How long do you keep up holiday decorations?

[bigdaddybass12]

How long do you keep your decorations up?
Me? Probably to the 2nd week of January. I start taking stuff down New Years. Mine are more seasonal opposed to “Christmas” I guess after I drag this stuff out and put it up, I want to keep them up for a while! We start putting Mardi gras decorations after that!

 

[ShawnG]

Usually New Year’s Day or the day after. Traveled for the holidays this year, so keeping up until Epiphany (12th Day of Christmas) to enjoy them a little longer this year.

 

[Killing Floor]

Undid the trees a few days ago and the tree today.

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More than a week into January = certified psycho

 

[Pilgrim]

Our house lights will be up until at least the end of Jan. Sometimes into Feb, as the mood happens. Winter is so dark that I like having the lights up.

 

[Captain Chaos]

We didn’t put nothing up this year, not even a tree.

 

[ryco]

Jan 2

 

[Nashrakh]

Usually New Year’s Day or the day after. Traveled for the holidays this year, so keeping up until Epiphany (12th Day of Christmas) to enjoy them a little longer this year.

Where I live, Christmas decorations are usually kept up until Epiphany. It is part of the holiday, after all.

 

[pcake]

my father used to take everything down the first weekend after christmas.

my husband and i take ours down within a day or 2 of new years.

my ex husband once had a classic 60s aluminum tree he left up for about 8 years until his GF finally took it down.

 

[STRMan]

I used to keep the lights on outside until I was the last one on my block, about mid-January, and take down the tree right before Valentine's day. I lit my outside lights for the last time this season last night, and my wife already undecorated the indoor tree yesterday.

 

[JRA]

until my better half says to take it all down. she said we'd be packing it up sometime in the coming week....

happy wife = happy life. it's the best way.


FWIW, she's always seemed to want the decorations up for a month. she loves the season and the holidays.

 

[buldog5151bass]

Generally the week/weekend after New Years. No reason to blow the mood taking things down over over NY weekend.

 

[bigdaddybass12]

Our house lights will be up until at least the end of Jan. Sometimes into Feb, as the mood happens. Winter is so dark that I like having the lights up.

Yeah, I understand that. Kinda the same way. Our lights are just clear, also trees with clear lights.

 

[gln1955]

Probably tonight.

My one grandmother would leave here tree up all through January. She was born in Germany and that may have been a thing there.

 

[WI Short Scaler]

My wife works at the local high school and likes to have it all down before she returns to work on 1/2. As for me I'm not committed to them once Christmas is over so fine with me. This year has been unseasonably warm and Friday 12/30 was 40 degrees F so we took advantage of that weather and got the outside stuff done. Inside stuff packed away on 12/31 before I had a night gig.

 

[Gabu]

How long do you keep your decorations up?
Me? Probably to the 2nd week of January. I start taking stuff down New Years. Mine are more seasonal opposed to “Christmas” I guess after I drag this stuff out and put it up, I want to keep them up for a while! We start putting Mardi gras decorations after that!

Mine are gone as of this morning. Its 2024 now, so we're looking forward.

 

[James Flowers]

All comes down at New Years

 

[bigdaddybass12]

My dad would have it all down about 5:00pm Christmas night!

 

[slobake]

One of mrs. slo's favorite sayings in "I'm moving on." During our first year together I came home from work on Dec 26th and our Christmas tree and all our decorations were gone. I was shocked and asked "What happened?" Mrs. slo didn't understand the question. She said "What do you mean what happened?" I told her I was used to leaving the decorations up until after New Years. She said "Christmas is over, we're moving on."
This year we took down the tree on 12/29. The oustide lights are still up but I haven't been turning them on since I received our power bill. They will come down today.

 

[Passinwind]

How long do you keep your decorations up?

What decorations?

 

[flannel cat]

Ours comes down when the old timer gets bored of sleeping under it, or batting ornaments around.. been a tradition for 15 years with him..