what day should your christmas decorations come down?
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When should Christmas decorations come down? Most people stick to the same date to take down their tree - January 5. The reason for this is that the Twelfth Night - the twelfth day after Christmas dictates the end of the festive season. It's widely believed to be bad luck to keep decorations up after this date.
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In Australia, the 'right' time to pack up the tree is often considered to be sooner than the traditional end of Christmas. Australian School of Etiquette director Zarife Hardy told The New Daily she believes the Christmas tree should go up on December 1 and should come down on December 30 or 31.
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Yep, they usually gradually start putting the decorations up toward the end of October, and then during the night in the first week of November. By the 12th November most of the decorations should be up already as the Christmas season has officially started then. 3.
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1. Re: when do they take the christmas decorations down? The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree stays up through at least Jan 1 and is taken down shortly thereafter.
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In the UK, typically decorations stay up until Twelfth Night. Twelfth Night is a festival celebrated in some branches of Christianity which begins 12 days from December 25. It marks the beginning of Epiphany which is often thought to be on January 5.
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Depending on what you're celebrating it's either January 5 or January 6 - and the last day you should keep festive decorations up. A day sooner or later is considered unlucky and if decorations are not removed on Twelfth Night then according to tradition they should stay up all year.
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The 12 Days of Christmas start on Christmas Day and last until the evening of the 5th January - also known as Twelfth Night. The 12 Days have been celebrated in Europe since before the middle ages and were a time of celebration.
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Christmas decorations are generally hung up on the 8th of December, the day of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary. From this day on most Christmas markets in Rome are open and shops and houses illuminate in Christmassy splendor.
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Other offerings conclude on January 5. Christmas decorations usually start to come down around the second week of January (after Marathon Weekend), and removal is done faster than installation.
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According to tradition it is unlucky to leave your up after the twelfth night which is why people generally take their decorations down in time for January 6.
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January 5 is observed as the last day of Christmas festivities (the eve of the Epiphany). In the past it was believed that tree-spirits lived in the greenery – such as holly and ivy – that people used to decorate their homes.
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Unabashed Christmas spirit is kept going until Three Kings Day on January 6th, but the holiday season doesn't officially wrap up until Candlemas on February 2nd, when many families finally take down their decorations.
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Christian tradition dating back to the 4th century marks Twelfth Night, the end of Christmas and the Eve of the Epiphany (Christian feast day), as the time to take down your Christmas tree and pack away your decorations again.
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Twelfth Night is a festival that marks the coming of the Epiphany, and starts on Christmas Day. Decorations should be removed at the end of Christmas - on the twelfth day - according to the tradition.
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How long can you keep those Christmas decorations up until your neighbors start to judge? Everyone has their own opinion on when to take down Christmas decor. Some say that it's best to take them down by December 31, so that you get a "fresh start" in the new year. Others follow the tradition of Twelfth Night (Jan 5.).
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According to many traditions, 25 December is the first day. Some, however, mark the beginning of the 12 days from 26 December. Counting from Christmas Day night or Boxing Day night, this means that either the evening of 5 or 6 January would be Twelfth Night.
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January 6th is When You Should Take Down Your Christmas Tree Is your Christmas tree still up? According to tradition, you need to take down at the end of the day tomorrow, January 6th.