how long do you keep your christmas tree up?
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Most home and garden centers will tell you that five weeks is where it starts to become a fire hazard. But if you want to keep your Christmas tree alive as long as you can and religiously water it every day, you can likely stretch it to a sixth week—just be sure to keep a close eye on the needles.
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The last weekend of November is becoming increasingly popular as a date to put the Christmas tree up. Some families choose the 1st December or the first weekend in December while others wait to nearer the 25th December to decorate the tree.
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Taking down decorations on Twelfth Night (5 or 6 January) is a modern superstition. For many centuries they were kept up until Candlemas Eve, 1 February. Candlemas celebrates Mary and Joseph taking the baby Jesus to the Temple at Jerusalem and presenting him to the Lord.
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Many churches don't take down their Christmas decorations until the Sunday after Epiphany, which is on Jan. 6. According to the traditional Christian calendar, tonight marks ''Twelfth Night,'' or the Eve of Epiphany, the end of the 12 days of Christmas.
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The date we put up a Christmas tree differs for each household and family, with some people putting trees up in November, while others push it to as close to Christmas Day as possible. However, most people stick to the same day to take their tree down – the 6th January.
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Tradition dictates that Christmas trees should be put up at the beginning of Advent – the fourth Sunday before Christmas. Others opt to put their decorations up 12 days before Christmas, or even on Christmas Eve.
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According to Advent, tradition dictates Christmas trees should be put up on the fourth Sunday before Christmas. This year, that coincided with the launch of Advent on Sunday, December 1.
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According to Tradition, You Should Leave Your Tree Up Until January 6—Here's Why. ... According to Christian tradition, January 6 marks the day the three kings actually arrived in Bethlehem and signals the end of the Christmas celebrations.
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Indoors, live Christmas Wreaths and fresh greenery garlands can last two to three weeks when properly cared for. Outdoor in cooler climates they can last much longer.
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Most Christmas trees can last at least five weeks or more, as long as you take care of 'em right. So if you decorate for Christmas in late November, that means your tree should make it just fine until Christmas.
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As 25 December is the first day, that means you should take your Christmas decorations down on 5 January. Traditionally, it's considered unlucky to remove them either earlier or later than Twelfth Night.
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An estimated 125 million people visit the attraction each year. The tree, usually a Norway spruce 69 to 100 feet (21 to 30 m) tall, has been a national tradition each year since 1933. The 2019 Christmas Tree Lighting took place on December 4, 2019 and the tree will remain on display until January 7, 2020.
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Traditionalists tend to think the right time is 12 days before Christmas. The British Christmas Tree Growers Association (BCTGA) has previously agreed that from December 1 is fine but suggests that December 11 can be a good compromise, being in the middle of the season and a couple of weeks or so after Advent.
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Season. Christmas decorations are typically put up in late November or early December, usually to coincide with the start of Advent.
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The tree becomes a fire hazard at some point if you keep turning on the lights, as it dries out. In most parts it is tradtion to keep the tree and decorations up until January 6th: Epiphany. By the new year.
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It has long been tradition in our family, and many other families I have spoken to over the years that one may put up decorations twelve days before Christmas, ie 12th December, and they are taken down 12 days after Christmas, ie 6th January, or Epiphany.
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There is another, perhaps lesser-known, tradition that in fact states that you should take your Christmas tree down on New Year's Eve (31st December) before midnight. For the superstitious types, it is thought you may have bad luck in the New Year if you keep your tree up longer than this period.