Matt and I decided we'd leave our Christmas tree up for another week or so.
But then I think of my own parents, who keep their (undecorated) Christmas tree set up year-round in my mom's home office. She calls it her "forest tree." (If you knew my mom, you'd just think it's funny, even though it is a little crazy.) This is normal for them.
(And their next-door neighbors had their outdoor Christmas lights up for like six years straight when I was younger.)
How long do you leave your Christmas decorations up? How long after the new year is too long?
Well this was the first year I really got to do decorations and I took 'em down the day after Christmas. But I'm a bit anal about that sort of thing! I think the first or second week of January is totally normal!
ReplyDeleteI always take my tree down the day after Christmas. For me, nothing is quite so over as Christmas! My kids think I'm nuts, of course.
ReplyDeleteWhen we (and by that I mean me) decorated our old apartment, I usually took it down within a week. I loved having it up, but was also ready to have the space back.
ReplyDeleteGrowing up we always took them down a few days after the new year. I always got a little sad when we would take things down - especially the lights! But one of my biggest pet peeves is seeing Christmas lights off season.
ReplyDeleteWe usually keep ours up until the 6th but this year we took it down on New Year's because I was going to be gone all of Jan. and the hubby didn't want to take it down by himself. :)
ReplyDeleteLol funny. We took ours down on new years eve actually. I think maybe 2 weeks after the new year is ok..anything after that is pushing it tho. Ive seen lights all year but not lit up. It takes a lot to get those loghts up on the roof lol.
ReplyDeleteYou're way ahead of me - my Christmas decorations didn't even make it up this year!
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