There's still a Christmas after NY's.  I leave it up for that.

Some do chemgal. January 7th, right?

Yep.  It's nice, I got a final gift wrapped today by the tree to give to someone I'll see sometime this week.  The radio station I had on before isn't playing Christmas music anymore though, so it lacked that.

I especially like the 12 meatless dishes on Ukranian Christmas Eve

I'll put away all my Christmas things after the New Year.

Mine will likely come down January 2.  Love the lights and decorations, but it'll be nice to have my living room back to normal.

Mine came down on Boxing Day this year. Sometimes it stays up a few days longer but it really depends on how soon it went up. 

I'm a fan too, although we do that on the 24th.  I usually try to do a few traditional dishes up for the 6th though, although sometimes I have to work that night.

My tree goes up around Dec. 15th, and comes down around Jan. 3rd.

I actually find great meaning in the ritual of taking it down.

My kids are always super-excited to get the tree up, so they decorate it quickly, and there are many special ornaments I don't get to hold, because they've already put them on the tree.

But nobody wants to help take the tree down, so I do that all by myself.

And I find I don't mind, because then I get to hold each and every ornament for  a moment and remember why it is special: the 45-year-old tacky plastic apples that were popular in the 70's that I loved as a preschooler, the wooden nativity scene sent to me from Bethlehem, the 12 traditional German ornaments that we got when we were newlyweds, "baby's first Christmas" from when my first child was born, a handmade stained glass star given to me by someone from my home church, now passed away long ago.

I carefully wrap each one for safe storage, and as I do so I remember the special memory or person behind the ornament. I reflect on the year past and my hopes and goals for the new year.

Ah, Go, me too. I love to remember.

Mine stays up for the twelve days of Christmas.  Thhe traditions of my family of birth are still hanging in there!  Special foods too.

What foods, Kay?

Mine will have to wait for the weekend. I'm working the 2nd and 3rd. Or maybe I will leave it up another week. Ours is in the front hall where it doesn't get in the way so much.

Mendalla

Ours, too, usually stays up for the Twelve Days of Christmas and comes down after Epiphany. This year we'll leave it up until Jan. 8, until our granddaughter comes back from Costa Rica, and celebrate a belated Christmas with her.

In Bavaria, where I grew up, some people left their Chistmas tree up until Candlemass Day, Feb 2. This marked the end of the winter festivties, which began with the first Sunday of Advent. A two month festive season. Made the dreary winter a bit brighter.

Traditional foods for us at this time of year include -

fruitcake 

leffse

mince pies

pickled herring

sausage rolls

lutefisk

shortbread

tourtierre

liver pate

Epiphany.

House decorations put away. Tree decorations gone today. Our tree is usually stripped on New Years Eve day to just bare tree in white lights. (Later if we have New Year's company) The season starts that way and ends that way. Reminds me of the book The Give-Away, the tree being there in the beginning and at the end. The tree will head to the basement next Sunday or Monday.

Our decorations and tree will come down on Sunday, January 5th.  I like to enjoy Christmas.  I find before I am busy rushing here & there, but, the 12 days following are one of visiting, family, enjoying the decorations.  

My tree will probably come down on Thursday (January 2nd), and my house decorations will come down on Friday and Saturday (usually takes a couple of days to get everything down, put away, everything else cleaned up, and some everyday items put back in place.

My tree will probably come down on Thursday (January 2nd), and my house decorations will come down on Friday and Saturday (usually takes a couple of days to get everything down, put away, everything else cleaned up, and some everyday items put back in place.

Mine's up at least to Epiphany-sometimes later    but this afternoon my neighbour took down her outside Xmas lights.

Beloved, doesn't it make you mad when everything is packed away and you find one ornament, or one wreathe that you missed

lol, Crazyheart.  I collect ornaments and items one day and put away the next.   This means that I have 24hrs to wander the house through normal life, finding items in various rooms.  It helps.   We also downsized our ornaments when the kids got older, dumping a bunch that don't have fond memories.

Happens to me every year, crazyheart. Always something I miss. Sometimes I will just keep it out. Other times I will drag the boxes back out and put it away :)

I also downsized Pinga but I still have way too many. Going to reevaluate again this year.

I have way too many too but I love them and can't make myself get rid of any.

I  too decided to downsize on decorations.  We both got tired putting things out (and up) in various places this year, so we just stopped.  All the things that were left were offered to the kids and grandkids when we were all together.  Ithink they enjoyed sharing them out.   They told me that everyone got what they wanted most, and there weren't any real arguments about it.  

I neither put a tree up nor take it down.  My tradition is to do nothing lol