How Much Longer Will You Leave Your Holiday Decorations Up?

[arwalden]

Or did you not even take them down from LAST YEAR?

Ya know... it used to bug the hell out of me to see houses with Holiday lights still up (especially those "chalet lights" that are supposed to look like icicles). Now... I just roll my eyes a little and grin.

-- Allen

P.S. That's the beauty of ONLY putting electric candles in the windows. That's the TOTAL extent of my "outdoor" decorating. It looks nice from the street... and it's EASY EASY EASY to take down and put away.

[laura888]

1. I took my tree down a few hours ago

but then again, it's been up since something like Nov 30. I can see outside my window again!

Cleaning on New years day is quite a cleansing experience.

[arwalden]

6. A Couple Of Years Ago I Left My Tree Up Until Almost February...

during the process of undecorating it and taking the lights off of it, nearly 100% of the needles fell off. I mean there was NOTHING but bare branches.

Pretty pathetic!

I didn't have the NERVE to put the BARE SKELETON of a tree on the corner of the driveway for the neighbors to see... so I got my pruning shears and snipped it into pieces that would fit in a black trash bag. I completely FILLED a vacuum cleaner bag with the needles.

I would have saved myself a lot of work if I had just taken it down two weeks earlier. Oh well. At least I've got a story to talk about.

-- Allen

[laura888]

7. yup - I had LOTS of needles everywhere taking it down today

I swept and vacummed for 2 hours. Needles and those little icecyle thingies.

The tree is now sitting in the front yard. Hopefully the trash guys will pick it up tomorrow.

Mine did have a few needles left on it, tho. thanks for the story :)

[Padraig18]

2. We took ours down ealier today.

:)

[prolesunited]

3. I didn't put any up

problem solved. :D

[patdem]

4. All decorations down the weekend after Xmas

SO only likes Xmas tree etc BEFORE Xmas..after he HATES them....probably reminds him of how much money I spent on Xmas gifts???

[LincolnMcGrath]

5. Down and Stored days ago

[Maeve]

8. Things come down on Sunday

So they will pick up the tree on Monday. Always leave things up until after New Year's for the holiday gestalt; when they come down depends on when the next trash pick-up is!

So I guess I'll go back to a non-holiday avatar Sunday, too...

[Cheswick2.0]

9. until orthodox Christmas

There are lots of Russian, Polish and Ukrainian Orthodox people around here, so we have an excuse to celebrate a little longer.

[asteroid2003QQ47]

10. How Much Longer?

Holiday?
Decorations?

[MariaS]

11. Till I get off

my lazy ass and stop reading DU all day and take them down. Exact date still unknown.:7

[MaryBear]

12. By January 15th,

at the latest. I start putting things away after New Year's Day.

[nostamj]

13. the ONLY thing remotely 'holiday'

in my apartment is a large mason jar filled with vintage glass Xmas tree ornaments.

been in the same place for over 5 years!

(do the photo cards of the nieces/nephews on the fridge count?)

[beyurslf]

14. Already down.

I usually take them down on new years day but I got mine down last weekend. The dog wouldn't leave the tree alone.