When do you take down your Christmas lights?

[shadowplay]

I'm curious when everyone here starts to take down the Christmas tree, the decorations, the lights, the Santa hat's, etc.

When do you take down your Christmas lights and other Christmas decor?

 

[Jan H]

Traditionally, the christmas tree and the nativity scene stay until January 6th, Epiphany (Three Kings Day).

Otherwise the statues of the three kings would be useless...

 

[shadowplay]

Traditionally, the christmas tree and the nativity scene stay until January 6th, Epiphany (Three Kings Day).

Otherwise the statues of the three kings would be useless...

Same, this is our tradition as well.

But I see some people who leave the lights up until like April. Seriously.

 

[Dumanios]

You forgot the never option.

 

[shadowplay]

Well, I guess you could just say you take them down in Smarch.

 

[MobBoss]

Being a redneck, I never take down the outside ones, I just unplug em.

Tree comes down after 1 Jan.

 

[Bluetooth]

Here in Sweden tradition says January 13, (20 days after Christmas Eve).

 

[Tani Coyote]

1st of January tends to be when the Christmas season ends. By that time the tree's dried out anyway so it's a) a fire hazard and b) not as pretty.

The actual decorations can take a while to take down... we've had snowflakes up until October, and that's only because I took them down to turn the house into a Halloween Party.

 

[Souron]

Generally no earlier than January 7 (Orthodox Christmas).

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Usually before new years. When they start falling down, really.

 

[really]

January 7th. I don't have outdoor ones.

 

[sophie]

My dad doesn't put up Christmas lights as they're too much of a hassle to put up, only for them to be taken down again 3 weeks later.

 

[Tee Kay]

We leave them up for the rest of the winter

This poll is discriminatory against Southern Hemisphereans.

I don't put them up, because 1. the sun sets at nine in the evening, so less time to admire them, 2. I think they look better with snow, and we don't get any and 3. I'm too cheap to buy them.

 

[ParadigmShifter]

12th night, 6th Jan. It's unlucky to have decorations up after then.

 

[GoodGame]

I never put any up.

 

[metatron]

Jan 7th. after Three Kings (indoor lights - we have nothing outdoors really)

If we'd have the Christmas stuff gone before that the Catholic kids would be sad.
Come to think of it i'm quite impressed. My hometown is overwhelmingly Lutheran, allmost monolithic. Those few kids seem to put a real effort into this, covering all houses and whatnot.

 

[Cutlass]

I have no lights. But at some point in January my mother will ask me to take down hers. And I'll ignore her for a week or 2. And she'll start nagging about it. And eventually some day I'll have nothing better to do and go over and haul the damned things into the cellar.

 

[shadowplay]

I've always thought leaving them up until the end of the winter is a little much. There's some people near me who have theirs up though March. But I suppose it does go nice with the snow, and I guess not everyone who puts up them up are doing it for Christmas.