when do you take you christmas decorations down?
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Depending on what you're celebrating it's either January 5 or January 6 - and the last day you should keep festive decorations up. A day sooner or later is considered unlucky and if decorations are not removed on Twelfth Night then according to tradition they should stay up all year.
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Most people stick to the same date to take down your tree - January 6. The reason for this is that the Twelfth Night - the twelfth day after Christmas dictates the end of the festive season. It's widely believed to be bad luck to keep decorations up after this date.
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A universal Christmas tradition in France! According to tradition, a Christmas tree should not be put up before Christmas Eve (24 December) and should be taken down twelve days after Christmas, that is, on the Epiphany.
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It has long been tradition in our family, and many other families I have spoken to over the years that one may put up decorations twelve days before Christmas, ie 12th December, and they are taken down 12 days after Christmas, ie 6th January, or Epiphany.
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The Church of England celebrates Twelfth Night on 5th January, and the season of Epiphany from 6th January to 2nd February. ... 'Twelfth Night is the night before Epiphany and is the night, tradition says, when Christmas decorations should be taken down,' a Church of England spokesperson told The Telegraph.
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In Poland the tradition is to take down the Christmas decorations on February 2nd or Matki Boskiej Gromnicznej or Candlemas. The Christmas spirit stays full on until January 6th.
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Many churches don't take down their Christmas decorations until the Sunday after Epiphany, which is on Jan. 6. According to the traditional Christian calendar, tonight marks ''Twelfth Night,'' or the Eve of Epiphany, the end of the 12 days of Christmas.
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Many decorations come down around January 1, while some stay up until January 6 - the Epiphany, the end of the Christmas period. New York has a buzz in the air after Thanksgiving and all through Christmas. Unfortunately, it isn't the same in January. 3.
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Twelfth Night, on January 5, is widely considered to be the last day of the Christmas festivities (the eve of the Epiphany). And according to superstition, it's bad luck to leave your Christmas tree and decorations up after January 5.
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Many people tend to take down their Christmas decorations before they return to work, although according to tradition they should do it on Twelfth Night. ... A day sooner or later is considered unlucky, and if the decorations are not removed on Twelfth Night then they should stay up all year.
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The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree stays up through at least Jan 1 and is taken down shortly thereafter. Other decorations vary by location, but they will start coming down as early as Dec 26, while others will stay up through Orthodox Christmas (Jan 7).
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Season. Christmas decorations are typically put up in late November or early December, usually to coincide with the start of Advent. ... In the US, the traditional start of Christmas time is Thanksgiving.
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A day sooner or later is considered unlucky and if decorations are not removed on Twelfth Night then according to tradition they should stay up all year. Until the 19th century though, people would keep their decorations up until Candlemas Day on February 2. Twelfth Night falls on January 5 and Epiphany on January 6.
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For many around the world, January 5 or 6 marks the Epiphany ‒ the final day of the 12 days of Christmas and the time for all holiday decorations to come down. For others, the second week of January is a typical time for the holiday lights to be unplugged and stored away until next year.
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Other offerings conclude on January 5. Christmas decorations usually start to come down around the second week of January (after Marathon Weekend), and removal is done faster than installation.
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Depending on which faith you follow it's either January 5 or January 6, and the last day you should keep festive decorations up. A day sooner or later is considered unlucky, and if decorations are not removed on Twelfth Night then according to tradition they should stay up all year.
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Often referred to as Women's (or Little) Christmas, January 6 is officially the last day of Christmas. It's also traditionally the day when women must avoid all housework, and the men of the house stay home, take down decorations (it's bad luck if you don't!) and prepare all the meals.