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orlandodaze
05-01-2006, 21:11
When do you all take down the Christmas decorations and tree? I began taking them down yesterday and some family members were so upset that I will now leave them until after January 6th little Christmas . I suppose the house looks better with them up rather than down. More cheerful anyway.
Madabouttigger
05-01-2006, 21:19
Down and away by 2nd. By then i have had enough of them and just want to start thinking about the spring time!
[msnscared]
Should be 12th night (from Christmas day). If you leave them up any longer, it's bad luck for the rest of the year!
orlandodaze
05-01-2006, 21:26
12th night it is Blott and the family are happy.
All down on Monday just gone.
A good clean and it's all over.[^]
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Macka
All down on Monday just gone.
A good clean and it's all over.[^]
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Same here, left the outside lights up till today[msnwink]
thornton
05-01-2006, 22:23
Taken half down today, the rest tomorrow.
Jill
sheenallan
05-01-2006, 22:43
Mine all came down Tuesday,had a good clean, now i am ready for the SPRING,i just love seeing everything burst back into life.
Sheena.
Sharon G
05-01-2006, 22:49
12th NIGHT !![msnwink]
Ray&Sarah
05-01-2006, 23:13
Ours came down on Monday, wanted it all away and clean and tidy before I went back to work.[msnsmile]
Should be tonight (12th night) I think.
Our inside decorations came down on New Years day, I took the outside lights and decorations off of the tree this afternoon.
LiesaAnna
05-01-2006, 23:44
mine came down on sunday afternoon
its tidier without them!!
I'm with Ray and Sarah. Mine came down on Monday so I had Tuesday for the sales before my return to work on Wednesday. I must admit it takes half the time to take them down as it does to put them up. I too, am now looking forward to the spring, particularly lighter mornings and evenings and of course we are counting off the weeks until we go to Florida at Easter.
Ours came down on Tuesday as I no longer feel like celebrating as our eldest son has applied for a 1 year work visa for Australia and hopes to be off as soon as possible.[msncry][msncry]
Aiminghigh
06-01-2006, 01:07
Down Monday, but what a job!Took ages to pack them away[msnscared] Decided I wouldn't put so many up next year.
Carole
That's what you say now Carole, bet you do the same again next year. [msnwink]
SunLover
06-01-2006, 02:28
Ours never went up, as we were away for Christmas [msnwink][msntongue]
Aiminghigh
06-01-2006, 08:52
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by wrpac00
That's what you say now Carole, bet you do the same again next year. [msnwink]
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Hmmm. You could be right Paul[msnwink]
Carole
Ours came down on Tuesday too. I like to have everything back to 'normal' before the new school term starts.
julieanne
06-01-2006, 13:53
Mine were down on Monday, I have got rid of all those I didn't use this year too....
abbeyvillas
06-01-2006, 15:08
Ours came down on Tuesday too as they were getting on my nerves by then ( full of Xmas spirit aren't I). I must say though, the house looks really bare without them now
I usually take them down by the 12th night although I heard today that they should be down by sunset on the 12th night!
I actually took mine down on Mon as I knew I had a busy week.
LiesaAnna
07-01-2006, 03:21
all over for another year, quite sad really at how fast christmas creeps up and then whoosh its gone!!! is it just me or does time seem to fly by these days?
Paula D-S
07-01-2006, 03:27
My three year old cried and cried when I took "Christmas" down today. Glad to see the back of them now, in fact dreading putting them up this year as the lights were all knotted together and I couldn't be bothered unravelling them.......mental note....must get hubby to get lights out next Christmas...or buy new ones.
julieanne
07-01-2006, 03:29
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by LiesaAnna
all over for another year, quite sad really at how fast christmas creeps up and then whoosh its gone!!! is it just me or does time seem to fly by these days?
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Liesa time certainly does fly - I have been out tonight with some "girls" who I haven't seen for 21 years!!!!!!! And it seemed just like yesterday since I last saw them [msneek]
LiesaAnna
07-01-2006, 14:21
i know the feeling Julie, the brain is the same as it was all those years ago but its just the "shell" thats changed on the outside[msnwink]
Ray&Sarah
07-01-2006, 14:28
My mum says as she has got older time flies even quicker.[msnoo][msnsmile]
LiesaAnna
07-01-2006, 16:08
its pesky kids that make time fly by!! always looking out for them to reach milestones!!!!
orlandodaze
07-01-2006, 21:20
I totally agree Liesa Anna ,Im still 16 at heart the figure is really all thats different about me . Tonight Im off to a 70s music show with some friends . I believe one of the reasons time flies by so quickly in recent years is that we spend most of the year preparing , looking forward to or recovering from our trips to Florida . This addiction with Florida has taken over my life .[msnmad][msnmad][msnmad]
Aiminghigh
07-01-2006, 22:25
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by caitlin
My three year old cried and cried when I took "Christmas" down today. Glad to see the back of them now, in fact dreading putting them up this year as the lights were all knotted together and I couldn't be bothered unravelling them.......mental note....must get hubby to get lights out next Christmas...or buy new ones.
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Paula-I had 3 identical sets on my tree, each with 150 lights. I took them all off and put them in a carrier bag, all tangled together as I was so fed up of putting the decorations away.Maybe a fibre optic tree next year[laugh]
Liesa-Time seemed to go much slower when I was younger, now it whizzes by so fast it's scary. The thing is, my children think time goes fast too! I often wonder if it's because there's so much more to keep them busy than when I was their age?
Carole
Ray&Sarah
07-01-2006, 22:50
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Aiminghigh
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by caitlin
My three year old cried and cried when I took "Christmas" down today. Glad to see the back of them now, in fact dreading putting them up this year as the lights were all knotted together and I couldn't be bothered unravelling them.......mental note....must get hubby to get lights out next Christmas...or buy new ones.
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Paula-I had 3 identical sets on my tree, each with 150 lights. I took them all off and put them in a carrier bag, all tangled together as I was so fed up of putting the decorations away.Maybe a fibre optic tree next year[laugh]
Liesa-Time seemed to go much slower when I was younger, now it whizzes by so fast it's scary. <span style="color:limegreen">The thing is, my children think time goes fast too! I often wonder if it's because there's so much more to keep them busy than when I was their age?</span id="limegreen">
Carole
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I think you might be right there Carole, with all the modern appliances you'd think we'd have more time on our hands but no its less.[msnsmile2]
LiesaAnna
08-01-2006, 02:00
yes Carole i think your right, they have so much to do these days minutes are used up by doing many things!!!!
hope it doesnt go to fast[msnoo][msneek]