Sometime after epiphany. I figure as a Christmas celebrating atheist, if I’m going to observe the tradition I should take it all the way.
If I get it down in time, one of the local stream programs uses old trees for salmon habitat and I’ll bring it there. If not, it becomes a nurse log or bed border for my yard.
Post by redheadbaker on Dec 28, 2021 21:07:31 GMT -5
Typically the weekend after New Years. Our decor is limited to a fake tree, a couple of indoor tabletop decorations, and two small outdoor lanterns (no outdoor lights -- our rental doesn't have an outdoor outlet).
Last year I put up the (fake) tree before Thanksgiving and left it until mid-January. This year I kind of want to keep it up all winter. I like the look. We'll see when H starts to complain.
Typically Dec 28/29th. I love Christmas, but I really don't love extra decorations. We really only put up the tree and I'm very ready for it to be down and have my living room back to minimalist standards before the New Year.
Usually Epiphany, but this year we are leaving for vacation on the 7th and I don't want to be doing everything all at once, so I plan to take everything down this week.
If always varies. This year we got a new tree for the first time. I hated it. It came down yesterday. I have a fake pencil tree up in the entry and that is still up. I also left the mini trees up. Those will probably be up til the 8th.
Post by underwaterrhymes on Dec 29, 2021 8:38:31 GMT -5
The tree and all the memories on it being me so much joy, it stays up from the end of October through usually the end of January. It’s one of the many reasons we have a fake tree. (Anxiety over house fires is another.)
I’ve taken our tree down before Christmas because we’re usually traveling over the holiday and I never want to deal with it after we get home. I didn’t have time this year so I’ll probably undecorate it today and it will come down tomorrow evening so we can put it out for bulk pickup Friday.
ETA: We get our tree (and I put up the other decorations) over Thanksgiving weekend so we have awhile to enjoy it. Once the holiday passes it just feels like a to-do hanging over my head so they come down quickly. Same reason I unpack immediately when I get home from a trip lol.
This year, it will come down on Monday or Tuesday - I am at work those days and my housekeeper/nanny will be home with the @ as school resumes on the 5th, so it is a project they can do without me!
We had a freshly cut tree this year, which we put up the first weekend in December. It really only lasted 2 weeks, so we took it down December 26th. I will take down the rest this weekend when I do my cleaning.
I live in Oregon where most Christmas trees come from. We go the Sunday after thanksgiving and cut a fresh tree at a local farm. We usually get a Nordmann but this year have a 12’ Noble (it’s a fancy high altitude tree) and a fake tree. I leave my real tree up for a reallly long time just because I love it. Two years ago it was up until January 20th and still looked good when we took it out.
This year, I kept it very watered for the first two weeks. We were gone for a week and I expected it to be dry and droopy with ornaments on the floor when we came home. Nope. It’s still going strong and looks fantastic! I’ll leave it up as long as I can.
Last year we had just moved on 12/17 and only had a fake tree, I took that sucker down on 12/27 and had zero regrets.
Post by expectantsteelerfan on Dec 31, 2021 11:16:45 GMT -5
I had the kids bring up all the bins from the garage yesterday and took all the ornaments off both trees. Today I took down and put away all the outdoor lights, and I asked dh to take the tress down and get them in boxes and help me move them back up to the attic. I will also probably do some laundry today (like holiday towels and the dog holiday blankets), but it will probably be several more days before everything is actually packed into the bins and the bins are put away. For me, I don't start until we're done having people over to our house for a long stretch because I know that it will be a several day process depending on weather, motivation, and how quickly I get annoyed with the bins being all over.
Post by mrsukyankee on Dec 31, 2021 11:41:38 GMT -5
I'll probably take the fake tree down next week as well as most of the decorations (I leave lights on my mantle all year round). I leave the lights outside until it's no longer dark in the early evening. I like to have a little something outside during the winter.
Post by DotAndBuzz on Dec 31, 2021 13:00:28 GMT -5
2 fake trees, all fake garland, and now especially I feel like I need the pretty/sparkles/lights that come with Xmas decorations. Winter messes with my head, and these bring me joy.
It's entirely possible that they'll be up in Feb. No fucks given.
My neighbor said something about my one strand of garland and lights on my deck that I had kept lit most of the winter last year, and I was legit going to take them down that weekend. But I left them up an extra week after she brought it up that I should probably take them down before Easter. And now I have year round outdoor deck light strands. #petty