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Taking down the Christmas decorations

twinsister — Sat, 26 Dec 2020 14:33:11 GMT

As a child, my mother always waited until January 6th to take down the tree and everything else. I followed that tradition for a long time, but the last few years everything was down and put away by New Year's Day.

When do you take down your decorations?

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Mom2Dogs — Sat, 26 Dec 2020 14:37:11 GMT

Generally I take just about everything down the day after Christmas...I am home alone, DH is at work all day....this year since Saturday is the day after Christmas and DH is home all day the clean up won't happen until probably Tuesday, my day off work and DH is not home. It's a huge mess as I taken down, clean at the same time. I like to do this with no one around.

I might find a project we can do together like pull out the TV clean and rewind some of those horrible cables that I can see..fun day, ha ha.!

We will do something more fun on Sunday, eat out and do a little shopping.

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kaydee50 — Sat, 26 Dec 2020 14:38:14 GMT

Not before January 6th, Litte Christmas.

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Cakers3 — Sat, 26 Dec 2020 14:38:32 GMT

I always waited until January 6.

This year no decorations went up, though.

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LindaSal — Sat, 26 Dec 2020 14:38:46 GMT

Most likely New Years Day. We like to enjoy ours for awhile as it is so much work to put it all up. When we had our larger home out in the woods we actually would leave it all up until Martin Luther King day!! I know, LOL, a bit long but it was fun and we had the room for it. Now that we've downsized to a townhouse it's a bit intrusive on us but we still like it

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willdob3 — Sat, 26 Dec 2020 14:40:22 GMT

January 6th but I really think we need a little Christmas a little longer this year. I hope people leave their lights up and on longer.

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haddon9 — Sat, 26 Dec 2020 14:43:05 GMT

I really dont't see what the big rush is to take everything down. I usually have people over for NYE and I like to have decorations up. I have a lot of snowmen which I keep up all winter.

My tree will come down probably the second week in January...again it really isn't a big deal when exactly since I'm not on any schedule.

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jackthebear — Sat, 26 Dec 2020 14:44:51 GMT

Christmas Eve to Twelfth Night

when I was a kid

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alicedee — Sat, 26 Dec 2020 14:46:06 GMT

I have a lot of things with battery operated lights. Everything was put out right after Thanksgiving, so I had to replace batteries about a week and a half ago. As the batteries die this time, I will put items away. The tree will be the last to come down. Everything will probably be stored away sometime that first full week of January..l.whenever I feel moved to do it! I don't have a set schedule....I usually just wake up one day and feel like it's time to put it away.

In the past when I had a house I have waited some years til the end of January! But my apartment is not huge, and I am ready to take back the space earlier now.

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Infinite Mom 47 — Sat, 26 Dec 2020 14:47:38 GMT

@twinsister My mom did that too. Waited till January 6. My sisters best friend took hers down while her 2 boys were still opening presents. She put her tree up thanksgiving night, so she was already sick of it.

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FrostyBabe1 — Sat, 26 Dec 2020 14:48:09 GMT

Sometime during the week between Christmas and New Years. It all depends on what else I've got going on. It'll definitely be put away before the next time my cleaning team comes on 1/5.

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Icegoddess — Sat, 26 Dec 2020 14:59:50 GMT

I have always made sure Christmas was down and stored before the New Year. It's sorta a luck thing. This year I'm already ready for it to come down, but I'll wait until at least Monday. It takes me a couple of days to do it. Everything goes back in their original boxes. Before I had a pre-lit tree, I would remove the lights and string them back in their original box too. Very tedious, but worth it when it came time to put them on the tree the next year. I could plug them in and check that they were all working before removing them from their card to put on the tree.

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Suziepeach — Sat, 26 Dec 2020 15:02:56 GMT

Only thing we'll take down is the wreath on the lower stoop and the Santa blowup and Reindeer blowup on the front porch. The Christmas tree will stay on for a long time and I do believe we'll be leaving the Christmas star on longer this year- seems to make people smile and happy when they drive by.. anything to brighten anyone's day.

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liliblu — Sat, 26 Dec 2020 15:06:48 GMT

I wait until after New Years day. Usually by January 3rd.

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Ainhisg — Sat, 26 Dec 2020 15:08:24 GMT

I am the odd man out. I put out a lot of Christmas including four trees. My husband helps me take everything down, and because we put it up in early November so as to have plenty of time to enjoy it, it all comes down on the 26th. We had extenuating circumstances this year, so it all came down yesterday, and I already have all my Valentine's Decor displayed.

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gidgetgh — Sat, 26 Dec 2020 15:12:02 GMT

I put the few things I had out away yesterday.

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Dusty1 — Sat, 26 Dec 2020 15:17:16 GMT

In the past we had Christmas with our kids/grandsons on Christmas Eve & I usually took things down Christmas day. Just ready to be get things clean & organized, again.

This year...well this year... sucked!

My daughter was having Christmas on Christmas Eve outside on their patio. It was -2 wind chill, but because of the virus we were going to do it.

Last Sunday my husband got the body aches & headache. On a scale of 1-10 he said his body aches were a 10 at night, but not quite so bad during the day.

Anyway. We quarantined. No patio Christmas for us.

We did a zoom Christmas so the boys could show us what Santa brought.

I did put my tree up, but I didn't decorate. I didn't even put ornaments on the tree.

No grandsons coming over to play with the Christmas trains & music boxes.

I may take my tree out today. I'll be done undecorating.

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SXMGirl — Sat, 26 Dec 2020 15:25:45 GMT

I usually keep all of the decorations up until the second week in January. This year, I have already taken everything out of the dining room and also some of the decorations in the living room. The living room tree and foyer tree will probably stay up until New Year's Day. I am ready for 2021 and spring.

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AuntG — Sat, 26 Dec 2020 15:30:34 GMT

Never understood the fascination with this subject. As far as I know, awards are not given for being the first or last to take them down. Do it whenever you want. Mine will stay up until second week of January, at which point, I just keep out the snowmen.

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Karie2022 — Sat, 26 Dec 2020 15:39:06 GMT

Typically New Year's Day, but I think I'll leave them up longer this year. Probably 2nd week of January.