When Are You Taking Down Holiday Decorations?

[novelist]

:snowball:I'm planning on starting to take down decorations today. I won't do much today, just christmas cards, and I'll put away my holiday mugs and tea kettle, and take my regular items out again. I figure, if I do a little at a time, it won't be so overwhelming.

[Annette1990]

Yes I agree Novelist..Doing a little at a time really helps. I plan to start on Jan 2nd.

[Maureen]

Ours will remain in place until 12th night which is January 5th. To be honest, once New Year is out of the way, everything seems a little superfluous to requirements!!

[MarthaK]

I will start this weekend by putting away the indoor animations; the moving, sound-making plushies that my Lab would love to get ahold of.

The live tree will come down on New Year's Day. That's a long-standing family tradition since both of my parents were school teachers and wanted the tree out of the way each year before they had to go back to work.

The weekend after New Year's Day I will start bringing in the outdoor display. While there are folks with larger displays who can take theirs down completely in one day, I don't have any kids or volunteers to do the legwork. So, I will take 2-3 days to bring mine in. Not rushing the job will give me the chance to test and maintain the various pieces as well as craft a more organized storage system. There will still be a mild rush, since I want all the lights down before the weather gets serious.

[Sunshine73]

Ours are coming down this weekend. *Sigh* It's sad to say goodbye to the decorations but it's time for them to come down.

[kelly ann]

Probably take ours down sometime next week. The outdoor lights will definitely come down this weekend:(

[dvdguy]

the later the better:))

[Minta]

If the weather permits, we will take down the outside decorations and then work on the inside decorations. We usually have everything packed away by News Years Day.

[Maebeary]

Our outside decorations are coming down tomorrow. My husband fractured his ankle on December 6th and is unable to do the ladder climbing. My son, my daughter and myself, with his supervision will do it tomorrow. My son heads back to Toledo for a New Year's Eve party with his friends so it has to be done by then. I don't like them coming down so early but the need is there this year. When growing up, we took them down after the 6th....our tradition is usually New Year's Day. At least I'll have this wonderful forum to come to for a little Christmas time celebrating!

:hello:

[Head Elf]

I took one tree down yesterday, but I also purchased the ornaments for next year. I also found a spiral tree to put the train ornaments on for next year also. But the rest will stay up until 12th night and then it will come down so I can start planning for next year.

[sugarplum fairy]

We will start taking down the decorations when it stops raining. We were going to do it today, but it has rained all day. Hubby doesn't want to bring in all the boxes and stuff in storage with it raining.

[novelist]

:cry:I did more today than I planned on. That happensd with me when I start a project. I had only plan ed on taking down the village, and nativity, well, two hours later, I have all decorations down except for the tree. My husband wants it up until New yesrs, so i guess thats the plan. Now thats it's over, I'm glad I got done as much a I did.

[kelly ann]

Mine will come down the week-end after the New Year. I'll have to do it little by little since Bob can't help me this year bring things downstairs. I really hate to take them down.
Now I'll decorate for Valentines Day, I always try to have every hoilday done here.


How do you decorate for Valentine's Debbie?

[Sanity Clause]

Everything comes down on January the 6th.

[sugarplum fairy]

We just got through taking down all my Christmas decorations. My house looks so plain now.



Debbie~I, too, would like to know how you decorate for the other holidays.

[Maebeary]

Well, we took the outside decorations and lights down today. It looks so bare! I'm always sad when they come down. Rick better not rush me to get the inside decorations put away. My plan is next weekend but he'll start saying something on New Year's Day. I just know that he will!

[novelist]

:rudolph:I had a very busy day today. My husband finally took the lights and tree top off the tree today, and got the tree out of the livingroom. We also took all the decorations, that we keep in totes, up in the loft of the garage. For the first time ever, we rearranged the livingroom furniture. Since we have a fireplace along one wall, we really don't have many options on how to arrange furniture, but we did switch the couch, and two chairs around. It looks so much different, and we're getting used to it.

[act_as_if]

Tuesday we took the tree down. This weekend we took down the decorations in and outside the house.

[Maebeary]

I'm in the process of taking my decorations down, now. I hate taking them down. I love getting them out!!

[Holiday]

I am working on taking mine down right now! :( So sad....

[Dom]

Taking them down is totally the opposite of putting them up...stating the obvious I know but you know what I mean. It really is depressing compared to the fun and excitement of when you were an 8 year old putting them up brings out in u.

[Billy Battles]

I took my Tree down Feb. 5

[Annette1990]

Wow Billy...I assume it's artifcial? *L Well just another update on me..my outside lights are still up...

[Dom]

Maybe you should just leave them up all year Annette?

[Billy Battles]

Wow Billy...I assume it's artifcial?


If it wasn't than that would of been crazy. Unfortunately I have never had a real tree in my life.:-(

[auntieclaus]

Hi

We still have fresh green on the front porch in urns (they went up Thanksgiving weekend). And I never take my candles out of the windows.

I use a lot of anitique decorating items and purchase them all year long at tag sales and e-bay! Anyone else buy :hello:decorations throughout the year?

[elfworks]

wait. what?? we are supposed to take them down???????

xo

[dvdguy]

shhhh

no no you're not

[MrElf20]

Hey, there is some people here in philly who actually still have some of there christmas decoractions up not fully but some, In philly around my part i seen decoractions up until this past february. Its hard taking them down but fun putting them up and it suxx when the christmas season flys by

[pbrbullrider]

I take mine down the day after christmas it takes me 3 to 4 months to put it up and takes about 5 to 6 weeks to take it all down oh well thats life i like it and i keep doing it.

Jeff G. "bullrider"

[Christmasstar]

:-?

[stillsnowberry]

I took mine down some time in January. Wish it was time to put them back up.
But guess what? My snowflakes are still on the front window and I have no intention of removing them. :)

:tree:

snowberry

[Annette1990]

I agree Christmasstar...heck my outside lights are still up.