When will you take them down?

KKkitty

So Christmas is over and people are back to work so if your decorations are still up when will you take them down? Mine are still up but I'm thinking of taking them down tomorrow. Kinda getting sick of looking at them at this stage.

rainbow kirby

Taking down the tree in my apartment on Saturday evening after I head back.

.jacksparrow.

Should be down New year's day, Xmas is long over.

Professey Chin

Jan 6th
Last of the 12 days

mrsbyrne

Tomorrow

Chattastrophe!

Never put them up. So don't have to take them down ... one less job to do! :cool:

Frosty McSnowballs

Aw ****! I forgot to put them up again!

BBDBB

feck it, leave em up all year

KKkitty

rainbow kirby wrote: »

Taking down the tree in my apartment on Saturday evening after I head back.

Have a small sitting room myself so once our tree is up it really makes it look tiny. Can't wait to have the tree up in the attic now.

MonsterCookie

By rights it should be 6th, but I'm a lazy bastard so will leave another week of so.

delw

Sat & Sun

Chucken

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

Aw ****! I forgot to put them up again!

Put them up tomorrow.

On a side note, they had easter eggs in Tesco today

Frosty McSnowballs

Chucken wrote: »

Put them up tomorrow.

On a side note, they had easter eggs in Tesco today

You have to be taking the piss!

Easter eggs?...

Rabelais

With a tear in my eye I'll take down the 2' foot tree tomorrow. Pack it back into the Argos Value box from where it came, and stuff it in under the sofa bed. Back to the harsh realities of life.

pconn062

Chucken wrote: »

Put them up tomorrow.

On a side note, they had easter eggs in Tesco today

That is depressing. I sometimes hate consumerism.

KKkitty

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

You have to be taking the piss!

Easter eggs?...

Heard that myself and saw a creme egg ad on t.v. earlier.

Chucken

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

You have to be taking the piss!

Easter eggs?...

Easter eggs!!

On one side was the Christmas marked down stuff and on the other was Easter Eggs...bunnies...baskets for egg hunts...

Creme eggs of course but we expect those.

I'm naming and shaming Tesco Nenagh.

Frosty McSnowballs

Fcuk sake!

I have business that force festivities on you.

Everything rolls into anther thing! No gaps anymore!

Professey Chin

All the Valentine's stuff is out now too

Chucken

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

Fcuk sake!

I have business that force festivities on you.

Everything rolls into anther thing! No gaps anymore!

The shamrock tee shirts will be out within the week

Cienciano

New years day. Anything after that is dragging it out and looking at decorations when you come home from work after christmas is depressing.

Frosty McSnowballs

Professey Chin wrote: »

All the Valentine's stuff is out now too

Chucken wrote: »

The shamrock tee shirts will be out within the week

Ah I'm never leaving the house again!

Yamanoto

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

Everything rolls into anther thing! No gaps anymore!

Suddenly it's Christmas, right after Halloween,
Forget about Thanksgiving, it's just a buffet in-between,
Yes they're working overtime, Santas little runts,
Christmas comes but once a year & goes on for 2 months

- Loudon Wainwright lll

Renegade Mechanic

Id eat an Easter egg now...

ProudDUB

I take the tree down on the 6th, partially because it is tradition & partially because my mammy used to take them down, far, far to early when I was a kid. I used to hate how gloomy the living room looked when they were gone. I love the freedom I have now, of being able to leave them up as long as I want. But mainly because I am a lazy cow and, I just couldn't be arsed taking them down, until it is downright embarrassing to still have them up. I leave the holly, the white fairy lights and silver candle holders up on the mantle piece until the holly dies, which can last until mid February. It makes the room seem less gloomy when the tree comes down, but doesn't look too stupidly Christmassy.

Chucken

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

Ah I'm never leaving the house again!

Ah do. It's not so bad out there

MJ23

Professey Chin wrote: »

Jan 6th
Last of the 12 days

You'd be surprised at how many don't know this.

xXxkorixXx

on the 7th. we are the only house on our block with the lights outside still on, its still christmas til the 6th. i cant believe people taking them down before xmas ends, if you are sick of them dont put them up so early

Frosty McSnowballs

Chucken wrote: »

Ah do. It's not so bad out there

Ah go on then!

Where are ya taking me?

Beasty.

down tomoro

Professey Chin

MJ23 wrote: »

You'd be surprised at how many don't know this.

So this thread has taught me.
Thought it was tradition everywhere

.jacksparrow.

xXxkorixXx wrote: »

on the 7th. we are the only house on our block with the lights outside still on, its still christmas til the 6th. i cant believe people taking them down before xmas ends, if you are sick of them dont put them up so early

Seriously who is still celebrating Christmas in any sort of way now?

delw

Seen the Easter eggs in Tesco my self today,have to say was a little tempted

Shane-KornSpace

Coming down on Saturday!! Thank fook!

Renegade Mechanic

.jacksparrow. wrote: »

Seriously who is still celebrating Christmas in any sort of way now?

I know people who are too lazy to remove the outside lights, theyve been up for about 12 years now I think. And I know someone who says "Happy Christmas" past the 2nd of January..

.jacksparrow.

Professey Chin wrote: »

All the Valentine's stuff is out now too

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freshpopcorn

Traditionally in Ireland people put up their decorations on the 8th of December and took them down on the 6th/7th of January. The most important thing tough was to have them up for the 12 days of Christmas.
Now people are more influenced by television/tv/media and I find people have a tendency to copy this.

boobar

Probably sunday

KKkitty

delw wrote: »

Seen the Easter eggs in Tesco my self today,have to say was a little tempted

You could always pretend you're stocking up for Easter presents and secretly gorge on them at home

donegal_man

Have them up for a another week or so. Girlfriend's brother's fiancee is Russian Orthodox and they're coming for Orthodox Christmas on seventh. You have no idea how much I'm looking forward to another Christmas day, we've kept back a few presents etc. just so we can do it right.

Chucken

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

Ah go on then!

Where are ya taking me?

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=88221917&postcount=34



Where, by the way, they will still have lovely lighted trees up

endacl

Avoided the issue by not putting any decorations up in the first place. Only about 350 shopping days till Xmas!!

KKkitty

endacl wrote: »

Avoided the issue by not putting any decorations up in the first place. Only about 350 shopping days till Xmas!!

A friend living by herself didn't bother either with putting them up. I have kids so it can't be avoided though.

BluesBerry

Mine came down tonight its all packed away in the attic and the house looks tidier aaaah much better

tampopo

KKkitty wrote: »

A friend living by herself didn't bother either with putting them up. I have kids so it can't be avoided though.

yep, home alone this Christmas, didn't bother putting them up. Though haven't put them up for years, so it's not really an excuse....

KKkitty

tampopo wrote: »

yep, home alone this Christmas, didn't bother putting them up. Though haven't put them up for years, so it's not really an excuse....

Plenty of places have made up for you not putting them up I'm sure. No point in doing the whole decorations thing if you don't want too.

iguana

Professey Chin wrote: »

Jan 6th
Last of the 12 days

MJ23 wrote: »

You'd be surprised at how many don't know this.

Professey Chin wrote: »

So this thread has taught me.
Thought it was tradition everywhere

The last of the 12 days is the 5th. The 6th is the Feast of Epiphany of which Twelfth Night (the 5th) is the eve. From next year I've decided to celebrate Twelfth Night as a Feast of Misrule for my son and the kids of my family and friends. We'll revive lots of the old traditions and have various king cakes, traditional types from different regions, figgy pudding and wassail punch. We'll blend the games together by having whoever finds the baby in the cinnamon (New Orleans style) king cake, lead the wassailing and whoever finds the king in the marzipan king cake (Spanish or French style) lead the demands for figgy pudding, etc.

I've also read that in some regions the party would start by lighting a bonfire using any natural Christmas decorations like the tree and the holly. I'm not sure if that's a goer but it would certainly make an annual household event which most children find very depressing a fun tradition.

AgileMyth

When I came to view my current house the guys who were living here still had their tree up. It was March.

JupiterKid

I've always heard that the Christmas decorations are supposed to come down on or just after the 6th January. I plan to take mine down on the 7th.

Dark Phoenix

Taking them down tomorrow as will be too busy Monday

yawhat!

I have friends who leave them up till the end of January:eek: