Janty Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Normally the tree comes down on twelfth night but this year we have taken it down early so that we can get sorted before going back to work on Monday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riane Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 7th of January....still Christmas!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen & co. Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Twelth night here It's always sad to see it go, but the house grows Karen x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 The tree and decorations go up on the Saturday after the boys break up from school/college and come down on New Year's Day. The only thing which stays up till 12th night is the wreath for the front door. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gracefruit Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 New Years Day here. Any later and I start to twitch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa the Duchess Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Tomorrow, if I can get one of the men to take it back out in the garden where it normally lives. I hope it survives it's holiday with central heating Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 As near to Twelth Night as is practicable - Sunday afternoon this year. Same here Same here . A few years ago I started taking things down a few at a time each day over the days after New Year. It really works - when the tree eventually goes, the house doesn't look nearly so bare . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goosey Lucy Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Monday after the children have gone to bed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 will take mine down tomorrow, I dont follow the 12th night rule and take them down when is most convenient to do so I hate the bare rooms when they are down though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reikiranf Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 I normally take mine down on the 2nd January but will be taking mine down tomorrow as I've not had time today, I just think that once Christmas and New Years Day have passed it's pointless having them still up and I love how clean & uncluttered the place looks once I've taken them down and my decorations are minimal anyway with just a tree and the fireplaces decorated in the lounge and dining room, erm then again perhaps two trees in different rooms isn't that minimal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shirl Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Ours will come down Sunday otherwise the OH won't have time to do it Monday night. It kind of makes the place look bare but also less cluttered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Did most of mine last night - I've just left the tree with the lights on, but I'll do that today. Can't wait to get back to normal ... I'm a bit Christmassed out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faye&Ant Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Monday night after work - I could make it easier on myself and take it down tomorrow but im a stupid superstitious fool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groovychook Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 I'll leave it till the last minute & do it on Monday... I always feel really sad when I take the tree down... I hate the big bare gap it leaves!! I'm not keen on the start of the New Year anyway- it always seems really bland and ordered after all the sparkliness of Christmas. I'll only be happy once Pancake day's arrived! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms Marple Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 12th Night!! So Monday, which is OH's birthday!. I might follow ANH's example and take a few down today and tomorrow though - perhaps from the hall and stairs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Mines all done - phew! I quite like the house looking like it should do if I am honest. Although the decos do cover a lot of the dust bunnies up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola H Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Just finished taking mine down too and have had to dust........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeckyBoo Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Have to say ours are all down now and it looks LOVELY! Normally I hate it as it looks so bare and boring and colourless, but actually it looks clean, and light and we have so much more space! To mark the start of the new year I'm about to paint a bit of my front room red as I bought a fab red and white cheap print from Sainsburys which I think will look fab on it! Mrs B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 I took mine down to-night - will need to do the dust bunny stuff tomorrow but it does not look too bad really and I like it to be back to normal really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 all mine are down, going to blitz dust tomorrow after everything has settled House looks like we've been burgled I think it should be compulsory that we leave 'some' xmas lights up having said that, the outside ones are off but haven't been taken down, as that is hubbys job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeckyBoo Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 I've left some up, I know I know it's bad luck, but to be honest, this year I am going to flick a finger at the bad luck fariy - it's not my turn! So there are some sparkly lights in the dining room so we can have a colourful breakfast, and I pinned up about 3 dozen baubles all in a row off a ceiling beam in the hall and they are definitely staying - my house is a monument to magnolia otherwise (although I'm working on it! ) Mrs B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raina Posted January 4, 2009 Author Share Posted January 4, 2009 lol i love it when the x-mas stuff is taken down, Makes our small house(s) look massive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omletina Kyckling Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 If I have any energy left later, I'll do it today I think. I'm exhausted and in lots of pain today. We have been working on our master bedroom for ever, I think, and this weekend we hired a floor sander and edge sander to do up our oak floorboards....they are nearly there, but I can hardly move today due to back pain, hand pain, wrist pain, plus I think I'm coming down with something because my throat and neck are burning and my head throbbing.... SO I hope to do it later.........if I can move! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 I'll probably take ours done today as the children go back to school from tomorrow, so normal service will resume - and with that the dusting, yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk!!!!! I always used to have a silver birch branch in the front hall with lights on which at least made the entrance look a bit cheerier, may resurrect that with a fresh branch and move the idea into our new extension with a sweetpea basket of lights to lighten it up at bit. Mrs B, I think as long as they stay up all year, the bad luck fairy can't complain... ! Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Mine is down now. Have whizzed round with a duster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
