Anonymous
Post 01/19/2026 21:13     Subject: Who else still has Xmas decorations up?
Anonymous wrote:It loses the holiday specialness if it's up too long.

This is true.

We had reason to skip decorating a couple times. After 2 years, it was really special putting up all the decorations. Most years my thought is, how in the world did the year go by so quickly - seems we just took everything down.

Anonymous
Post 01/19/2026 20:10     Subject: Who else still has Xmas decorations up?
We took the last of our indoor decorations down today. I had surgery on New Year’s Eve so they stayed up for longer than normal. Our outdoor decorations are still up but we unplugged them. It’s bitterly cold here and snows more every couple of days.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2026 19:18     Subject: Who else still has Xmas decorations up?
It loses the holiday specialness if it's up too long.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2026 16:57     Subject: Who else still has Xmas decorations up?
We did ours today. I wish I was motivated sooner but the last several years it has been MLK weekend. I despite January - it has no redeeming qualities.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2026 16:38     Subject: Who else still has Xmas decorations up?
The holidays are done. I would feel weird having holiday decorations in my house.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2026 16:34     Subject: Who else still has Xmas decorations up?
House Lights came down right after new years. Tree and ornaments were just put away this weekend.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2026 16:20     Subject: Who else still has Xmas decorations up?
I was planning to take it down today, but my kids saw that snow is coming next week and asked me to leave it. Fine with me!
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2026 13:14     Subject: Who else still has Xmas decorations up?
I took my tree down this weekend, and only because I bought a new piece of furniture and wanted to see how it fit in the space.

I love having the tree up, I think it's the warm glow of the lights. I still have my outdoor xmas lights up, but I never take them down. I just stop turning them on.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2026 12:28     Subject: Re:Who else still has Xmas decorations up?
Anonymous wrote:People with their Christmas trees up in the middle of January are sad. Have some dignity.


You’re the sad one.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2026 11:15     Subject: Who else still has Xmas decorations up?
Anonymous wrote:I do not know about inside peoples houses, but I love the holiday and Christmas lights up through Feb!!


See, I don’t care what people do in their homes, but your outdoor lights shining into my window all night is very annoying.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2026 11:14     Subject: Who else still has Xmas decorations up?
Anonymous wrote:See, I’m always wondering why people are putting the decorations up on November first or even the day after Thanksgiving which is 6-8 weeks before Christmas and then getting bent of shape when other people have things up in January. You do you and stop worrying about other people. I think it’s a little odd to still be paying for the electricity to keep the inflatables up on the lawn, but again, not my circus, not my monkeys.


For those who observe advent, it starts the Sunday after Thanksgiving. That’s why.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2026 10:43     Subject: Who else still has Xmas decorations up?
My (fake) tree is still up with just generic winter ornaments. I love the glow at night in the room. I tend to use a lot of tree and snowflake decorations at Christmas, so I just just swap out a few Santas for snowmen. January is dreary enough without stripping the house. I leave this up all month.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2026 10:11     Subject: Who else still has Xmas decorations up?
I do not know about inside peoples houses, but I love the holiday and Christmas lights up through Feb!!
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2026 10:10     Subject: Who else still has Xmas decorations up?
Meant - I DOUBT it was laziness ^^
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2026 10:10     Subject: Re:Who else still has Xmas decorations up?
Anonymous wrote:Your post reminds me of a lazy neighbor that I had years back.

After Christmas 🎄 waaaay over - - she didn’t want to take down her Christmas tree + all the ornaments/lights/etc. on it.

So when Easter came along, believe it or not - she STILL had her tree up!
(It was a fake tree btw.)

So she thought she was being “creative” by decorating it w/pastel colored plastic eggs thus making it into an “Easter” tree!! 🫢


I found it was laziness )especially if she decorated it for other holidays). It probably just made her happy. Does it really matter? Why would that bother you?

When I went through chemo, I put lights all over the living room, where I recovered from surgery, and they stayed up a long time. Because I enjoyed them. Life is too short to concern yourself with what other people do.