I took mine down on Dec. 28th this year because I had enough of the holiday season, but usually I would wait until the beginning of January.
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How long do you keep Xmas decorations up?
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Ours are down now except the outdoor Christmas lights. Took the rest down day after New Years. We got some snow this week so I don't feel like messing with the lights on the ladder in the cold/snow. I unplugged them and put away the dusk/dawn censor so they are off anyway.
That's what I usually do as well but this past weekend I was in such a cleaning mood that I took everything down Jan 2nd.
one time we had it up for the entire year, but usually on the sixth yeah
but nowadays we don't even put anything up tbh
but nowadays we don't even put anything up tbh
We usually keep up til New Years. But my tree fell over the day after Xmas and broke a ton of stuff so we just put it all away early
Here in Mexico, we have a custom named "maratón Guadalupe - Reyes", which means the start of the holiday's (plus parties, gatherings, you name it) start from the Virgin Mary's celebration on Dec 12 until Reyes Magos in January, which is usually the day all X-Mas decorations get stored.
I like it that way, Xmas lights and decorations always cheer me up, so enjoying them for one more week is always nice.
I like it that way, Xmas lights and decorations always cheer me up, so enjoying them for one more week is always nice.
This was my first year with a Christmas tree and I was so excited I bought it in October and had it up until earlier this week.
This year I decided to incorporate my Halloween decorations with my Christmas ones. It was super cute!!! Only downside was lots of decorations to put away this week....
I didn't put any up the last few years, but when I did I took it all down the day after Christmas.
Late January sounds like a good time
I keep up Halloween decorations until like thanksgiving too lol
I keep up Halloween decorations until like thanksgiving too lol
Its time for them to come down once past New Years- that said we have a skinny artificial tree in our living room we love the look of (and as a nighttime light source), that we often re-decorate for Valentines and even Easter. Why not?
My personal rule of thumb is no later than Martin Luther King Jr Day (Third Monday in January.)
There have been years where I just haven't taken down the outdoor lights and just stopped turning them on. My light setup was really complicated at my old house and at least one year I just never bothered to take it down. My new house is simpler, though, so I'll probably try to tackle some of it this weekend.
There have been years where I just haven't taken down the outdoor lights and just stopped turning them on. My light setup was really complicated at my old house and at least one year I just never bothered to take it down. My new house is simpler, though, so I'll probably try to tackle some of it this weekend.
Until I feel like taking them down or the shame of them being up so long forces me to. Whoever comes first
Usually it's this weekend that they all come down. But got hit with the Vid this weekend and then we got a snow storm so they're still up outside.
The tree and indoor decorations are all down, took em down on Jan 2. Gonna wait for the first temperate day once my kid is back in school to take them down.
Gotta get the tree down to the city. That's gonna take longer.
The tree and indoor decorations are all down, took em down on Jan 2. Gonna wait for the first temperate day once my kid is back in school to take them down.
Gotta get the tree down to the city. That's gonna take longer.
Usually this weekend, but I since we had some late snow, I'm going to leave them up for another week.
the rest of my family is catholic so they keep it up until the epiphany. me and my husband are just keeping our cool little tree up in our apartment because it provides the perfect amount of lighting.
Took it all down yesterday. Where I live many places take it all down on the 26th to the 28th because they gear up to the new year decoration which is different, but I personally don't care much about that stuff so I leave the Christmas decoration until the end of the first week of January or so.
I bought some LED lights powered by solar energy that automatically turn on once it gets dark and they were originally set for Christmas, but I'll change the location, set them to constant instead of blinking, and will leave them all year round since it's nice having some extra lights on the balcony.
I bought some LED lights powered by solar energy that automatically turn on once it gets dark and they were originally set for Christmas, but I'll change the location, set them to constant instead of blinking, and will leave them all year round since it's nice having some extra lights on the balcony.
This year they went down Christmas Day because we're moving, but normally 2-3 days after Christmas.
Usually 6th or 7th, tree is back in the box, all decoration are down, the outside light is currently on it's covered in snow and the timer is still working lol, it's too fucking cold to take off the timer
