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Here comes to difficult part after all the buzz and hype of the best time of the year :sad elf: ...
So when do you guys take your trees down? Mine is still up and I still leave the lights on. I usually take it down during the first weekend of January. It's such a depressing thing to do so I tend to keep putting it off ... and wait impatiently for the excitement to mount again next year.
Ah ... what a cycle life is! I hope 2009 brings love, health, strength and peace to everyone here! :tree:
thank you for your kind wishes. I put off taking mine down, too. But, usually, I take it down by January 2nd. This year I might keep it up a little longer; not sure though. Have a blessed and joyous New Year everyone!
A very Happy New Year everyone. I will start taking down my trees in about 2 weeks. It will take me until the end of January to take everything down.
Normally I would take mine down on January 6 the (Three Kings) but this year I took it down the day after Christmas Because it was dead as a door nail:::sad elf:
I'll wait until the middle of january, it's difficult to do this, always a sad moment !
Middle to the end of January - outside will come down this next week on the first warm day. I am never in a hurry to take down the rest - I just love Christmas too much so will take it down in stages. The living room will be the last because I just love going in there with just the tree lights on with a glass of wine at the end of the night - there is just something magical about it all ......
Lynne :christmastree:
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Originally Posted by Crazymike1965
Haha! I was wondering about how long it would that you to take everything down Crazymike! :dizzy:
I think I will take my tree down this weekend. Seeing it in my living room now is a reminder that Christmas is over :sad elf:
My mother and my husband's parents always took the tree down on New Year's Day. I try to do that, too. But some years I leave it up a few days longer. This year I took all the ornaments off on New Year's Day and will take the tree down on January second. I'm not really sad. My smaller trees are still up in the dining room. And I leave the tree in the guest room up year round.
Thank you for your kind wishes, blue, and happy new year to you.
I start taking my Christmas decorations down after the feast of the 3 kings on Jan. 6. I usually finish by the middle of January since I get the Martin Luther King holiday off from work which gives me a nice long weekend to finish putting things away.
Mine came down on the 27th. I took the ornaments off and hubby does the rest. I would hate to be the one to dismantle the tree! Next year we have decided to leave the tree up until the 1 of january.
The Lunar/Chinese New Year is a major celebration here and is usually in January or February (this year, it will be at the end of January). I know some people who remove all the Christmas decorations from the tree and replace them with little firecrackers and faux limes which are traditional Lunar New Year decorations. I've given that some thought but I felt it was not right. I don't feel comfortable with putting decorations other than Christmas ones on the tree :dizzy:
And in other news.... I'm still procrastinating... :santahat:
I will take mine down on Jan 6.
I take mine down on New Years Eve/ New Years Day.
This year I had everything down by New Years Day.
It's still so depressing once everything is put away... but it wouldn't be special otherwise Here's to 2009! I am already looking forward to it :) :presents1:
We've usually taken ours down the day after Christmas or the weekend after. The rest of my family is always hot to de-decorate! lol.
We take ours down after 3 Kings Day. But it's a sad thing, so we all put it off and this year we procrastinated to the point that it came down near the end of January. But it was in amazing health- no needles falling off. It seemed such a shame to take it down even then! :p
We normally leave ours up until the first or second weekend in January, but since we were traveling after Christmas this year DW and I took it down the day after Christmas. It was so sad to see it down so early... :sad elf:
usually the 2nd week of January. I hate saying good bye to Christmas
I would like to take mine down on the 27th, there is nothing worse than a christmas tree with no prospects lol.
but I wait and take it down on new years day usually, i like it down by the 5th jan as my children are born very close to christmas and I dont want their birthdays to blur with the celebrations, its hard enough anyway lol
welcome Hazelnut! I am leaving mine up until Janaury 1st this year. but usually we take it down on the 26th
My husband is Italian, so he likes to wait until after the Italian Christmas, which is a week into January. Last year we had our first artificial tree, so we actually kept it up 2 weeks into January, both because the tree was so gorgeous the thought of putting it away mede me sad, and because I was just too tired to face the task.:christmastree:
Hi, can you tell me what the Three Kings is?Quote:
Originally Posted by tlazer
Everyone forces me to take it down mid January...I was lazy one year and left it up past Valentines, and they practically had an intervention. "We're worried about you, please take down the tree." I suppose I didnt have to keep it plugged in but... :gelf:
I live with my grandma and she likes to take it down the day after Christmas! She says it takes up too much room.
Haha that's how my grandma is, I always tell her to leave it for at least a week because she always has the best tree, but nope. I guess that's how grandmas are ;-)
That's funny! :santahat:Quote:
Originally Posted by MacShirts
That's too funny. I got a little lazy and left a couple of things up until March.Quote:
Originally Posted by MacShirts
I am constantly asked when the tree is coming down once Boxing Day arrives.
I think my family would have me committed if I did that...or if they knew I was a contributing member of this board...jk :pQuote:
Originally Posted by KrisKringleforSingles
My family would have me committed too. Actually my daughter knows and thinks I'm koo, koo.Quote:
Originally Posted by MacShirts
Haha oh well, we are a little "koo koo" but I think the retailers are to blame! We made a trip to hobby lobby and they already had trees ornaments wreaths everything xmas up already...it was neat :D
I take my tree and decs down normaly 2nd jan! I know that is kind of early, but, I have had them up since the 1st of dec lol also I put gypsyphilia(sp) in my tree it looks like snow on the edges of the branches, very pretty! and by then it has just about dried out!
I prefer to take the tree down about 15th of January. However if it was up to me, my tree and other decorations would stay up all year along and be changed around a little at a time.
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Originally Posted by MacShirts
Wow, I can't say I've seen anything Christmas here yet. It's just Halloween stuff right now. I will start going nuts once the Christmas stuff comes out. I've already been informed that the Sears Christmas Wish Book is out so that's on my to do list.:yahoo:
Yep I even took a pic of all the trees they had displayed, must have been 15 to 20 easy. Just curious, where do you get the Sears book?Quote:
Originally Posted by Christmasplease
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Originally Posted by MacShirts
Sears usually delivers the Wish Book directly to your house if you order regularly from them. I called and they said I may not get one because I didn't order enough. They are available in the stores the first week of September.
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I go nuts when that Catalogue comes out. That's the beginning of the Christmas season for me!:yahoo:
Oh I see, thats why I never got a book from them, I dont ever shop at sears. Although, come september, I'll stop in and grab a copy, its always fun to see what the "hot" gifts will be this year
I take my down the weekend after new years. Have done that since I was a kid :)
Boxing Day? Bah Humbug!Quote:
Originally Posted by Christmasplease
we take ours down on the 2nd of jan,but it does go up on the
1st dec:dance:
yvette
I couldnt agree more!! :candycane1:Quote:
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