When does Christmas end for you?

[LineSkiCat14]

I've always been one to extend the "Christmas" season well past NYE and into the first few weeks of January. Christmas lights stay up and stay, still will watch Christmas moves through NYE, don't bother taking decorations down until probably late January. Probably will have one more Christmas party the week after to catch up with other friends and family..

I ask this because I'm always blown away by the people who have their trees out for pickup on December 26th. You put all this work into setting it all up, I want to actually enjoy it for a while. Maybe it's the cold up here for me, but I always found it depressing to end Christmas immediately after the 25th. Way more enjoyable to make Christmas more of a season to get through the cold winters up by me.

What say you?

 

[jedwar]

New Year’s Day for me. By then I’m ready to be done.

 

[bbonds]

We put all of our stuff up the week before Thanksgiving. We get to enjoy it. Usually the weekend around NY will take it all down. So next weekend.

 

[BigBlueDave]

Grandmother on my mom's side lived her whole life in Philadelphia. Her tree didn't go up until Christmas Eve and stayed up through the twelve days. She hasn't been with us since 1980 though and times change.

New Years Day for me. Outside lights sooner if bad weather is forecast. I got burned one year and I missed my chance. It was nasty out with snow on my roof until the first week of March.

 

[rick64]

I guess today. My wife has taken most of the Christmas decorations. 😂

 

[justa]

I’m in same boat. Usually it’s been New Years but this year she started taking down decorations yesterday and today only thing left is the tree.

 

[UK82]

Yeah my wife took down everything, even the last can of Who-hash.

 

[warrior-cat]

New Year’s Day for me. By then I’m ready to be done.

Goes up the Saturday after Thanksgiving and goes down the first weekend after New Years Day.

 

[BC_Wader]

Usually the weekend after New Years is when the decorations come down. After Christmas is about the only time I can really wind down and enjoy them.