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Title: have you undecorated yet
Post by: aggie49 on January 04, 2017, 03:05:07 pm
we did it today it looks so bare when you take every thing down but i know i can't leave it up all year round
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Post by: metsrock69 on January 04, 2017, 03:41:52 pm
We took it down on new years day. it was quiet, and I was waiting for the games to start so I took care of it. it is a tradition yearly :)
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Post by: nannycoe1 on January 04, 2017, 05:46:08 pm
Most of it is gone
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Post by: heypeg on January 04, 2017, 05:53:01 pm
I feel the same way, I started yesterday.
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Post by: sak4kat on January 04, 2017, 06:03:02 pm
My husband did it while I was at work yesterday.  The only thing he left up are the snowman towels in the bathroom.  Yes the house is certainly bare.  I'm now reminded of the bench in my Mom's basement I've been needing to bring back to the house.... It's a filler for that bare wall where the tree was.
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Post by: jkhanson on January 04, 2017, 06:37:54 pm
All Christmas decorations are put away for the year, except for lights outside on the eaves.  It will have to warm up a bit before I tackle taking those down.  We are having windchill advisories so those lights can stay put!!
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Post by: amyDAST on January 04, 2017, 06:59:03 pm
We take everything down the day after Christmas.
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Post by: PGS28 on January 04, 2017, 07:15:01 pm
I know what you mean!  We took our things down a couple of days ago and it looks so empty now lol
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Post by: dsosnowski06 on January 04, 2017, 08:00:06 pm
Did ours on New Year's eve because the weather was warmer and was able to get the outside put also
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Post by: renee10 on January 04, 2017, 09:06:45 pm
I took everything down the day after Christmas.
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Post by: snuggleycutejc on January 04, 2017, 09:27:16 pm
yes all cleaned up
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Post by: ejholt on January 05, 2017, 05:37:43 am
I was sick Christmas and have not had my dinner yet.  Going to leave up my tree till I can have my family over. :)
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Post by: sdenimandlace1 on January 05, 2017, 06:10:46 am
I need to bring the wreaths and bows in from the front porch and then I am done.
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Post by: bretay on January 05, 2017, 06:11:05 am
took all my stuff down the day after christmas
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Post by: bremer51 on January 05, 2017, 06:46:09 am
Not yet.  We still have one family Christmas get-together this weekend.  I left the tree up so the gifts would have somewhere to be.  I like decorating, but not undecorating.
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Post by: michele2042 on January 05, 2017, 07:43:33 am
I always do it gradually.    I began a day or two before New Years Day.   I enjoy it so much and if I do it gradually it takes away the sadness of taking it all down.   All inside is boxed up and ready to be put in the attic.  A few outside decorations are gone but the lights on the house still have to come down.   We don't turn them on anymore but waiting to get the down when our adult son comes to help.   My husband isn't in the same good health he was years ago and our son said to just leave them and wait for him, he'll get them down.
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Post by: gsdoss on January 05, 2017, 07:45:22 am
Put everything away on the 2nd
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Post by: ghunter on January 05, 2017, 09:32:34 am
I take everything down before New Year, I cannot come into the New Year with last year Christmas things up. :bad:
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Post by: sfreeman8 on January 05, 2017, 09:49:59 am
I used to leave everything in place when the kids were young until after "Greek Christmas" which is today, the 7th. My in-laws always celebrated that day even though my father-in-law was Ukrainian, so I thought I would keep it going even though we aren't Greek.

Now that everyone is in their 40s, I don't decorate anymore. There's no fun in it. We do have lights outside under the eaves that are left up all year long and are only turned on Christmas Eve and Christmas day.
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Post by: o2bnocn on January 05, 2017, 10:10:17 am
To be honest, no. We have been a little tired and lazy lately.
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Post by: 6265AT99 on January 05, 2017, 10:14:24 am
Yes I have and yes you are right it looks bare!
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Post by: mrisha on January 05, 2017, 10:58:03 am
I didn't have any decorations up, but I did do my dining room table with Christmas tablecloths etc.  I put it away the day after Christmas.
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Post by: ejholt on January 15, 2017, 06:37:12 am
I was sick Christmas day and did not get to have my family over.  I still have my tree up and planning on having everyone over when I get to feeling better.  :)
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Post by: dancer139 on January 15, 2017, 08:52:03 am
yes we finally got everything down last week.   Its been really cold and raining so couldn't get the  outdoor stuff down but finally had one  day and we scrambled and got it all down.  then we worked on the inside the other day and got it all down.  I don't mind the inside stuff being up,,,  its pretty and I love looking at it.    But I guess it all has to come down sometime :)
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Post by: SherylsShado on January 16, 2017, 03:45:02 pm
Decorations & tree went up (and then came down the same night).....because I have 4 cats.  lol  Since then, decorated for a New Years Eve party.  Will be decorating for Inauguration party and then after that, it'll be time to decorate for Valentine's Day!!  (BIG on decorating & parties this year!!)  :)
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Post by: yaayme on January 16, 2017, 06:15:17 pm
I'm late to the conversation....but yes. We took our tree down on Dec 26th.
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Post by: ricdsm on January 16, 2017, 09:46:30 pm
Yes, all of our holiday stuff is put away for another year.
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Post by: rob110 on January 17, 2017, 03:43:39 am
We take everything down New Year's day.
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Post by: lmrbean on January 17, 2017, 05:28:14 am
We keep up our tree and decorations into the second week if January but now everything is put away.
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Post by: dbsaus1 on January 17, 2017, 05:38:46 am
We usually undecorated gradually as well. I like to put away the ornaments and dust the tree. before we put every thing away
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Post by: UGetPaid on January 17, 2017, 10:36:03 am
Our stuff came down on Sunday.  We usually leave everything up at least until the Feast of the Epiphany, which I think is on January 6th.  Not ALWAYS, but often our tree and decorations stay up until the first or second weekend after the 6th.

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Post by: sschnelten on January 17, 2017, 12:45:49 pm
Yes, I have all the Christmas decorations down, I do keep my snowmen out until March 1st.
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Post by: jenniferhoder on January 18, 2017, 03:24:26 am
YES! I can't stand the decorations over staying their welcome!
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Post by: judylucas on January 18, 2017, 07:27:00 am
Most of mine is down and stored away but I have left my pencil tree up and put red bows and red apples on it for Valentines day
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Post by: danmo783 on January 18, 2017, 08:43:33 am
I never decorated in the first place and saved money!
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Post by: teresa3200 on January 18, 2017, 10:36:59 am
I didn't decorate this year, so nothing to take down.
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Post by: jkhanson on January 21, 2017, 08:20:28 am
At home our decorations went down on the first weekend when we weren't at work.

At work, we kept the tree and all the house decorations up because the house Christmas Party had to be rescheduled until last night.  The staff working this weekend get the task of taking down the Christmas decorations.