I always find it depressing when the stuff comes down, especially when I was a kid because that meant I'd have to go back to school soon.
Taking down the tree....
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^ Is that Locke's eye?
Yep! Locke is the man.
Fact.
Locke? Who is this Locke you speak of.
That's Clearly Admiral Pressman's eye.
I don't even know who you are, anymore.
My tree always goes up the weekend after Thanksgiving and comes down the weekend after New Years. Basically, the tree is down and everything has been put away already, even with my being cursed with a nasty respiratory right now. I love all of it being up but if I leave it up any longer than that my OCD starts kicking in. My quest to "dust underneath all of it" and "organize it" gets so great it has to go back in the box.
My decorations and tree go up beginning the day after Thanksgiving. It takes me two days or three to fully decorate.
I begin undecorating on New Year's Day. Now that I have health issues, it takes me two days instead of one to get it all done.
I hate undecorating, so am always glad when it's done. The house looks so bare though!
I begin undecorating on New Year's Day. Now that I have health issues, it takes me two days instead of one to get it all done.
I hate undecorating, so am always glad when it's done. The house looks so bare though!
Slightly off topic, but does anyone around here like to vary the look of their tree when they decorate it (different coloured lights, different decorations, etc.) or do most prefer it looking pretty much the same year to year?
I like the continuity, but a little variety makes it more interesting. Next year I'd like to do something I haven't seen since I was a kid, putting angel hair around the lights to give them a soft halo effect.
I like the continuity, but a little variety makes it more interesting. Next year I'd like to do something I haven't seen since I was a kid, putting angel hair around the lights to give them a soft halo effect.
Oh, yes. That is his toy now.
I just saw him in his bed cuddling with it.I actually keep some things out all year- a few of my Star Trek ornaments, some of the toys.
The thing I dread putting away the most is my Spode children's tea set:
The dolls and table stay out, with a different tea set, but I love the Spode.
Oh, well, if it's put away, there's less chance of it being broken.
Every year I buy new ornaments to add to the collection. And to make room for those new ones, one set gets retired. I also vary the arrangement I put into the top of the tree and rearrange the other decorations I put out. The only thing I have kept the same for more than three years is my stockings. I love the ones I have and can't seem to give them up.
However, next year, I am thinking about getting a new tree and going with more of an "Old Fashioned Christmas" look. For the last couple of years I have done this "Elegant Red/Gold Christmas" look and I am tired of it. I want to get some of those knitted sock stockings and drag out some of my "old fashioned toy ornaments". I need to find some blown glass ornaments too.
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Locke? Who is this Locke you speak of.
That's Clearly Admiral Pressman's eye.
I don't even know who you are, anymore.
Amen, brother.
Anyhoo, I took the Christmas tree down on the 2nd. It only took about 5 minutes, but I hated doing it. I love Christmas and even celebrating it from November to January 1st it doesn't seem long enough. Took down the outside decorations too, and all the wreaths. House looks cold and bare.
J.
I usually honor Orthodox Christmas and leave it up till the 8th, but I make take it down after the Epiphany service on Wed.
The Roman Calendar has Epiphany celebrated today in the US. Pshaw! Epiphany is on January 6th, with the close of the Christmas season occurring the Sunday after with the Baptism of the Lord.
Thus, my stuff will stay up for the rest of this week and come down on the 9th.
Thus, my stuff will stay up for the rest of this week and come down on the 9th.
Oh, good question. We mix it up every year. Actually, back in the old days, when we were first together, we didn't have enough ornaments, etc., do be able to mix it up. But as the years have gone on and we've added to our collection, we actually couldn't begin to fit all the ornaments on 1 tree. And we have different types of lights: all white "twinkle" lights; multicolored "twinkle" lights; and multicolored "big bulbs", which are the "C-7" lights I remember from when I was a kid. We change the type of lights we use each year, which sort of dictates the other decorations we put on the tree.
And this year we did something completely different for us: very minimal and mono-chromatic tree. All white lights with silver and crystal type ornaments. Then I got these branches with red berries and inserted them into the tree here and there for some "pop". We were really happy with the tree this year, but it was completely different from anything we've ever done before.
I'll have to post a picture when I get home.
For me it's usually variations on a theme. Some years it's all red and gold; some years it's red and rustic; some years its purple and gold. I do like to vary the theme though. After having looked through all the photos of the trees and decorations here, I do feel that Americans go to town more with their decorating than the British. But I do feel that in recent years we are catching up a little bit.
Tree and decs go up the weekend son breaks up from school and come down before his birthday on the 5th Jan. ~ obviously apart from the fairy lights which stay up all year
This year it had to come down earlier due to Man's acquirement of a new, ugly, bigger TV on the 3rd, which required the whole living room to be re-arranged to fit it in!
And this year the colour theme was silver and black, with occasional special baubles that we'd gathered over the years
This year it had to come down earlier due to Man's acquirement of a new, ugly, bigger TV on the 3rd, which required the whole living room to be re-arranged to fit it in!
And this year the colour theme was silver and black, with occasional special baubles that we'd gathered over the years
My trees are down. 
My cat is so confused. He looked at me like "Where the hell are my trees, human?"
My cat is so confused. He looked at me like "Where the hell are my trees, human?"
My trees are down.
So true! My Squeak is so confused about the changing of the rooms and even more put out about the snow ~
cat's, I have decided, are not comfortable with change
I still have not taken my Christmas tree down. I will probably do it tomorrow or the day after. I didn't get much time to enjoy it, as we were so busy this December.
Besides, it's a fake tree, so there's no particular rush.
Besides, it's a fake tree, so there's no particular rush.
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