Are your decorations still up?

h7nlrp2v0g5u48

Mine are coming down tomorrow. Had a bad 2016 and can't wait to see the back of it.

Yourself isit

I am adding more winter decorations this week. In our new house we didn't have many before Christmas. No tree to take down.

MadDog76

KKkitty wrote: »

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

Sorry, was just winding you up ........ those people are best ignored Kitty.

MadDog76

Logan Ugly Gipsy wrote: »

You think?

Really?

I think.....?

Yes. :rolleyes:

Grandeeod

Reina Nervous Quotation wrote: »

Mine are coming down tomorrow. Had a bad 2016 and can't wait to see the back of it.

Well I had a fooking ****ty 2015 beyond belief, but I didn't take it out on Christmas or the decorations.

AndyBoBandy

I'm one of those mad people who celebrates Christmas every day! 365 days a year, I've been featured on various TV shows over the years.

so just leave the decorations up all year! I don't know what all the fuss is about??

bb1234567

Wheeliebin30 wrote: »

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

commercialism tells us that christmas lasts from deceber first until january 6th

appledrop

Of course. It takes a lot of effort to put them up why would you take them down already! We only put them up mid Dec+ they will stay up until early Jan. We usually take them down before 6th because its easier to do it before we are back in work.

Beanntraigheach

Sure if I take them down I'll have to put them back up again next year!
Feck that, I just leave them up permanently.

That said, I suppose the big "Happy Y2K!" sign I have in the hall could do with replacing.

KKkitty

I feel claustrophobic with them up at this stage though.

Yourself isit

Christmas is really a winter festival. It's about fighting the mid winter with good cheer, good beer and challenging darkness with lights.

Sure some decorations are Christmas specific but I see no reason to take down the led lighting I put up just as the worst part of winter arrives. When the days are noticeably brighter, I'll take them down.

LordSutch

Yourself isit wrote: »

I am adding more winter decorations this week.

Winter decorations?

are they like Christmas decorations?

Yourself isit

LordSutch wrote: »

Winter decorations?

are they like Christmas decorations?

They dont reference Christmas - lights mostly - so no. I might keep some holly.

jimbobaloobob

Yourself isit wrote: »

They dont reference Christmas - lights mostly - so no. I might keep some holly.

i didnt see any holly this winter for sale or even in the woods.

RobertKK

jimbobaloobob wrote: »

i didnt see any holly this winter for sale or even in the woods.

Around my area the holly trees had no berries, neither the red berry or yellow berry holly trees, guess the birds were hungry or the weather was not suitable.

Anesthetize

I usually take them down on the 1st of January, that's when the holiday season is over really.

LordSutch

Anesthetize wrote: »

I usually take them down on the 1st of January, that's when the holiday season is over really.

"The Holiday Season" ... really.

Maybe then you don't subscribe to Christmas and Christmas tradition's?

LordSutch

Anesthetize wrote: »

I usually take them down on the 1st of January, that's when the holiday season is over really.

"The Holiday Season" ... really.

Maybe then you don't subscribe to Christmas and Christmas tradition's?

Loveinapril

I don't put decorations up but I always feel like after christmas, decorations seem a bit pathetic and ugly. They lose their shine. Kinda like christmas goggles!

Shenshen

I've put them up on christmas eve, and they're coming down on the 6th of January.

Anesthetize

LordSutch wrote: »

"The Holiday Season" ... really.

Maybe then you don't subscribe to Christmas and Christmas tradition's?

I don't subscribe to the Christian hijacking of this period of winter. However you and I both know the real significance of December as a period of celebration. It predates Christianity in many cultures.

Shenshen

LordSutch wrote: »

"The Holiday Season" ... really.

Maybe then you don't subscribe to Christmas and Christmas tradition's?

I cancelled that subscription ages ago when I found you could keep the fun bits whether you were subscribed or not. Saved an awful lot of money.

cbyrd

RobertKK wrote:

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

The last day of Christmas is the 6th, I know that adds up to 13 but that's what it is according to the Roman Catholic church. Some religions only have 8, called the Octave of Christmas. Our official end to Christmas is the epiphany, the day the 3 wise men reached the stable in Bethlehem. This ws always observed as a holy day of obligation but in recent years the obligation bit was dropped.
Not everywhere in Ireland sees it as women's Christmas.


I will take my decorations down on the 7th, the 6th is a birthday in our house and he loves the decorations. I'd leave them up until March if I could, when everything is a bit brighter.

Estrellita

Wheeliebin30 wrote: »

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

For the same reason a couple of my neighbours put theirs up in the middle of November. They either had their calendars on the wrong month, or theres issues going on between their ears.

foggy_lad

Never put any up:eek:

xzanti

I'll take them down on New Years day.

I never leave them up til the 6th. Sick of looking at them by the 1st.

Estrellita

I put my tree up late enough, and like to take it down early. I've been seeing Christmas crap sneaking into the shops from September. The boxes of roses and quality Street suddenly in piles near the doors of the supermarket. I'd rather not spend another minute looking at the stuff in my house. I wanted to get the stuff down on the 27th but there was a bit of a protest from the kids. (No, they aren't believers). I'll give them till new year's day is done, then the lot is coming down.

rafatoni

Mine came down stephens morn at 00.01 am just before i went into town and started queing for 10 euro off a jumper in BT.

Parchment

Why bother putting it up if you are already thinking about when to take it down?

CelticRambler

KKkitty wrote: »

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?

Only bought the tree on Tuesday (10€ clearance bargain ) and decorated it yesterday, so it'll stay up a while yet.

I'll take it down before the end of Lent.

Probably.

harr

Down today ...always have them down before New Years ,3 weeks more than enough time to have them up ...all ways head to relatives for New Years so like to have them gone ...

Zirconia

KKkitty wrote: »

Mind yourself doing that now.

Yes - remember it the 2016 of death!