Twelfth Night

[raleighnut]

Anyone else still keep their decorations/lights up for the traditional period. I've just been over the shops and upon returning noticed that all the houses that had them up at the start of December have taken them down now leaving us as the only house with anything (visible) still up.

 

[Drago]

Once I'd finished burying Santa's corpse under the patio I tipped the decorations down.

 

[Julia9054]

Took mine down today. It was getting on my nerves. Also the weather was too yukky to go out on my bike and i was a bit bored.

 

[MontyVeda]

I took mine down ages ago... about fifteen years at a guess.

 

[Biff600]

I have removed all vestiges of Christmas today.............................................................both cards !!

 

[Fonze]

All stuff down packed in loft, bar outside lights as I can't be ar5ed just yet ..

 

[Beebo]

It all goes on 1st jan every year.
12th night is old fashioned from when Christmas didn’t start in the first week of December.

 

[LarryDuff]

All down on the 30th. Can't see the point of going into the new year with Christmas decorations up.

 

[marshmella]

Decorations and cards down yesterday, tree soon to follow, mrs marshmella says they attract too much dust .

 

[Venod]

Daughter in law puts them up beginning of December takes them down 27th December.

Ours went up 17th December and came down 30th December (long enough for me, but the wife wanted them up a week earlier)

 

[Vapin' Joe]

It all goes on 1st jan every year.
12th night is old fashioned from when Christmas didn’t start in the first week of December.

Same here.

Once you go back to work they're just depressing.

 

[classic33]

Inviting bad luck in by taking them down too early. Leave them up too long and they're to stay up all year.

 

[wheresthetorch]

The crib stays up into Epiphany . . .

 

[classic33]

Not many who'll be celebrating Little Christmas then.

 

[raleighnut]

Inviting bad luck in by taking them down too early. Leave them up too long and they're to stay up all year.

Quite right, 'British Tradition' and all that though strangely I'm more European it seems these days but for me it's the 12 days of Christmas, not the month of December celebrations'

The festivities continue chez raleighnut, even managed to cop a couple of big bags (450g) of KP Dry Roasted Peanuts for £1.50 (sell by date is in April)