I love how you just assume that the entire reading audience partake in this custom. Believe it or not .. some of us do not cut down a living evergreen, remove it from its natural environment, then drag it into the house. Some of us don't buy a plastic tree made in China. We don't see the need to copy Victorian habits from a couple hundreds years ago. And... if we are interested in "Jesus birthday"(a date no one knows anyway), we also know there were no evergreens in the Middle East. Jesus never would have seen one.
I live in a town that's very Greek. Their Christmas is January 7th so it's customary for everyone to leave their decorations up until that day. I once left the tree up all year. I just picked it up and moved it to a sunroom. lol
@ CNN Anchor Candy Crowley - Thank you for all the laughs, please keep them coming!
I had an artificial tree that I kept up year round because it looked nice. I threw it out this week because of allergies.
I am literally sick and tired of going to the emergency room. Now you know why I haven't been here lately. I ask for the CDAN community's prayers for recovery and healing. Thank you.
Last night after kids went to bed. Threw it right out the front door. Not even shitting you. I did the same last year. The solstice is over..the days will get longer...all that crap.
Comes down after Second Christmas (Hobbit tradition), after Orthodox Christmas/ Epiphany around Jan 6th/7th. Unknown seems to not like Chrissy Decorations much but if you're going to Grinch get your facts right, 200yrs ago = Georgian not Victorian and the decorated tree tradition is not Victorian but Pagan Scandinavian/Celtic Solstice tradition. Granted the tree has nothing to do with Jesus who was probably born around March/April.
We usually leave ours up until the first weekend after New Year's. Some years it stays up until the weekend after Ukrainian Christmas. We aren't Ukrainian, but who's to know?
I started a company selling land mines disguised as prayer mats.
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Twelfth Night.
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ReplyDeleteI like the Three Kings Day rule.
ReplyDeleteours is fake, so april.
ReplyDeletelong enough where guests comment about its randomness. thats our favorite part.
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ReplyDeletethe weekend after christmas.
ReplyDelete+1 notthis, It looks awesome, but on the other hand kind of sends the wrong message to house guests ;)
ReplyDeleteUsually a few days. By New Year's Eve all Xmas stuff is put away and I do a deep cleaning for the new year.
ReplyDeleteI got them up early this year, so I will take them down a week after New Year. I leave them up at least a month,.
ReplyDeleteWhatever weekend follows New Years' Day. Definitely by Valentine's Day. Never a day beyond Easter.
ReplyDeleteI love how you just assume that the entire reading audience partake in this custom.
ReplyDeleteBelieve it or not .. some of us do not cut down a living evergreen, remove it from its natural environment, then drag it into the house.
Some of us don't buy a plastic tree made in China. We don't see the need to copy Victorian habits from a couple hundreds years ago.
And... if we are interested in "Jesus birthday"(a date no one knows anyway), we also know there were no evergreens in the Middle East. Jesus never would have seen one.
Until after New Year’s.
ReplyDeleteUnknown seems cranky
ReplyDeleteNo tree, ask me when I take down my flamingos and their sleigh lol
ReplyDeleteJeez, I think someone got touched by a christmas tree as a child.
ReplyDeleteIt's nice to have extra lights going around the winter solstice.
No tree but I take down all other decorations the first weekend after christmas.
ReplyDeleteThe Epiphany, January 6th.
ReplyDeleteThree Kings Day
ReplyDeleteI live in a town that's very Greek. Their Christmas is January 7th so it's customary for everyone to leave their decorations up until that day. I once left the tree up all year. I just picked it up and moved it to a sunroom. lol
ReplyDeleteI take it down on January 2nd. Didn't put one up this year, though.
ReplyDeleteMid January sometime. I start nagging DH New Year's Day. Sometime over the next couple of weeks he finally gets the job done.
ReplyDeleteThree weeks or so.
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ReplyDelete@ CNN Anchor Candy Crowley - Thank you for all the laughs, please keep them coming!
ReplyDeleteI had an artificial tree that I kept up year round because it looked nice. I threw it out this week because of allergies.
I am literally sick and tired of going to the emergency room. Now you know why I haven't been here lately. I ask for the CDAN community's prayers for recovery and healing. Thank you.
Normally I am so late, so the end of January, but I just took my down, this afternoon.
ReplyDeleteJanuary 5th. Christmas taken down begins in on the sixth.....
ReplyDeleteLast night after kids went to bed. Threw it right out the front door. Not even shitting you. I did the same last year. The solstice is over..the days will get longer...all that crap.
ReplyDelete27th, or around. Down by the 30th that's for sure
ReplyDeleteI leave everything up for the priest to enjoy my yearly epiphany party.
ReplyDeleteMay God bless you and heal you TW. Please let us know how you are doing.
ReplyDeleteThank you Weekittylass. I receive the blessing. May God bless you as well.
ReplyDeleteMy prayers are with you tw
ReplyDeleteGood luck to you T. W. stay with the fight.
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ReplyDeleteComes down after Second Christmas (Hobbit tradition), after Orthodox Christmas/ Epiphany around Jan 6th/7th. Unknown seems to not like Chrissy Decorations much but if you're going to Grinch get your facts right, 200yrs ago = Georgian not Victorian and the decorated tree tradition is not Victorian but Pagan Scandinavian/Celtic Solstice tradition. Granted the tree has nothing to do with Jesus who was probably born around March/April.
ReplyDeleteWe usually leave ours up until the first weekend after New Year's. Some years it stays up until the weekend after Ukrainian Christmas. We aren't Ukrainian, but who's to know?
ReplyDeleteI can’t be bothered to put up a Christmas tree, but growing up my mother always took the tree down after Three Kings Day.
ReplyDeleteI take my tree down when the spirit moves.
ReplyDeleteT.W. - prayers/energy sent.
Till Three Kings Day
ReplyDeleteSorry TW. This year has been pretty bad fo4r asthmatics like myself. God Bless
ReplyDeleteThe dry weather here makes early crispy trees, so I took it out today.
ReplyDeleteI keep it up all year round. I'm that lazy. Seriously.
ReplyDeleteUntil just after New Years
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