How long do you leave your decorations up!

[Chillywilly]

How Long do you leave your Decorations up! Do you take them down right after Christmas or in January or after?

[JanaBanana]

1-2 days after Christmas mine come down. But I put mine up a lot earlier then most.... Nov 1st or the first weekend in Nov....

[Head Elf]

The inside decorations come down after January 6. The outside I take down at the end of January.

[LittleMissLaura]

after new years :)

[pattyjo]

I take mine down the first week of January, with great sadness...

[Jack Frost]

Ours are up until the Feast of the Epiphany, the recognized end of the Christmas season of the Catholic Church. Although because of an impending move we took ours down just a day after Christmas one year, that was a wierd feeling.

[Billy Battles]

Whenever I get around to it

[MarthaK]

Outdoor decorations come down the first weekend in January that doesn't have rain or snow.
The indoor decorations come down the same time, only weather isn't an issue there. However, every year there is something I forgot to put away that is decorating the inside of my china cabinet or some other forgotten corner.

[Merry Sage]

Our decorations go up once Advent arrives and come down New Year's Day or the day after.

[MrsH]

It depends on what is going on socially for us. If we don't have anyone coming over for Christmas festivities after Christmas is over, we will take them down right after Christmas. If, due to schedule conflicts, we have some ongoing Christmas festivities...then they well stay up longer. Also...if we're feeling especially sad that Christmas is over...we might leave them up longer...or intentionally leave one or two things displayed all year. (Currently we have three Christmas plates displayed)

[Chillywilly]

I can understand that. Our decoration that are in the inside come down sooner than the ones on the outside. But like you said it depends on what is going on socially in our home as well. :hello:

[MissKringle]

we leave them up till any of us feel like lugging the tree out LOL:tree:

[Maureen]

Ours ALWAYS have to be down by Twelfth Night (January 5th) Otherwise it's considered bad luck.:snowball:
That said, I've still got a Christmas plate up just to test the theory.......

[Head Elf]

Ours ALWAYS have to be down by Twelfth Night (January 5th) Otherwise it's considered bad luck.:snowball:
That said, I've still got a Christmas plate up just to test the theory.......


I was wondering where we got that tradition in our family. As my father's family is from Scotland. Thanks for solving a mystery for me.
:hello:

[Chillywilly]

It is interesting to see other views and customs around this topic. :tree:

[haagarr]

January or after I TAKE THEM DOWN WHEN MY HUSBAND STARTS BEGGING ME IF IT WAS UP TO ME I LEAVE UP YEAR ROUND

[xlizxfraserx]

We usualy leave them up until 1 week after new years,i can't imagine celebrating new years without them up

[sugarplum fairy]

We usually take ours down around the first weekend in January. A few years ago when I had my son, the stayed up until February. I was too busy and too tired to even think about them.cheesy

[Misfit Toy]

I put mine up the week after Halloween and then take them down mid-the end of January. I do a lot inside and to me its also my winter display, so I never get sick of it, I love it as long as I can! I could never take them down before New Years, new years is part of it still, liek the song says, We Wish You a Merry Xmas AND a Happy New Year!!!!

:rudolph:

[ChristmasSpirit76]

:tree:We generally start putting up decorations the week of halloween or the first week in november and we generally have everything down by the end of January give or take a week. This past christmas our tree remained up till May undecorated, only because my dad hurt his back and couldn't bring it down to the basement. He wanted to leave it up for good and decorate it for the seasons but it has fake snow on it plus, i love the anticipation of not seeing it and then bringing it out for the holiday season. If we had a bigger house we wanted to put up our christmas villiage year round and have a christmas room to peak at every now and then cheesy

[-Early624-]

We take down our outside decorations right after New Years and leave our inside decorations out until we have the time to get to them. We love Christmas so we put 'em up early, and take 'em down late.

[joyful]

I start putting my decorations up inside after Thanksgiving Day and outside I take advantage of any warm day.

Inside I leave the decorations up the month of January, it's usually a icky month soooooooo long that I figure I have lots of time to take down decorations. Outside I take advantage of any warmer day in January. Living in the north where it's cold and icky the weather predicts what you will do.

[Undrtakr]

We put them up the first weekend in November. I dont take them down till about 1 or 2 weeks into January. I cant wait!!!

[kidzrme]

Most decorations go up after Thanksgiving dinner....But they all come down 1-2 days after Christmas.(Except for the few that stay up all year long!)

[Chillywilly]

Just thought that I would bump for the newbees!:sparkle:

[hutz13]

I usually put all my stuff up 1st week of December and remove the week after New Years.

Jim

[SW1Dennis]

:sparkle:

Not long enough. Like everyone else, I would leave them up all year if possible.

[Annette1990]

I am with SW1DENNIS, I would also leave mine up all year if I could...*L But since I don't, I usually take mine down shortly after the New Year!

[Miss Darcy]

:sparkle:

Not long enough. Like everyone else, I would leave them up all year if possible.

Oh I would love to be able to keep them up all yearcheesy.

We take ours down on 12th Night.

[caseydbell]

Ours usually come down Christmas day or the day after. As far as leaving them up all year, I leave out a few things, but I would not want everything up all year. where is the fun in that? You dont have anticipation in October to put them up, no joy when you finally pull out all the boxes, no fun putting them up. For me It would not be Christmas w/o all that.

[dowload]

I usually put mine up either the first or second weekend in November. If not then, then we put them up the day or day after Thanksgiving. We take them down usually the week or two after christmas.

Fun Fact: In Portland, Maine it's actually illegal to leave your christmas decorations up past January 17th.

[clarebear]

1st of Dec-2nd of January, or sometimes at the end of the week.

[kgstyles]

We take them down on the 1st of January. It's part of starting our new year, out with the old year-in with the new.

[Euan Buchan]

Normally round the 6th January always feel sad taking the decorations off the tree and stuffing it in its box until the next time round. Though I do have some decorations I keep all year round mainily my snowglobes and my stocking which I keep on my door handle.

[Sunshine73]

We usually take our decorations down the weekend after New Year's. :(

[Annette1990]

I usually take my decorations down sometime after the New Year. I would leave them up until after spring if I could get away with it...*L

[Storeytime]

Inside stuff comes down a day or two after New Years.
Outside is such a massive project that sometimes it comes down in phases. Most years it's down by February, but there have been times it took until March.

[Maebeary]

Our outside stuff will go up next weekend....with the help of our daughter, who will be home for Thanksgiving break. Our inside decorations will go up the day after Thanksgiving. I can't wait! Outside decorations are usually down by New Year's Day. Inside decorations come down the week of New Year's. Growing up, we took the tree down after the 6th. This is a huge compromise from my hubby. His family decorated the week of Christmas. They were usually down a few days after Christmas. I would not have that at all! So much for compromise.....well, except that our tree usually goes up the first weekend in December because he knows how much I LOVE Christmas!

[Sanity Clause]

They go up on December the 20th and go down on January the 6th.:sparkle:

[Annette1990]

Again, I hope to have mine up either a day or two before Thanksgiving or a day or two after...I keep mine up until after the New Year.

[MerrySouthernChristmas]

We leave everything up until Epiphany, then unfortunatly my dad makes me take my mini tree out of my room (I once kept one in there until july though!)

[novelist]

:notice:My decorations stay up until New years. WE usually take them down a day or two after New years Day.

[Chillywilly]

It is very interesting to see the different traditions that everyone has.

[Billy Battles]

Since I will probably be moving in January(I might have to take a short vacation from here:-(). I will probably take them down at the beginning of January.

[JanaBanana]

Mine come down a day or two after c-mas

[ChristmasAngel39]

My tree goes up the day before thanksgiving, and the rest of the decorations as well during that weekend, and they stay up till around Jan 6th, i to leave some decorations out year round like my windsor bear collection and my snowbuddies, and showglobes,

Bethy:celebrate:

[Bauble]

My decorations come down about the 6th of January :D

[kelly ann]

mine are normally down the first week of January, although I'd like to keep them up longer,lol

[Chillywilly]

It appears that we all do something a little different.

[Christmasstar]

the first of January. We usually take them down on new years day or the 2nd of January.
:tree:

[Chillywilly]

I thought this one would be good for the new MerryChristmas family members to see.:cry:

[liltattoo]

I usually take them down the day after New Year's. Any longer and DH starts bugging me, asking when I'm going to take them down. He's definitely a day before and day after kind of guy! :P

[thedementedelf]

Have everything decorated for Thanksgiving Night and take them down either New Year's day or day after

[Minta]

We take our decorations down New Years Eve/Day.

[usafvet]

I usually take them down a day or two after New Years. If I didn't, the home owner's association would start hounding me, not to mention I don't want to fall into the category of those who leave them up all year, though sometimes I wouldn't mind it. I love decorating my house, but I hate taking them down.

[reindeerelf]

Our trees stay up and our outside lights are lit through Jan. 6 (i.e. Little Christmas or Three Kings Day) then we slowly begin to undecorate. all decorations are removed after Candlemas (Feb. 2 ).

[Chillywilly]

It looks like everybody has most of their Christmas Decorations down by Feb.

[MammaElf]

I must confess that this year my Christmas Village and My Nativity scene are still not packed, the boxes for them were damaged in last months flood, and it took me until last week to finally find something for them to go in. Not lazy or obsessed, just busy as can be since Dec. At this rate I might just wanna leave them out LOL

[Mumof2]

I put mine up real early and take them down about a week or two after new years.

[Lfisch]

I take them down right after New Years, although, anything that is winter/snow related stays out til spring. I have a mixture of Christmas related and Snowman related decor.

[MerrySouthernChristmas]

We put ours up the day after thanksgiving (we don't really do the Black Friday thing, we') and take them down after Epiphany (I probably spelled that wrong though) but i usually keep one or two things out all year long just because i'm... well... me!

[Janet]

Ours stay up until my husband says" Janet the tree is dry, time to take it down"..lol

[rodmonster]

They go up the day after Thanksgiving (my wife makes me wait until then...otherwise it would be the first week of Nov.).
Then I am "allowed" to keep them up until the day after New Years!
=)
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[MrsSoup]

I take ours down after New Year's.

[Ms_Speedy_Elf]

We leave ours up until the new year.:tree:

[irishsnow]

We put ours up on the 12Th of December and take them down on the 8Th of January

[MsChristmas]

Mine usually go up the weekend before Thanksgiving and come down the 1st week of January. I would also love to keep them up longer but I drive my husband nuts as it is lol

:tree:

[MerrySilver]

They go up the weekend after Thanksgiving (though now that I'm in Canada in a household of Christmas non-nuts who put the decorations up the 2nd week of December, I dunno what I'll do now :(), and come down around Epiphany. :)

[Snowfall]

Since I'm living in my apartment for college, I still stay with my parents until the new semester starts. I put my decorations up around the apartment when I get back from visiting for Thanksgiving. I take them down (except I still have some snowmen around here) when I get back from winter break.

I read a lot about people wanting to leave theirs up longer than they do. Here's something to tell the significant others and neighbors: Orthodox Christmas is celebrated on January 19, and it would just be downright rude to take the decorations down before that! cheesy

[Yuletide Junkie]

Our tree goes up the day after Thanksgiving & comes down the weekend before my January 13th birthday.

Part of the holiday joy we imerse ourselves in on that special Friday is decorating the house & trimming the tree. It takes us over two days to empty the ornament box. While we happy elves are hard at our tasks, we play holiday music videos & movies. (The movies also play when the process is reversed at the end of the season.) The tinsel on our Friday holiday celebration is delivered pizza for supper & Santa Cokes throughout the evening. We don't call it a night until about 3:00 AM.

[Yuletide Junkie]

I start listening to Christmas music in the car November 1st, Merry Christmas Radio anytime doesn't count, but the decorations don't go up until the day after Thanksgiving & come down the weekend before my January 13th birthday. I bow to your level of commitment. That would never fly with the rest of our household.

[OleStNyck]

Ours go up the day after or evening of thanksgiving and stay up till sometime in January. Though I didnt get up to the roof to take the lights off till April!...lol it was cold and every time I had time to get them it would snow or rain. I didnt have them turned on but they were up there.

[Chillywilly]

We live in a homeowners association. We have a schedule when the lights have to come down.:tree:

[rodmonster]

:-?
Sadly - same here

[xmaslilly]

As soon as I can after new yrs..and if it's not freezing out.

[Iluvsantasandsnowpeople]

When neighbors come over and say YOU still have your christmas up!!
Hubby knows better to complain!! Cuz he usually does not help putting up or taking down!

[holidaynut]

this year, my tree will be going up on December 19 and I never take it down until the 7th of January, and same for the lights outside, last night they are on is the 6th of January. I never want it to end, I love the decorations and lights, house looks so empty when it all comes down!!!!

[Chillywilly]

How Long do you leave your Decorations up! Do you take them down right after Christmas or in January or after?


Just thought I bump this up to everyone!:snowball:

[ChristmasLovers]

Ours come down some time after New Years.

[HouseElf]

I like to take them down after 12th Night, my husband the day after Boxing Day. So it depends on who 'wins' cheesy