Are you taking your tree down today?

Worthy · 1 Jan 2013 at 15:05

I am. I normally take it down the day before I go back to work, but seeing as that's tomorrow, I've decided I can't stand seeing it any more and it's time for it to go back in the loft for another year.

Thoughts? Am I an Ebeneezer?

Castiel · 1 Jan 2013 at 15:09

No....tradition dictates that you take down the tree the day after the Epiphany, so by the 7th.

Nexus · 1 Jan 2013 at 15:10

What Castiel said.

End of thread.

Pawnless Endgame · 1 Jan 2013 at 15:10

I will keep tree / lights / decor up until Twelfth Night (6th Jan), which conveniently falls in a weekend this time round.

Edit: didn't know it was the 7th Jan. Always known it as 6th over here.

PhillyDee · 1 Jan 2013 at 15:14

Nexus said:
What Castiel said.

End of thread.

No its not.

Mine has been taken down today. I know loads of people who took it down on the 27th/28th!

Well, I say tree, Mine is now a digital tree.

Hilly · 1 Jan 2013 at 15:15

Took ours down yesterday to make room for the new years party

Nitefly · 1 Jan 2013 at 15:15

PhillyDee said:
Well, I say tree, Mine is now a digital tree.

Hades · 1 Jan 2013 at 15:20

Mine came down boxing day.

PhillyDee · 1 Jan 2013 at 15:23

Nitefly said:

Coloured version of this, but hacked to make all the lights stay on permanently.
http://www.wilkinsonplus.com/invt/0322522

Its either on, and looks like a tree, or off and it looks like a pole.

Nitefly · 1 Jan 2013 at 15:25

PhillyDee said:
Coloured version of this, but hacked to make all the lights stay on permanently.
http://www.wilkinsonplus.com/invt/0322522

Its either on, and looks like a tree, or off and it looks like a pole.

Seriously, what is that

Ceryndrion · 1 Jan 2013 at 15:25

Twelth night, is the evening of january 5th, twelth day itself is the sixth, which confuses the bejesus out of a lot of folk.

The dictionary definition states - "the evening of the fifth of January, preceding Twelfth Day, the eve of the Epiphany, formerly the last day of the Christmas festivities and observed as a time of merrymaking".

Housey · 1 Jan 2013 at 15:27

Never put one up so no....and yes.

buckeejit · 1 Jan 2013 at 15:27

My mum took the tree and decorations down on the 27th lol. She said it makes the house look untidy lol.

PhillyDee · 1 Jan 2013 at 15:28

Nitefly said:
Seriously, what is that

No tinsel, no bloody baubles, no gaps where you can't be bothered to match everything up or reach, and no having to hoover up tinsel which falls to bits.

Yes, I have been incredibly lazy this time around. I normally go nuts, but hated putting them up, and taking them down. It took me about 4 minutes today

Cosimo · 1 Jan 2013 at 15:29

Not for another week.

Nexus · 1 Jan 2013 at 15:30

PhillyDee said:
No its not.

Mine has been taken down today. I know loads of people who took it down on the 27th/28th!

Of course people can take them down earlier, but traditionally its until the twelfth night. I suppose many also take them down just because of time, if you are back to work, you might not have a chance to do so. I think its more the keeping it up past the twelfth night which is the frowned upon thing. Saying that though, most real trees start looking a bit tired come January anyways.

Well, I say tree, Mine is now a digital tree.

I second the.... what?

Nitefly · 1 Jan 2013 at 15:31

PhillyDee said:
No tinsel, no bloody baubles, no gaps where you can't be bothered to match everything up or reach, and no having to hoover up tinsel which falls to bits.

Yes, I have been incredibly lazy this time around. I normally go nuts, but hated putting them up, and taking them down. It took me about 4 minutes today

Well, I suppose it beats my effort from a few years ago:

Nitefly said:

RJC · 1 Jan 2013 at 15:33

We will do ours tomorrow or weekend.

Most of the decorations have removed from around the house and outside lights.

dbmzk1 · 1 Jan 2013 at 15:33

I'll be taking mine down on Saturday. Only because I'm back to work tomorrow and can't be bothered to do anything on my last day of slob!

Castiel · 1 Jan 2013 at 15:42

Ceryndrion said:
Twelth night, is the evening of january 5th, twelth day itself is the sixth, which confuses the bejesus out of a lot of folk.

The dictionary definition states - "the evening of the fifth of January, preceding Twelfth Day, the eve of the Epiphany, formerly the last day of the Christmas festivities and observed as a time of merrymaking".

The traditional time is take them down after the epiphany (When the Wise Men arrive to pay homage) and the 12th day of Christmas (The first day is the 26th)

It used to be tradition to leave them up until February 2nd or Candlemas Day as that was considered to be the end of the Christmas Period.

We normally take them down the weekend of the Epiphany.

Are you taking your tree down today?

I haz 4090!