year, the singing, dancing Christmas tree was packed away first, much to DGD’s disappointment. Last year she played it every visit, even in the height of summer.

Ours will all be away by, or on, 12th night.

Tree is out for collection (Council recycles for mulch in the parks)

All decorations are in the dining room, I am going to have a good sort out before they are returned to the loft.

It looks so bare when it comes down. I do it in stages leaving the tree to last, it will go on 12th night

Most packed away today. Just some cushions to go.

This year we’ve stopped using large boxes and instead packed things in transparent heavy duty plastic storage bags. Much smaller and easier to handle. It also means I can see what’s inside each one. Anything heavy has found a place under an ottoman bed. We must be getting old .