Are your decorations still up?

KKkitty

Mine still are but if I have my way they'll be down soon. Sick of looking at them now. They don't seem like much when they're packed away but when they're up they take up so much space. When will ye take yours down?

Your Face

KKkitty wrote: »

When will ye take yours down?

Steady on.

Boom_Bap

I'm javelin launching the Christmas tree out in the garden in the morning.

RobertKK

No, but then I put none up.

Fr_Dougal

No. Took them down xmas eve.

The Backwards Man

Mine are down since 2004.

There's a wee ****er of a bird snowman thing on the TV, he'll be in the stove soon too

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

6th January

KKkitty

Boom_Bap wrote: »

I'm javelin launching the Christmas tree out in the garden in the morning.

Mind yourself doing that now.

Dr Crayfish

I didn't put any up in Casa Crayfish but I think Mumsy usually takes them down a couple of days into the New Year. I remember when I was a kid they would just depress me once Christmas was over, a sign of all that is gone and I'm going back to school. Like having your dead relatives clothes still in the gaf.

goat2

there are 12 days in Christmas, starting Christmas eve until the 7th jan, so mine will not come down till the 7th jan

osarusan

Just a tree up here, but will stay up until at least Jan 1.

Killergreene

Wait for all the atheist neckbeards to come along and tell us they took their decorations down on the 26th.

Back in the real world the normal people on are still merry and happy and enjoying 500cc of walker black tonight.

JupiterKid

January 6th and no earlier. I can't understand people taking down the tree on the 26th. But it's a free country...

Boom_Bap

KKkitty wrote: »

Mind yourself doing that now.

I'm an expert at this stage. Although this year I'm leaving the decorations on it.

RobertKK

Logan Ugly Gipsy wrote: »

6th January

Some forget Christmas lasts for 12 days.

JupiterKid

JupiterKid wrote: »

January 6th and no earlier. I can't understand people taking down the tree on the 26th. But it's a free country...

We have no tree to take down

Rothko

Who takes them down before New Years?

LordSutch

KKkitty wrote: »

Are your decorations still up?

Yeah, why

It's the 28th of December!

...due to come down around the 6th of January as tradition dictates.

IamtheWalrus

Ah who could stomach a Christmas tree until the 6th

RobertKK

December 25th = the start of Christmas.
January 5th = the last day of Christmas.

MadDog76

Still up (since the first weekend in December) and staying up until sometime after next Tuesday ........... in no rush to take them down if I'm honest.

Wheeliebin30

How can people still celebrate Christmas while getting up for work on the 3rd of January while it's dark cold and wet outside?

dudara

They'll come down on Jan 7th. I'm only easing into Christmas properly now that all the Christmas Day fuss is over

Oasis1974

Its tradition to take them down on Women's Little Christmas but i think its a bit of a long stretch alright. Maybe New Years day would be OK i guess.

LordSutch

MadDog76 wrote: »

Still up (since the first weekend in December) ...........

The first weekend in December!
You must be fed up with them by now, I know I would )

PS; Our's went up the weekend before Christmas started.

Xenji

I always take the decorations down on the 6th.

LordSutch

The 6th is traditionally the last day of Christmas.

Grandeeod

Spotted young neighbours dragging the tree out to the car today and driving off to dump it. They had lights all over their windows too, but they are now turned off. Seriously WTF is that all about.

Lady Spangles

My decorations consist of little more than a solitary string of tinsel on the kitchen shelf. As such, it's not too time consuming to take it down. Still gets left up there until May most years, though. But that's because I'm lazy bastard. So yeah, it's still there.

Wheeliebin30

If there is 12 days of Christmas why do people put up their trees in the first week of December?

Boom_Bap

I'm offering a service to allow my 2 cats to come into your house and tear down your Chrimbo tree. They've had lots of practice with mine this year.

Agricola

I can see why excitable people who put up decorations in late November would want them down by now. I couldn't be arsed til the 20th of December, so they can stay up now til Jan 7th.

Wheeliebin30 wrote: »

If there is 12 days of Christmas why do people put up their trees in the first week of December?

Because rampant consumerism dictates that Christmas starts in late November and ends when the last present is opened!

RobertKK

Wheeliebin30 wrote: »

How can people still celebrate Christmas while getting up for work on the 3rd of January while it's dark cold and wet outside?

Some people like those in the vital services in healthcare, fire services, gardai etc, and other areas like farming have to work on Christmas day.

I was most thankful back in 1996 when the ESB restored the electricity at 5.15pm on Christmas day after the Christmas eve storm.

metaoblivia

They'll come down this weekend. I want to have some festivity through New Year's Eve.

RobertKK

Actually I do have one Christmas thing on display, a small crib I bought at a Christmas market on a recent holiday, but it will take less than 30 seconds to put that away, and it might be on display for well past the Epiphany - it is small.

LordSutch

Wheeliebin30 wrote: »

If there is 12 days of Christmas why do people put up their trees in the first week of December?

Indeed, why do some people buy real trees at the start of December, knowing that the tree will have shed its spines before or during the start of Christmas

Christmas starts on the 25th of December.
Christmas finishes on the 6th of January.

happywithlife

Course they're still up - hate all that "put em up first week of December but take them down the 26th " crap - while I can still potentially have family/ friends visiting they're staying up - in fact I usually leave them up till 2nd weekend of Jan- love the last few nights with the xmas tree lights on - feet up chilling after going back to work :-)

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

goat2 wrote: »

there are 12 days in Christmas, starting Christmas eve until the 7th jan, so mine will not come down till the 7th jan

Check your calendar. If 25th December is day 1 then day 12 is 5th December.

Sleeper12

Little Christmas for us.

MadDog76

Wheeliebin30 wrote: »

How can people still celebrate Christmas while getting up for work on the 3rd of January while it's dark cold and wet outside?

The same way that those people who got up on December 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th and today did for work ......... that's right, some people worked Christmas Day and (shock horror!!! :eek:) still celebrated Christmas.

MadDog76

LordSutch wrote: »

The first weekend in December!
You must be fed up with them by now, I know I would )

PS; Our's went up the weekend before Christmas started.

Fed up with them? Quite the opposite!

muddypaws

Logan Ugly Gipsy wrote: »

Check your calendar. If 25th December is day 1 then day 12 is 5th December.

Check your typing

GreenFolder2

It's still Xmas until at least 6 January. If you take them down before then the Futurama Santabot will mark you down as naughty...

RobbieTheRobber

Killergreene wrote: »

Wait for all the atheist neckbeards to come along and tell us they took their decorations down on the 26th.

Back in the real world the normal people on are still merry and happy and enjoying 500cc of walker black tonight.

4 pages in not even one. I really wish there was a down vote button on boards.

RobertKK

Day 1 of Christmas - December 25th
Day 2 of Christmas - December 26th
Day 3 of Christmas - December 27th
Day 4 of Christmas - December 28th
Day 5 of Christmas - December 29th
Day 6 of Christmas - December 30th
Day 7 of Christmas - December 31st
Day 8 of Christmas - January 1st
Day 9 of Christmas - January 2nd
Day 10 of Christmas - January 3rd
Day 11 of Christmas - January 4th
Day 12 of Christmas - January 5th

January 6th - The Epiphany, and women can celebrate Christmas as it is over :P

KKkitty

I think it should be up to you whether to take them down or not. Christmas is as long as you want it to be. If you have enough of it take the decorations down and get back to normal.

MadDog76

KKkitty wrote: »

I think it should be up to you whether to take them down or not. Christmas is as long as you want it to be. If you have enough of it take the decorations down and get back to normal.

I think it is ........... ???

KKkitty

MadDog76 wrote: »

I think it is ........... ???

Some people seem to think it's wrong taking them down early though.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

MadDog76 wrote: »

I think it is ........... ???

You think?

Really?

I think.....?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

KKkitty wrote: »

Some people seem to think it's wrong taking them down early though.

It's just an old superstition that they shouldn't be taken down before the Epiphany on pain of bad luck for the year, but if someone wants to get back to normal then what's the harm?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

muddypaws wrote: »

Check your typing

With my arthritic fingers, I'm happy to be able to type at all.