when are you meant to take christmas decorations down?
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Many people tend to take down their Christmas decorations before they return to work, although according to tradition they should do it on Twelfth Night. And this is January 5 - although there can be some dispute over the date, as explained below.
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As soon as Halloween ends, the Halloween decorations begin to come down and a flurry of Christmas decorations begin to appear, day by day. In 2019, we saw the Disneyland Christmas tree was installed Nov. 4 (four days before holiday time officially began) and Christmas carols filled the air.
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When is Twelfth Night? 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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Often referred to as Women's (or Little) Christmas, January 6 is officially the last day of Christmas. It's also traditionally the day when women must avoid all housework, and the men of the house stay home, take down decorations (it's bad luck if you don't!) and prepare all the meals.
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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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The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree stays up through at least Jan 1 and is taken down shortly thereafter. Other decorations vary by location, but they will start coming down as early as Dec 26, while others will stay up through Orthodox Christmas (Jan 7).
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Twelfth Night also known as Epiphany Eve is the time when many countries traditionally put the figures of the Wise Men or Three Kings into the Nativity Scene on Epiphany Eve ready to celebrate Epiphany on January 6. It is also traditional to take your Christmas decorations down following Twelfth Night.
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Twelfth Night, on January 5, is widely considered to be the last day of the Christmas festivities (the eve of the Epiphany). And according to superstition, it's bad luck to leave your Christmas tree and decorations up after January 5.
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In Poland the tradition is to take down the Christmas decorations on February 2nd or Matki Boskiej Gromnicznej or Candlemas. The Christmas spirit stays full on until January 6th. And the commercialization of Christmas doesn't start too early, either.
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31: Take your tree down on New Year's Eve before the bells toll at midnight. Otherwise, it's said you'll be dragging all your baggage and bad luck from last year into the new year… if you're superstitious about these things, that is. Jan.
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According to tradition, Christmas trees and decorations should be taken down on either Twelfth Night or Epiphany to avoid bad luck after the season of merriment.
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The Church of England celebrates Twelfth Night on 5th January, and the season of Epiphany from 6th January to 2nd February. ... 'Twelfth Night is the night before Epiphany and is the night, tradition says, when Christmas decorations should be taken down,' a Church of England spokesperson told The Telegraph.
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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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This year, Disney Christmas decorations started coming down by Jan. 5, 2020, and were completely gone after the Disney Marathon Weekend, which took place through Jan. 12.
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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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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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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.