The Holly & The Ivy

[ithildin]

One of the odder things about Utah is that nearly everyone has all their decorations, including their tree, down the day after Christmas. Most of our neighbours already have their stripped trees on the curb this morning. When I lived in California and B.C., most everyone left decorations up till New Year - or Epiphany, as the case may be. Though we didn't leave it up till then on purpose, just laziness [g]

So now I'm curious - when does your regional area normally take down the tree and such?

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[fkastrider.livejournal.com]

The tree comes down when we d@mn well feel like it, typically New Years Day (or there abouts). Back when we lived where I grew up (and my folks had a "real" tree), we cut off parts of limbs at a time and burned them in the big fireplace. (Not so safe a thing to do.)

The outside decorations get unplugged on New Years Day and come down when I can get at them through the snow. It won't be difficult this year as they are predicting (warm) rain for New Years.

The rope light inside/under the eaves of the porch now stays up year round as it provides the equivalent of a 7 watt night light to dimly light the porch. (A safety precaution)

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