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How Long Do You Leave Your Tree Up?

ECBG — Mon, 26 Dec 2016 20:15:46 GMT

I can't stand to have all of the clean up looking at me. My mind can't rest. I'll start in about two days and DH will be upset.

When I taught I had everything done so when I went back to school and exams hit, it wouldn't be a double whammy!

What do you do?

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hoosieroriginal — Mon, 26 Dec 2016 20:17:39 GMT

Mine has been up since mid Nov - it will come down this week.

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cherry — Mon, 26 Dec 2016 20:18:26 GMT

We no longer do a tree. When we did decorate it was just before Christmas ,and it stayed up until Epiphany.

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lulu2 — Mon, 26 Dec 2016 20:18:47 GMT

New Years

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chrystaltree — Mon, 26 Dec 2016 20:19:30 GMT

Christmas isn't a one day event for us, the Christmas season ends on Jan 6th so we leave our tree and our decorations up through that date and usually a little longer because I love the way the house looks.

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QVCkitty1 — Mon, 26 Dec 2016 20:21:17 GMT

I miss it so when it comes down, so it's up at least a week after New Years , sometimes longer, 🎄🎄

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gidgetgh — Mon, 26 Dec 2016 20:21:41 GMT

I've put on my hardhat. Let the bashing of me begin!

I took ours down yesterday afternoon at 4:00 when we got home from my sister's house. It had been up two and a half weeks and in our family, that's enough. Normally I take it down on the 26th but when we got home yesterday it just felt right to do it.

And all but 2 gifts have been put away.

Having our get together tonight with my husband's family at his nephew's house.

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Moonchilde — Mon, 26 Dec 2016 20:21:57 GMT

All my life, in whichever family household there is a tree, it comes down on the nearest weekend after New Years Day. This year that might mean the following weekend, as it might not be coming down on the day, and since the homeowner/decorator works 14+ hr days, weekends are it.

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RedTop — Mon, 26 Dec 2016 20:22:08 GMT

The tree will come down after January 6th, and before Valentines Day here! We love the way it lights up the house, and are in no hurry to pack it up for another year. Twice in the 4 years I've been retired, we left the Christmas tree up for a full year.

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SunValley — Mon, 26 Dec 2016 20:23:32 GMT

I already put the decor away except for the tree and a few pieces on the mantle. I did not have a ton to put away and the totes are easily accessible, so it was done in an hour. I will pack up the tree on Jan 1 while I watch football.

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bmorechick — Mon, 26 Dec 2016 20:27:25 GMT

All year! I have a slim tree and all I do is slide it from the family room into a corner of the dining room unlit. No one has ever noticed it sitting there. Come Xmas, I slide it back, dust it off a bit and plug it in. Sometimes, I update the color theme, but that is it. After four kids, I am over dismantling a tree.

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pugvette74 — Mon, 26 Dec 2016 20:27:39 GMT

For me, I believe in the twelve days of Christmas... It is a very beautiful time of year!!!

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Leeny — Mon, 26 Dec 2016 20:27:56 GMT

We leave ours up until Epiphany is over.

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Mary Bailey — Mon, 26 Dec 2016 20:28:39 GMT

I'll leave it up until I can't stand it anymore. I really, really love it but one day I will wake up & will be suddenly "over it"

I'll keep out all the white decorations for January..

I hope I can find a long Valentine table runner this year. I decorate a console table (that pulls out to a dining table). I try to change the it up every month.

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IMissSuperPoke — Mon, 26 Dec 2016 20:31:23 GMT

Mine will come down tonight. We put ours away the day after Christmas because our house is small & I always have grown tired of the holiday & glad it's over. We leave up the outdoor Christmas bulbs on our bushes until new year's day.

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Nataliesgramma — Mon, 26 Dec 2016 20:33:26 GMT

I take the outside decorations down a day or 2 after New Years.....

The trees come down around the 6th...

The village comes down the end of Jan

The snowmen come down the end of Feb....

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SahmIam — Mon, 26 Dec 2016 20:34:05 GMT

Usually until the weekend after New Years but this year, family is coming in from Europe on the 6th and we're having a big bash at our house so everything will stay up until after that.

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StylishLady — Mon, 26 Dec 2016 20:35:08 GMT

We usually leave our little tree up all Christmas season which is 12 days long. Then I put everything away as soon as I get to it after Epiphany.

Here is my little tree a couple years ago. I like it as it takes up little space. I leave the lights on it.

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MarthaStewardess — Mon, 26 Dec 2016 20:35:54 GMT

@chrystaltree wrote:
Christmas isn't a one day event for us, the Christmas season ends on Jan 6th so we leave our tree and our decorations up through that date and usually a little longer because I love the way the house looks.

I agree! I know some people say they get fed up with the decorations, but I don't. I love them. Mine go up before Thanksgiving and will come down Jan 6th. The twelve days of Christmas just started yesterday.

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newjersey — Mon, 26 Dec 2016 20:41:06 GMT

I started to take it down today but found something more enjoyable to do so I stopped! LOL.