How long after Christmas do you leave your decorations up?

That's neat. I didn't even put a big tree up this year. I bought a little one last year that we have set on a table in the living room. I'm giving my big tree to my friend. She has one daughter and two grandkids living with her and they don't have a tree, and don't have the means to buy one this year. 

I hope you know that you make a positive impact on people.  You always try to help people and don't complain when you have plenty of reason to.  Strong woman.   I want to be like you when I grow up.  :)

Merry Christmas, Karen This post was edited by Thriftymaid at December 16, 2016 1:30 PM MST

We did that when I was a kid. Mom said it was bad luck to take it down before new years.......not sure if it really is or not though. :)

I saw something somewhere once about a lady who kept hers up all year round. She would decorate it for whatever holiday was current. 

The woman who was my next door neighbor for many years had a four foot tree decorated beautifully.  After Christmas her son would come over and take it, fully decorated, to her basement and put a sheet over it.  The next year he would bring it back to the living room where it stayed until she called on him to remove it again.  Her basement was finished beautifully as a studio apartment.  It flooded one time and I think she worried most about her tree.  I miss her.

This post was edited by Thriftymaid at December 16, 2016 1:37 PM MST

I usually tried to take mine down before New Years......please note the word 'tried' :)

I can't (read don't want to) believe that this is only confined to these funny little shores but there are persons here (they get on the news) who have their decorations up all year round, eat Christmas dinner everyday ('tis true) and other related things 365 days of it.
That is dedication. (I think it's a lovely image, you and your twinkly lights. Twinkling).

I don't know about the dinner thing, but the lights, they are just happy looking. Why can't I just have them as, you know? lights.
Anyway, im sure your tree is perfect.

Of course it is! I'll show you.
Why can't you have the lights. I have some in my kitchen which dangle all year and you should too.

The first year my husband and I were married we were dirt poor college students.  We cut a bush down from the side of a highway and took it home and put some balls on it that someone gave us.  We did 't have lights so we put a lamp on the floor behind it.  That was our Christmas bush.  What a wonderful memory.  Yours will be too.

Thank you, Thrifty and fellow Christmas busher. Your reply made me smile.

Same here. January is no time to be festive.

I am festive every day.  But January is a new festive.  We have a new year.  (with Donald Trump)   Maybe you are right.