5th or 6th - Christmas tree down?

[Diz]

Are you supposed to wait until after 12th night so 6th or do you take it down on the 12th night so 5th?

[MK_club1987]

No idea, ours came down on 30th December once Christmas is over, I just can't stand all the decorations anymore, especially as I was back at work on 27th.

[ally1966]

I always thought that it was supposed to be down by Twelfth Night, but ours came down yesterday.

[Diz]

Originally Posted by MK_club1987

No idea, ours came down on 30th December once Christmas is over, I just can't stand all the decorations anymore, especially as I was back at work on 27th.

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Yes I can see your point of view but for us as our DS birthday is in December we don't put the tree up/ cards etc until after his birthday and at least a few days of having his cards up so we didn't put the tree up until the weekend before Christmas so I always leave it later than some.

[Diz]

Originally Posted by ally1966

I always thought that it was supposed to be down by Twelfth Night, but ours came down yesterday.

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You may well be right that it is down by twelfth - googling doesn't help -seems to be a debate about whether you count Christmas Day itself or not!

[sammykitten]

i'm bringing down my decs on 6th .

[Diz]

Me too. Have decided I will take tree down etc tomorrow.

[HappyPanda]

Epiphany is on the 6 January so this is always the day we've taken our decorations down.

[DisneyDaffodil]

I think it’s meant to be by the twelfth night, which is the 6th I think. I know my mum used to wait until the 6th and do it exactly on that day. I took ours down on the 2nd, I usually wait until New Year’s Day is over then get them down as soon as possible

[WhereIBelong]

Why do we "take all the Christmas out" on the equivalent day the wise men arrived with presents?