It is normal in my family for us to have Christmas decorations (outdoor and indoor) up through Epiphany (January 6th).... as this date is what is traditionally the 12th day of Christmas.
But, this year, with our atypical weather (for a few days, in the last week of December we had 50 F temperature (10 C) and heavy rain), which has now been followed by a sharp downturn back to normal temperatures ( around 20 F (-6 C)), I made a decision, especially due to my infection, to take down the outdoor lights while it was warmer (and especially before they froze tight into place with the return to winter temperatures). It feels odd to have no Christmas lights outside now. But, at least we have our decorations up still inside and will take them down on January 6th like usual.
PipeTobacco
Our neighbours took their display down on Boxing Day ot maybe a day later. This is highly unusual. Most people leave them up until at least New Year.
ReplyDeleteYes, Anvil.... it seems a bit odd having them down at our house too.... but it was such better weather when I did it... if I would have waited... all the cords and such would be frozen in newly formed ice.... so it was a sad, but good decision for me.
Deletesame here. Taking ours down as we speak.
ReplyDeleteWe have just 2 strings of outside lights framing the porch. Very minimalist. They will be up until Jan 6. The weather will be warmer here than usual. Indoors we have a small tree. The cat did not knock it down this year because, actually, we don't have a cat, but when we did, she did, and she wasn't sorry.
ReplyDeleteWe leave our holiday decorations through the dark days of January and February. The brighten our days.
ReplyDeletethe Ol'Buzzard
The only decoration I got up this year is my snow people. Planning to take them down over the weekend.
ReplyDeleteDidn't do a tree and usually I take all my holiday down shortly after 6th