When Do You Take Your Christmas Decorations Down?

I am with the Michael Jacobs Mom point of view Wayne. If it is nearly spring you know you have waited too long. Especially if the dead dried Christmas trees are blowing down the alley like tumble weeds in an old west town. 

Actually Wayne if you asked Diane she would tell you that there is a specific date to take down the decorations...I am fighting it...so front of the house the decorations are down...no lights anymore....Endre

Good morning Wayne. I have a tenant that has a pretty success business. He puts up, takes down and stores Christmas decorations. I asked him that same question once and his answer was, that is why I have a year round business.

Hi Wayne,  I think they should be down by New Years end.  Leaving them up all year long is tacky in my opinion. 

Hey Wayne: A number of HOA's have deadlines for taking down Christmas lights. I know ours does. 

For us, the last day to use outdoor lights is New Years Eve. They typically come down on New Years Day. :)

Back when I decorated, it was the first week of January that the decorations went away. I leave my outside lights up all year.

This year I took it all down before the New Year as there just wasn't enough space in this small house, along with 4 extra people visiting.

Wayne, we used to take them down shortly after New Years, but like you mentioned, I have noticed that several homes in our neighborhood still have them on. I guess they don't mind the extra utility costs.

I take them down on the first warm day after January 1st.

I think decorations should come down at teh turn of the New Year.  After that it starts to look trashy;)  Hope I am not offending anyone;)  Great blog Post Wayne Johnson 

Our tree came down this week. We still have the window candles lighted and the wreath on the front door.

On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love said to me....time to take down the tree....

There's a religious day my mom always mentions...Epiphany.

However, my HOA says two weeks max.

Growing up Catholic in Houston, we took ours down on the feast of the Epiphany, which is usually the first week in January. Our HOA did have rules about when they should come donw.  I think New Year's day is probably the easiest since most people have that day off of work.  But in Keystone where I live now, a resort community, our trees will have lights until the ski season ends! Our HOAs don't have rules against it!

Hi Wayne Johnson ,  We planned on taking them down on New Years, but with the snow storms and freeing cold, most people waited until the next weekend.  I managed to take the outside decorations just before the storm hit.

    I was in the Tax Collector's office yesterday (January 9).  The Christmas Tree was still up in the lobby!

Wayne, I put up minimal decor as it was way too busy in December, but had them down New Year's Eve.   It usually gets busy again after the Holidays.   Many of my neighbors still have theirs up. 

I certainly did:) All is back in boxes and stored in garage. I see less and less holiday decorations on streets:)

Wishing all a great year!

 Wayne, I use the municipalities as a guide.  The tree and all its trimmings in Rockefeller Center, came down on January 8, 201, that is really long enough for public display.  However, homeowner's with elaborate lighting designs, may shutter the lights and leave them up for next December.

Wayne Johnson - You wrote this on January 6, and it made me think. We used to have New Year in the USSR, and it was January 1, like it is here. But Christmas in Russia is celebrated based on the chorch calendar, and it is on the 7th of January. And if you use the same calendar, than our Old New Year is on the 13th of January.

And we used to celebrate them all.

So, our tree might be out after January 13, but we usually keep it even longer