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Holiday decorations already down, you?

70,256 5,366 December 27, 2023 at 06:42 AM
Yeah, I guess I put up Christmas decorations up too early this year and was just so tired of it all I took it all down last night after work,

The strings of lights that I draped over some bushes are unplugged for the season but still outside since it's all rainy here. When it's drier I'll bundle them off and store in the garage all balled up lol alongside the Halloween lights Stick Out Tongue

They will have to stay that way until spring when I can move some stuff out of the garage and reorganize.


Some people put their trees up on Christmas day and leave them up for the following month.
What about all of you? If you put up decorations are they still up and how long will you leave them up?
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12-27-2023 at 08:30 AM.
12-27-2023 at 08:30 AM.
Wanna do my house next? laugh out loud

My decor was minimal this year, mainly for the benefit of the tiny humans that came over this past weekend. They even artfully rearranged some of the decor and ornaments on my tree heart I'll leave the tree up til New Year's but the rest will slowly be put away little by little this week.
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12-27-2023 at 08:50 AM.
12-27-2023 at 08:50 AM.
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Wanna do my house next? laugh out loud

My decor was minimal this year, mainly for the benefit of the tiny humans that came over this past weekend. They even artfully rearranged some of the decor and ornaments on my tree heart I'll leave the tree up til New Year's but the rest will slowly be put away little by little this week.
laugh out loud Um.. pass?

I didn't put up the 9 footer (long ago SD!) but had up the little 4 footer and my Charlie Brown tree.. plus stuff all over the mantle so.. it wasn't much to take care of.
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12-27-2023 at 10:44 AM.
12-27-2023 at 10:44 AM.
Quote from Schooby :
laugh out loud Um.. pass?

I didn't put up the 9 footer (long ago SD!) but had up the little 4 footer and my Charlie Brown tree.. plus stuff all over the mantle so.. it wasn't much to take care of.
On the 24th we put up our C Brown tree that used to be my mom's.

Black Friday weekend I picked up a set of 3.5' Inflatable Mickey and Minnie Mouse Xmas figures in our Bedroom Picture Window. It had the benefit of being Flat vs. the slope of the roof. I finally had to install a couple of hooks and string to keep them from falling onto the roof...I guess they were hitting the egg nog a bit hard lol.

As I've gotten my RV fence completed...I would string Christmas lights further and further along as the fence progressed. Finally made it to the property line bulb

The Mice will be down soon as the fans in them make an annoying vibration.
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12-27-2023 at 11:54 AM.
12-27-2023 at 11:54 AM.
Your trailer park allows decorations?
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12-27-2023 at 04:34 PM.
12-27-2023 at 04:34 PM.
although it had been up since the first weekend in december (pre-lit) i only just finished decorating my tree a few days before christmas so it will be staying up for at least another few weeks Hide. i will take the stuff out of the windows after new years, however.
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12-27-2023 at 09:48 PM.
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I never bothered putting any decorations up in the first place. Matter of fact I was supposed to advertise this ceramic Christmas tree on Facebook or Craigslist before the holiday and couldn't even be bothered to set it up long enough to get pictures of it for the ad(s).

Just in a very 'bah humbug' mood the past couple days (actually years).
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12-28-2023 at 05:24 AM.
12-28-2023 at 05:24 AM.
Quote from Schooby :
laugh out loud Um.. pass?

I didn't put up the 9 footer (long ago SD!) but had up the little 4 footer and my Charlie Brown tree.. plus stuff all over the mantle so.. it wasn't much to take care of.
Means I don't have to share my cookies Harhar I think the longest it's gonna take me is getting my 4' tree back in its box lol. Besides that, I have decorations on my bookshelves and coffee table that should be quick to put away.

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On the 24th we put up our C Brown tree that used to be my mom's.

Black Friday weekend I picked up a set of 3.5' Inflatable Mickey and Minnie Mouse Xmas figures in our Bedroom Picture Window. It had the benefit of being Flat vs. the slope of the roof. I finally had to install a couple of hooks and string to keep them from falling onto the roof...I guess they were hitting the egg nog a bit hard lol.

As I've gotten my RV fence completed...I would string Christmas lights further and further along as the fence progressed. Finally made it to the property line bulb

The Mice will be down soon as the fans in them make an annoying vibration.
High Five for making it to the property line!

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Your trailer park allows decorations?
Not only do they allow them, they encourage it! Whee
Do you think leaving my 12' skeleton that's holding an upside down decorated tree is over the top?

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I never bothered putting any decorations up in the first place. Matter of fact I was supposed to advertise this ceramic Christmas tree on Facebook or Craigslist before the holiday and couldn't even be bothered to set it up long enough to get pictures of it for the ad(s).

Just in a very 'bah humbug' mood the past couple days (actually years).
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12-28-2023 at 06:33 AM.
12-28-2023 at 06:33 AM.
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High Five for making it to the property line!
Thanks!
Quote from RenegadeDrummer :
Not only do they allow them, they encourage it! Whee
Do you think leaving my 12' skeleton that's holding an upside down decorated tree is over the top?
That sounds like year-round decoration to me laugh out loud
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12-28-2023 at 06:35 AM.
12-28-2023 at 06:35 AM.
Quote from DC :
Thanks!
That sounds like year-round decoration to me laugh out loud
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12-28-2023 at 06:37 AM.
12-28-2023 at 06:37 AM.
Quote from DC :
On the 24th we put up our C Brown tree that used to be my mom's.

Black Friday weekend I picked up a set of 3.5' Inflatable Mickey and Minnie Mouse Xmas figures in our Bedroom Picture Window. It had the benefit of being Flat vs. the slope of the roof. I finally had to install a couple of hooks and string to keep them from falling onto the roof...I guess they were hitting the egg nog a bit hard lol.

As I've gotten my RV fence completed...I would string Christmas lights further and further along as the fence progressed. Finally made it to the property line bulb

The Mice will be down soon as the fans in them make an annoying vibration.
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Quote from SnakePlisken :
Your trailer park allows decorations?
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Quote from acesmuzic :
although it had been up since the first weekend in december (pre-lit) i only just finished decorating my tree a few days before christmas so it will be staying up for at least another few weeks Hide. i will take the stuff out of the windows after new years, however.
LMAO the never ending holiday! Whee

Quote from CheapestGamer :
I never bothered putting any decorations up in the first place. Matter of fact I was supposed to advertise this ceramic Christmas tree on Facebook or Craigslist before the holiday and couldn't even be bothered to set it up long enough to get pictures of it for the ad(s).

Just in a very 'bah humbug' mood the past couple days (actually years).
hug
yeah this year seemed especially humbuggy.
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emelvee
12-28-2023 at 01:29 PM.
12-28-2023 at 01:29 PM.
Lights get turned off January 5. Then we started taking everything down and storing.
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yensshopper
12-28-2023 at 03:04 PM.
12-28-2023 at 03:04 PM.
Didn't have much but it all came down and was put away today.
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12-28-2023 at 06:39 PM.
12-28-2023 at 06:39 PM.
I just do a tabletop tree every year. Had a bowl of candy sitting under it and some nice fairy lights. Took it all down and put it all away the day after Christmas. I'd normally leave it out but I'm facing some heavy personal stuff and wanted to face the new year already... whatever horror it brings. Unsure

Still have some snowflake decals on the window. Lots of foot traffic passes by so... Also, it's my way of asking Mother Nature for snow. Crying

I think it's all a bit harder to manage when you live alone.
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redjen910
12-29-2023 at 10:07 AM.
12-29-2023 at 10:07 AM.
It's still up. The newest cat knocked over one of my smaller trees again today. That's like the 3rd or 4th time. So that might come down today. I would like to take it all down but I have too much to do.

And,yes, much harder to put it all up and down alone. DH had surgery in early November which meant he could do nothing. Couldn't climb the ladder for outside lights, couldn't bring the boxes up from the basement. Also shortly after the surgery we had some basement flooding due to a plumbing issue. I feel like I moved everything in the storage part of the basement 4 times already. The kid goes back to school on the 9th so if it's not down by then that'll be the day. But I'm done looking at it all.
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