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Some folks around here leave there outside lights up all year round, others leave all their decorations up until they decorate for Valentines Day!

My family has always had the belief that it is bad luck to leave Christmas decorations up into the new year, so ours are always taken down and put away by new years eve!

Hope6;1108970 wrote: Some folks around here leave there outside lights up all year round, others leave all their decorations up until they decorate for Valentines Day!

My family has always had the belief that it is bad luck to leave Christmas decorations up into the new year, so ours are always taken down and put away by new years eve!


there are still lots of lights on some of the homes, sure looks pretty, but all of ours came down way long time ago.

My husband took down the animated light up reindeer, but left the outside lights up. We don't turn them on though. As soon as we get a warmer day, and I have a good day where my body doesn't hurt bad, I'll take them down. We go through this every year.

We have decorations up through the 12 days of Christmas and then take them down on Epiphany.

My mum has just taken hers down with the help of my niece.

Mum has been sick during Christmas and wasn't able to take the down my rotton brothers wouldnt help and I am too far away so they just had to wait.

As crazy as i am about Christmas I would probably leave mine up if it weren't for that old superstitution about it being bad luck!

what can i say. us southerners are a superstituious people! :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

I'd probably take everything down the next day but we usually leave it up till sometime around new year's, give or take.

I have the Nativity Set to put away, everything else is tucked away for the year.

Our halls are undecked. Fa-la-la-la !

Hope6;1108970 wrote: Some folks around here leave there outside lights up all year round, others leave all their decorations up until they decorate for Valentines Day!

My family has always had the belief that it is bad luck to leave Christmas decorations up into the new year, so ours are always taken down and put away by new years eve!


Ours are down by twelfth night (Jan 6th).

I went shopping yesterday and i was suprised at how many houses i saw that were still decorated too! :-3 :wah:

i actually saw a commercial on tv this morning still talking about the holidays! :-5

Hope6;1109688 wrote: I went shopping yesterday and i was suprised at how many houses i saw that were still decorated too! :-3 :wah:

i actually saw a commercial on tv this morning still talking about the holidays! :-5


houses here still have them on also, what a waste of electricity!:-5:-5:-5



everyday still holiday commercials!:-5:-5

Odie;1109696 wrote: houses here still have them on also, what a waste of electricity!:-5:-5:-5



everyday still holiday commercials!:-5:-5


yeah it's time to move on to the next holiday! it's gonna be Valentines Day in a few weeks!

Hope6;1109712 wrote: yeah it's time to move on to the next holiday! it's gonna be Valentines Day in a few weeks!


already bought Mike's chocolates, don't buy cards for anyone, stopped that years ago.

Odie;1109745 wrote: already bought Mike's chocolates, don't buy cards for anyone, stopped that years ago.


yeah i've got to go shopping for valentine stuff soon before it starts getting sold out and picked over!

JAB;1109562 wrote: I take mine down the first weekend in the New Year. I had to take a detour through some residential streets on my way home from work this eve and I was surprised how many still had their lights on in all their glowing splendor.


Mine are only up cuz it's too cold to take them down.

qsducks;1109767 wrote: Mine are only up cuz it's too cold to take them down.


ours are up also, but not plugged in at night.

Thanks to a 2 hour delay this morning, all decorations are now put away.

My Christmas tree is still up and I'm not planning to put it away for a while. I love Christmas trees and the decorations on it. The school's Christmas tree is still up, too !

nok;1110298 wrote: My Christmas tree is still up and I'm not planning to put it away for a while. I love Christmas trees and the decorations on it. The school's Christmas tree is still up, too !


oh i love Christmas trees too, and if it weren't for thinking it might be bad luck mine would still be up! :yh_rotfl

i went to the bank the other day and i noticed that theres is still up too!

ur_next_ex;1110735 wrote:


Is it fake and do you decorate it in red, white & blue for the 4th of July?:yh_rotfl

Hope6;1110400 wrote: oh i love Christmas trees too, and if it weren't for thinking it might be bad luck mine would still be up! :yh_rotfl

i went to the bank the other day and i noticed that theres is still up too!


See, that proves it - they've certainly had loads of bad luck :wah:

Bryn Mawr;1112489 wrote: See, that proves it - they've certainly had loads of bad luck :wah:


:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl