when should you get rid of your christmas tree?
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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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When to Take Down Your Christmas Tree. ... 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. January 5th is considered the 12th Day of Christmas, so some people use this day as a way to gain closure on the Christmas season.
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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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But it still depends on your tree and personal choice. There are some people who will be taking off the baubles and putting it back in the box on Boxing Day, while others wait until January 1 to take it down and ring in the new year.
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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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However, some mark 6th January as Twelfth Night, counting the 12 days after Christmas Day, which is where the confusion stems from. '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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Some people believe that you may have bad luck in the New Year if you take your Christmas tree down after midnight on December 31st. 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.
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A freshly cut Christmas tree lasts up to four weeks on average if you treat it right.
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Depending on which faith you follow 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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For many around the world, January 5 or 6 marks the Epiphany ‒ the final day of the 12 days of Christmas and the time for all holiday decorations to come down. For others, the second week of January is a typical time for the holiday lights to be unplugged and stored away until next year.
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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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For traditionalists, the correct time to put up the Christmas tree is 12 days before Christmas Day, on December 13, 2018.
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January 6th is When You Should Take Down Your Christmas Tree According to tradition, you need to take down at the end of the day tomorrow, January 6th. ... According to Christian tradition, the 12th Day of Christmas or January 6th is the day the three kings made it to Bethlehem.
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When should you put your Christmas tree up? Traditionally, the Romans waited until the afternoon on Christmas Eve to put up their trees, but nowadays it's deemed okay to display the festive foliage as of December 1st or the second Saturday in December.
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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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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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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.