All gone …..

I'm taking mine down slowly, all of the red shiny bits gone, along with the Father Christmas & snowmen so looking less festive now. Garlands may twinkle for some time longer!
I layered up my decorations throughout December so I'm now reversing

I took most of my stuff down yesterday - just the tree in the lounge to go. The place will soon be decorated with bowls of pink, white and purple hyacinths and vases of daffodils (the only time I’ll have yellow in the house) in anticipation of Spring.

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As memtioned by others, our late Queen kept her tree up until Candlemas, which is 40 days after Christmas and celebrates the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the presentation of Jesus in the synagogue. In 2026, it falls on Monday, 2nd February.

I bet the late Queen didn’t have to take her own tree down, or do the hoovering round it until the 6th February, or whenever.

I think it was also connected to the death of her late father and when she ascended the throne.

She always stayed at Sandringham for the anniversary.

Not just you BlueBelle We are all back to normal also. Just heaps of food to eat and a bit more washing, guest beds to do. I love this week when everything is sorted, not much cooking todo and books to read.

Mine went up on Christmas Eve and will come down on the 6th January.Same as when I was a girl in the 1950’s.

I’ll probably take our (artificial) tree down on Tuesday, because my cleaner is coming on Wednesday and we’ve had a broken bauble, which seems to keep shedding shards of glass, no matter how often I clean up.

No one else is likely to visit after Tuesday and I have some art work I want to hang on the newly decorated walls plus I have decluttering plans so I might as well get on with it. I’ll keep some battery candles and other cosy decor around though. I can’t have any spring flowers, sadly, as my blooming cats eat them!

Ours will stay up until 6th Jan simply because we are going away for 3 day after New Year's Day. On our return all except the Christmas village and model train will be taken down. I'll probably spend most of January sorting out what needs keeping for next year, packing it into boxes in the shed and throwing away those decorations past their best. The train and village stays up longer as it makes me happy to see it working. We put twinkly lights on an archway and are going to keep those up for the same reason. Now where are all my Easter decorations? (kidding not kidding )

Mine decorations usually goes up a week- 10 days before Christmas and come down on January 2nd.

This year, because of our house move they went up on Christmas Eve afternoon, but they will still come down on 2 Jnauary.

I love the suspension of reality over Christmas. Ordinary sitting rooms become twinkling grottos, there are different programmes on TV and the fridge is stocked with things you wouldn't normally buy. And you don't feel guilty about eating them at any time of day! I know lots of people like to get the trimmings down as soon as possible and have a "good old clean", but personally I can easily resist that temptation. I'll enjoy this fantastical little world until 6th January and the fact that I can do bugger all with impunity until then.

I will take mine down by the 2nd or 3rd Jan - such a shame to take it down so soon !

Ours will come down next Monday. We didn’t put them up until 16th December so not tired of them yet.

Mine went up middle of December and will probably reluctantly come down a week today. I put my tree lights on when I get up and will put my other lights on mid afternoon, and candles are lit on the hearth every evening. I just love it all!
The house seems so bare afterwards....

I never take mine down. I never put one up!
Only me and DH so no point

Ours are all down and all back to normal - feels good

Noo nothing done until epiphany 5:6 January when the 3 wise men arrived in the manger

Everything down and put away. I've thrown out a couple of sad decorations that were looking threadbare too.

We are the same...it goes up on the 1st of Dec and down well before the New Year. Everyone is different though.

2nd January here too.

Taken me 3 Christmases since DH died to put up decorations, mainly all he made. A little decoration of stair handrail with lights and tinsel but just not a tree. Will be up until 05 Jan I am unavailable until then to put all away. I only decorate a week before Christmas and they are definitely away by 12th night.

We only put cards up and a twinkly garland with a mini tree above the fireplace.
DH doesn't want reminders of Christmas 2025 so I agreed to clear away yesterday.

We remove all, apart from outside lights, after Epiphany.

Mine too. It didn’t go up particularly early - we go just seem to have a duff one. I’m stringing it out as long as possible but I doubt we’ll make it to New Year. I’d love to do it to 12th night but as I work, realistically it’s usually the day before I go back.

Oh no, BlueBelle! You're just like my daughter's father-in-law after she sprinkled fake snow near the chimney with Santa's footprints. After checking that all the grandchildren had seen the footprints, he immediately hoovered it all up🙄.
I take down all the decorations on the 6th night but keep my Scandinavian Christmas lights in three windows untill 31 January to brighten up our dark winter.

Epiphany is the 6th Jan - twelfth night - which is why my tree and nativity scene are still there.

Orthodox Christians celebrate HIS birth on Jan 6th

BlueBelle Not just you, as I did the same yesterday. It would have stayed up longer if the family were going to be around, but they're not.

I love the tree and lights for Xmas, but I also love the cleared decks when it's all back in the attic. I guess we're in the minority and I'm quite happy to be there