when should i take the tree down?

P_Cash

Back to work in morning, and will be late home each eve.

Will many people take it down today?

My mother was always holding for jan 7th , light them for the last time on jan 6th little Christmas she would say.

Ive seen take them down after the 12 days on some forums. I'm all confused, would prefer not to bring bad luck on me at the moment.

vicwatson

Yesterday

Sofiztikated

P_Cash wrote: »

Back to work in morning, and will be late home each eve.

Will many people take it down today?

My mother was always holding for jan 7th , light them for the last time on jan 6th little Christmas she would say.

Ive seen take them down after the 12 days on some forums. I'm all confused, would prefer not to bring bad luck on me at the moment.

As long as you take it down when there's a full AND a half moon, with a bushel of shamrocks on your doorstep, and before the Easter Bunny and Samhain get together to drink pints of stout, you'll be find.

Bad luck, fúck sake.

PizzamanIRL

Might as well keep it up now. You'll save yourself the effort of putting it up again in 11 months

Rubberchikken

ours always went down day after stephens day. love christmas , not so much the decorations.

but this year i got talked into leaving it up til today. so we'll tidy it away this evening.

don't believe in bad luck. a biody makes their own luck.

Clonmel1000

When did you put it up? A few idiot neighbours of mine had their Time Square like lights up in November i.e. when it wasnt Christmas and have been off or down side about the 30/31st December when it is Christmas! If possible hold in until after the 6th. The absolute commercialism of Christmas has ruined the whole festival for me as well as the slavish sheep mentality that goes with it....

yipeeeee

Who celebrates Christmas on the 4th or 5th of January?

Ireland really goes over the top with Christmas.

Should be down by New year's.

Clonmel1000

yipeeeee wrote: »

Who celebrates Christmas on the 4th or 5th of July?

Ireland really goes over the top with Christmas.

Should be down by New year's.

Should the trees be up in November?

iguana

The 5th is the last day of Christmas, also known as Twelfthnight or Epiphany eve. The 6th is the feast of Epiphany but not one of the 12 days of Christmas at all. The old tradition is to take your decorations down on the afternoon of the 5th and then have a bonfire with the disposable ones like the holly, ivy, real tree, etc. It's the basis of the Twelfth night party where you eat figgy pudding and king cake and drink mulled cider.

In reality do it whenever the hell you want. The decorations are meant to be festive, if your festivities have stopped and taking your decorations down at a time that reflects that makes you feel better, then go for it. No point in keeping them up when they depress you.

yipeeeee

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

Should the trees be up in November?

Sorry meant January not July:)

keysersoze0330

Take it down immediately

MagicMarker

00:00:01, 26th December.

iguana

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

Should the trees be up in November?

They should be up at a time that reflects the festive period for the people who have them up. Most people celebrate the run up to Christmas and are back to normal straight after New Year. So that's when they should have their decorations up. No point in having them out gathering dust until a couple of days after the 12 days of Christmas when you aren't actually celebrating those days. Most people find it depressing.

Personally I am on a mission to bring Twelfthnight back as it sounds like a great party for kids. But if you aren't going to be celebrating anything, I say take your tree down when you feel like it.

NotCominBack

The only bad luck ever recorded in the history of christmas tree departure scope has been whereby the tree has caught fire from blown lights - this is on public record as dated 12th Jan

Cause: lazyness

pharmaton

Mine came down yesterday, work tomorrow so won't get the chance to clean house again til next weekend so I've it all sorted and house and mind are back in order in advance of working week, boo

fuerte1976

went to take it down yesterday but the 2 Sprogs went ape$hit so had to leave it hogging the corner for couple more days ...

jester77

Trees are being picked up on the 7th, but took mine down on Friday. Had enough of the needles falling about the place.

Shenshen

I took all our decorations down on the 1st of January.

I love having everything look cozy and christmassy in the run-up to christmas, and over christmas itself. But once that's over, the decoration take on a somehow nostalgic air, and I really dislike nostalgia. So I take them off first chance I get.

My mom is more traditional, hers will stay up till candlemas.

Amazingfun

fuerte1976 wrote: »

went to take it down yesterday but the 2 Sprogs went ape$hit so had to leave it hogging the corner for couple more days ...

Ah ya big softy

athtrasna

The 7th, after Nollaig na mBan on the 6th. I love the 6th, special tradition coming from the South West.

Brien

Evening of the 6th, but we only put up the tree on the 23rd of December. Two weeks with all the decorations is perfect for me thanks.

Oops69

When you as an individual or a family feel like taking them down in relation to your particular circumstances / beliefs , life's too short for vexing the brain with these trivialities .

Chet T16

Ours came down on the 1st. The daughters birthday is today so we like to have some separation between it and Christmas.

The outside lights will probably be up, but not on, for the foreseeable...

RobertKK

Take down your tree and decorations whenever you feel like.

I live alone so I put nothing up so I have nothing to take down. Saves work...

Christmas ends on January 6th with the epiphany.

looksee

Take ours down on 6th, but it does not go up till a couple of days before Christmas. Not obsessive about it though :-)

EB_2013

Took mine down yesterday evening, hadn't put the lights on since Stephens's Day so couldn't see the point leaving them up any longer. It's depressing looking at them once Christmas is over.

Dublin Red Devil

The 6th is the traditional day.

Known as "Nollaig na mBan"

Christmas for women. The old idea was that women in Ireland would finally get a much needed rest after catering to everyone during the Christmas. She can rest while the man of the house does the work.

Son Of A Vidic

yipeeeee wrote: »

Ireland really goes over the top with Christmas.

And that's a phenomenon which is not exclusive to Ireland

Calibos

P_Cash wrote: »

Back to work in morning, and will be late home each eve.

Will many people take it down today?

My mother was always holding for jan 7th , light them for the last time on jan 6th little Christmas she would say.

Ive seen take them down after the 12 days on some forums. I'm all confused, would prefer not to bring bad luck on me at the moment.

This one time....we didn't take the tree down till the 8th....and you won't believe this but 2 days later I got a parking ticket, 3 months later I was in a fender bender, 2 months after that I got badly sunburnt, and 4 months after that I got a really bad Sore throat. Pass this message on to all your friends or you too will experience 'Bad Luckmass' for the rest of the year.....

athtrasna

Dublin Red Devil wrote: »

The 6th is the traditional day.

Known as "Nollaig na mBan"

Christmas for women. The old idea was that women in Ireland would finally get a much needed rest after catering to everyone during the Christmas. She can rest while the man of the house does the work.

Which is why the tree should be left to enjoy until the 7th, that's what the women in my family do. The 6th is a nice dinner, a glass of wine, candles lighting and appreciate Christmas one last time

Tokyo

Evening of the of the Epiphany, or the following morning here as well - 6th of January

Antar Bolaeisk

You should take it down on Candlemas Eve.

P_Cash

I think the problem is that the kids and schools are back tomorrow, they, unlike most of the country finished work on the Friday, way to early. Now kids are back early.

annascott

jester77 wrote: »

Trees are being picked up on the 7th, but took mine down on Friday. Had enough of the needles falling about the place.

I did not know that this service was available. Is it a service provided by the council?

ollaetta

Not too many waiting for the 6th or whatever it is. There is a mountain of ditched Christmas trees in the Marlay Park car park this afternoon. Saw one guy dragging two along the road a good 500 metres from the drop off.

yipeeeee

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

And that's a phenomenon which is not exclusive to Ireland

Ah now let's be honest, compared to most countries we really milk it.

annascott

It is (supposedly) bad luck to take down Christmas decorations before 6th January. Any time before midnight is fine...

Baggy Trousers

Always January 6th - Little Christmas.

UCDVet

The tree represents:

Thus, in celebration of the Birth of Jesus (Christmas), we have:
+ A tree (remembrance of what Jesus did on the cross which is called a tree).
+ Lights and ornaments (representational of the glory, and wonder of what Jesus did on the cross).
+ A star at the top, representing the star that was above Jesus Christ at his birth time.
+ Often a nativity scene, which is a model that depicts the birth of Jesus Christ at Christmas time.
+ And we give gifts (God gave us the gift of Jesus on his birth, the wise men gave Jesus birthday presents, and Jesus gave us the gift of salvation on the tree

I'd keep it up for as long as you feel those things are important.

Tree and decorations go up the weekend before Christmas and everything is taken down and put into storage on the first weekend of the New Year.
Also, all sweets, biscuits, Christmas food must be gone by the time the tree comes down.

mrsbyrne

I always take them down on the 2nd. A pal of mine keeps the tree up until all the quality street and Baileys have gone.

Antar Bolaeisk

mrsbyrne wrote: »

I always take them down on the 2nd. A pal of mine keeps the tree up until all the quality street and Baileys have gone.

Stephen's day seems a tad on the early side.

Grab All Association

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

Might as well keep it up now. You'll save yourself the effort of putting it up again in 11 months

Remember Thurles Town Council tried that once so as not to cause traffic jams whilst taking them down. The next December turning on the lights most the bulbs were gone and they had to replace them.

thelad95

My grandparents always sweared by taking them down on the 26th. Now, we normally just do it on whatever day suits after the 1st. Helping my mother take everything down tomorrow.

The house always seems very bare afterwards though!

jester77

annascott wrote: »

I did not know that this service was available. Is it a service provided by the council?

It is here in germany.

Cathy.C

In 8 months they'll be back up so just leave it up use it as a clothes horse in the meantime.

Batesy

Rubberchikken wrote: »

don't believe in bad luck. a biody makes their own luck.

But of bad luck on the last sentence there!

Batesy

Oh the ironing!

dudara

I'll take ours down on the 6th, but like many posters, they didn't go up until close to Christmas either.

I'm actually not crazy on the run up to Christmas. But I love the Christmas period from Christmas Day onwards (the traditional 12 days of Christmas). It's a peaceful quiet time of year. Once Nollag na mBan is over, the Christmas is over for me.

It just feels weird to me that so many people consider Christmas over by the 26th, when it's actually only the start. I enjoy relaxing into those quiet days, watching TV, reading, drinking tea (or something stronger), all with the lights twinkling away in the corner.

Eramen

You're meant to take it down the day after Epiphany or 'Little Christmas' on 7th of January.

To Elland Back

When my wife finally gives in to my nagging over getting rid of it, which usually starts on 26th