Interactive Poll Time!

Here is the question for open discussion, folks: when is the appropriate time to take down Christmas decorations? I took my tree down on Tuesday evening, mostly to distract myself from Christy's leaving. I finally got all the decorations packed up in boxes yesterday, and I can proudly report that even the annoying fake pine needles have been vacuumed up. However, I have visited in homes here in France that still had their Christmas trees up in February! My neighbors still have their outdoor lights up and blazing at night.

I recently had this subject come up in conversation with some family members and we disagreed (*gasp*) on the dates that decorations should be removed, so I figured I would rally you all to my side--I mean, see what you all think.

Just for fun: this is a picture of some Christmas decorations in the famed Notre Dame church in Paris. I took the picture because I found the sheep to be hideously inappropriate. The plastic sheep were life-sized, while the nativity characters (rather attractively displayed) were only about a yard high. In the first picture, the sheep is actually larger than the kneeling shepherd! For me, these sheep decorations should be taken down as soon as possible.

Comments

Dad said…
Decorations should come down as soon as practical. "Practical" means when convenient. Putting up the decorations is work as defined by; there's a deadline, the 'work' is subject to 'review' by others, it can't be partially done. Having invested work into the putting up of the decorations the taking down should be left to convenience. When there's time, when there's nothing more important, when the decorations are in the way.

Having said that, I'm sure that taking down the garland and the wreaths will be an expectation for my free time on Saturday.
11:38 AM
Ben Rainey said…
I feel that decorations should be taken down on the 26th, no later than the 27th. You have the time typically. Celebrate Christmas to the max prior to the big day, have a blast on the big day, then put it all away.

My Opinion
1:56 PM
Ariel Rainey said…
good question about the radio stations! I had a good friend who always played Christmas carols on Thanksgiving (as a sing-along) to start off the holiday season. However, I guess I'm more into waiting a bit longer for the radio/music, but it gets old, if they don't have a good selection. Like maybe the first week of Dec. they can add in a few with other things, but then phase out the regular music and focus more on the holiday stuff during the last week.
3:38 AM
Ben Rainey said…
I like that the stations start the Christmas music on Thanksgiving and play it until Christmas. I enjoy not listening to Christmas music for when I take my tree down on the 26th.
--Godless Heathen
10:33 AM
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