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How long to you keep up your Christmas decorations? Outside lights?

I keep my lights on through Epiphany...and my tree stays up until then too.

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Re: How long to you keep up your Christmas decorations? Outside lights?

I have a fresh tree this year, so it's going to out in the first tree pickup. If I have my fake tree up, I take it down on New Year's Day.

Outside stays up and on until New Year's Day. I won't turn them on after that and will take them down the first sunny/dry day after that. They come down easier than they go up ;o)

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Re: How long to you keep up your Christmas decorations? Outside lights?

ITA - I grew up with the tradition that nothing comes down until Epiphany. I carry on that tradition with my family. We get our trees mid December because they have to last that long! Smile

And once January 6 arrives and most Christmas decorations are down, the SNOWMEN come out in force! No snowmen out here until then! Wink

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Re: How long to you keep up your Christmas decorations? Outside lights?

Owing to our religious beliefs-Epiphany. It drives me crazy when people think the 12days of Christmas is before Christmas.

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Re: How long to you keep up your Christmas decorations? Outside lights?

We just got ours all down and put away fro another year.

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Re: How long to you keep up your Christmas decorations? Outside lights?

Add me to the Epiphany tribe. We only decorated our tree yesterday. We usually do it Christmas Eve but I was too exhausted.

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Re: How long to you keep up your Christmas decorations? Outside lights?

January 6 it all comes down. I find it sad that people throw it all out on Dec 26. The "holidays" are not just Dec. 25th. For me, it's Christmas, then my birthday and then New Year. Besides, I enjoy seeing all the decorations and having the trees all lit up. It all seems so bare and depressing when it's all put away.

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Re: How long to you keep up your Christmas decorations? Outside lights?

I'm hoping we get snow while the icicle lights are still up!

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Re: How long to you keep up your Christmas decorations? Outside lights?

Epiphany for us too! Long time tradition in my family.

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Re: How long to you keep up your Christmas decorations? Outside lights?

My husband is orthodox. His Christmas is celebrated on January 7, so we take everything the first full weekend after that date. Most of the people where I live do the same