when do you take down christmas stuff?
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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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Unlike the varied dates for people to put up their tree, many people do stick to the same date to take down their tree — between January 5 or 6. Traditionally, the twelfth night (meaning twelve days after Christmas) represents the true end of the festive period.
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One of the best things about the Elf on the Shelf tradition is that there are no concrete rules (besides moving the little scout every night, of course). That means your family's elf can arrive and leave on whatever day you choose. Generally, Santa's scout bids farewell on Christmas Eve.
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Every price-conscious shopping strategist is well aware of how quickly and dramatically seasonal items go on sale as soon as the peak-buying period around a holiday is over. It's tradition for holiday decorations to go on clearance sale immediately after Christmas, and sometimes even days or weeks before December 25.
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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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When does Disney take down Christmas decorations? The decorations in all of the parks and at the resorts typically start coming down after the first week in January (though you may still hear Christmas songs and see some decorations after that). This year, Disney Christmas decorations started coming down by Jan.
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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.
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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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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 Tudor '12 Days of Christmas' was a period in which tools were downed and work was forbidden between Christmas Eve (24 December) and Epiphany (6 January). To keep women from their chores (unlike the menfolk, the home was their workplace after all), it was customary to decorate the home's spinning wheel with flowers.
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6: Take it down on Jan. 6 in observance of the Epiphany, a Christian holiday marking the revelation of God in human form in the person of Jesus. Again, some would say leaving your tree up beyond the 5th or 6th brings bad luck.
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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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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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To be in keeping with tradition, many people will recommend you leave your decorations up until the 12 days of Christmas are over on January 5.
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If you are superstitious, you may want to take the tree down before midnight on New Year's Eve to avoid any bad luck in the next year. ... People who take their tree down on January 6th are observing the Christian holiday of the Epiphany, a day marking the revelation of God in human form as Jesus Christ.
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According to one superstition, Christmas decorations not taken down by Twelfth Night should be left up until Candlemas Day (2nd February) and then taken down. Other people say the best remedy is to leave them up until Twelfth Night the following year.
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The Christmas practice calls for burning a portion of the log each evening until Twelfth Night (January 6). The log is subsequently placed beneath the bed for luck, and particularly for protection from the household threats of lighting and, with some irony, fire.