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When do you like to pull down your...............

siggie-reported-by-alarmists — Sun, 28 Dec 2014 07:29:29 GMT

Christmas tree?...

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grandmoon — Sun, 28 Dec 2014 07:37:17 GMT

When i have the energy. No specific day.

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cherry*135 — Sun, 28 Dec 2014 07:40:22 GMT

Sometime between now and the next few weeks.. on a day with no high temps/humidity. I like to leave it up more than a few days, such an effort to put it up.

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kopenhagen5 — Sun, 28 Dec 2014 07:44:03 GMT

Our tradition has it that it's down before the new year. Usually Dec 30th or 31st.

Apparently it's bad luck to have it up into the new year.

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j*oono — Sun, 28 Dec 2014 07:44:07 GMT

On the 5th of January. That to me is the twelfth day.

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bushies.girl — Sun, 28 Dec 2014 07:45:43 GMT

Jan 4th

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siggie-reported-by-alarmists — Sun, 28 Dec 2014 07:45:54 GMT

I always put mine up on the first of December.

I like to pull mine down on the first of January.

I thought that was the norm.

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boris1gary — Sun, 28 Dec 2014 07:49:42 GMT

I decided this year that it is all staying put until the last day in January, I should be sick of it by then.

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horizon1907 — Sun, 28 Dec 2014 08:11:33 GMT

lol kopes, that's what we were always told too. I never put up a tree this year. Just lights.

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softail-joanie — Sun, 28 Dec 2014 08:28:56 GMT

Trees trees trees, OMG, ehh, I was never much on tradition, but I think it might be cool, to leave it and put up some more. Have yourself a Christmas forest in the living room. maybe even spill over to the dining room.

I wonder who ever came up with the brilant idea of putting a tree in a house.

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tasfleur — Sun, 28 Dec 2014 08:32:22 GMT

We pulled everything down yesterday, but it had all been up since the first Sunday in December when we had our annual gathering ....

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lis351 — Sun, 28 Dec 2014 08:37:07 GMT

It usually goes up on 13/12, 12 days before Christmas, and comes down on NYE.
This year it went up on 14th and the kids asked to pull it down this morning. I've just finished vacuuming up the tiny little plastic bits it seems to shed.
I think this might have been that trees last year, Hubs wants a new one that sheds less. I don't want a new one, that will mean buying new deco's and I can't be bothered.

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fourandsixpants — Sun, 28 Dec 2014 08:43:47 GMT

.....if you had a spare room you could just bung it in there, fully erect and decorated, then just bring it out each year

My daughter invited her 2 girl cousins over before Xmas to 'assist' and train them in how to put up and decorate a Christmas tree.(so they could rush home and do the same with theirs for the first time) They are aged 5 yrs and 3 yrs. Their Mum is Chinese and is new to all this Western stuff. ......they did a brilliant job.

Cute result.......they could only reach up so far, so the top 1/3rd is bereft of decorations LOL I left it as is and held the 3 yr old up to plonk a gold star on top.

Ahhh! The joy & 'Sparkle' of Christmas deckies and lights.....yep I usually take them down around the 4th January.

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katymatey* — Sun, 28 Dec 2014 08:50:40 GMT

Probably next week sometime, on a coolish day.

My mother has a mini tree, around 60 cm high. She just puts a bin liner over it, decorations and all, and puts it in a spare wardrobe until the next year.

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lloydslights — Sun, 28 Dec 2014 08:51:34 GMT

I didn't have a tree inside this year.

Just adornments and tartan ribbons and lights and beads on the sideboard and side tables and some additional baubles popped into the normal potted plants. The newly handmade door wreath will be packed away too.

4th January here.

DEB

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the_bob_delusion — Sun, 28 Dec 2014 09:36:40 GMT

http://nypost.com/2014/12/26/father-keeps-40-year-old-christmas-tree-as-tribute-to-sons/

Not yet. I'm trying to beat this guy.

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the_great_she_elephant — Sun, 28 Dec 2014 09:57:51 GMT

@j*oono wrote:
On the 5th of January. That to me is the twelfth day.

Same here, Joono. I think it must be an English thing. I was always told it was bad luck to leave any Christmas decorations up after 12th night.

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cherry*135 — Sun, 28 Dec 2014 10:01:34 GMT

@siggie-reported-by-alarmists wrote:
I always put mine up on the first of December.

I like to pull mine down on the first of January.

I thought that was the norm.

I don't think there are any Christmas tree taking down police

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fourandsixpants — Sun, 28 Dec 2014 10:18:47 GMT

to lloydlights who posted:

I didn't have a tree inside this year.

4th January here.

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daydream**believer — Sun, 28 Dec 2014 22:51:06 GMT

i started taking down the outdoor lights yesterday.

Was going to do the rest today but its pouring rain.

The tree will come down this week