when should you put christmas decorations away?
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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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Officially, it is any time after the Twelfth Night, which is the 12th night after Christmas Day (January 5). However, many people take down their decorations on the day of the Epiphany (January 6) as they consider that to be the 12th night after Christmas.
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In the Western Christian world, the two traditional days when Christmas decorations are removed are Twelfth Night and if they are not taken down on that day, Candlemas, the latter of which ends the Christmas-Epiphany season in some denominations.
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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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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.
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In 2020, the tree lighting ceremony will probably take place on December 2nd. The lights will be turned off in January 2021. The tree is illuminated daily from 06:00 until 00:00 and over Christmas is illuminated for 24 hours. On New Year's Eve, the lights are turned off at 21:00.
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When is Twelfth Night? For others, the coming of Epiphany means the decorations should go down before the clock strikes midnight - on January 5. Because 25 December is the first of the Twelve Days of Christmas according to the Anglican tradition, Twelfth Night falls on this day.
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Christmas decorations are typically put up in late November or early December, usually to coincide with the start of Advent. In the UK, Christmas lights on the high street are generally switched on in November. In the US, the traditional start of Christmas time is Thanksgiving.
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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. Until the 19th century though, people would keep their decorations up until Candlemas Day on February 2. Twelfth Night falls on January 5 and Epiphany on January 6.
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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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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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But January 6 is officially the day of the Epiphany. Children were traditionally told that if you took down your decorations before the Eve of the Epiphany, the wise men might not be able to find their way - because Christmas lights represent the Star of Bethlehem which guided them to Jesus.