How long do you leave your tree up after Christmas if you put one up!?

We usually put ours up around the first week of December then take it down on Jan 1st. (It's a fibre-optic one so it goes back in the box in the attic with the other decorations etc) Like someone said earlier, I dont think I turned it on after christmas day (I think we forgot to switch it on on xmas day too!) I'm certainly not sad when it comes down. By that time I'm always sick of the clutter in the house. I love to get it all cleared away and give the house a good spring cleaning, it makes the place feel so fresh and minimalist!

We take our tree and all the decorations down New Years day. We have a lighted spiril tree, easy to put up and down. Wishing you a great new years.

We have an artificial tree too, so I usually don't take it down til the week after new years. This year we took it down early because we have a puppy that was taking the ornaments of the tree and trying to eat them.

well this is the first year I had my own tree. Usually my mom did all the taking down. But I am not sure when we will take our tree down. I really don't want to do it by myself but my fiance works all the time so he is tired when he gets home. Plus we are moving at the end of the month so hopefully before then!!

We wanted to take the tree down, we have a fake one, but it is kind of hard right now. For the past few days, my daughter has been sick. She gets up in the middle of the night and will just cry and it takes forever for her to go back to sleep. About the second night, she asked me if I would turn on the Christmas lights, on the tree. She is going to be three soon. So I turned them on and she stopped crying. For some reason, the Christmas tree all light up seemed to help. We are going to wait until she is feeling better to take it down.

By the second week of January. Our garbage company won't haul it away free any later than that. Also by that time, the tree lets out a very strong dry pine smell, so when that happens, I know it's time for the tree to go.

I will wait until the day after New Years day, I put it up the Wednesday before Christmas but the boys kep climbing it and its looking very shabby, so I'm afraid it'll go in the bin this time.

We always use real trees in our home, love the smell and it stays up until the Feast of the Three Kings. It is not celebrated by most here in the states but my mom's family always celebrated it back home so she has passed on the tradition to us.

We usually take our tree down on January 1 of the new year. We like to buy a real tree because it makes the house smell nice. Once we take it down, we take it to one of the recycling centers near us. They are used to be taken to the beach and piled up to create sand dunes.

Our tree normally stays up until just after the New Year. But since the new year is on Monday...I am wondering if I want to take it down this weekend. But I can say that I have never taken it down before the New Year.

We are the same as you. We usually take our tree down around New Years. I usually don't seem to light it up after Christmas day though. It seems odd to me once Christmas is over. I just hate to take it down. It always makes me sad. I love the holiday time and I hate when it ends. It is kind of a let down.

Well, I actually didn't get one up this year. But in the years that I did put one up, I took it down on January 1st. I too have an artificial one. Once in awhile we get a real one but it comes down the same day, we just don't put it up as soon as we would a fake one.

We also use a fake one - we usually take it down after the 1st of the year because we are so busy after X-mas. We still have ours up but will probably take it down tomorrow, the 1st.

We usually take our tree down the day after New Years too. This year however we have just been so busy we still haven't gotten around to taking it down yet. Hopefully, we will this weekend. And we have an artifical tree by the way.

I am guilty of having been one of those people that leaves their tree up for months after Christmas. Once it got left up until after St. Patrick's day. For the last few years though I have been making sure the tree comes down about a week after the New Year. My tree is just one of the regular fake ones that I have to put the lights on which takes time. By the time the tree is supposed to come down I am tired of messing with it. Not to mention I am the only one in my house that is willing to take off the ornaments and wrap them. If my family had it their way they would probably just take the tree ornaments and all and stuff it into the garage.

we usually take down our tree after New Year's eve... i am usually the one in charge of putting it back in the box because we don't have a real one here in the Philippines. we only have a fake one here that's why there's no worry of when we are going to take it down and put it in the box so that it would be used again the next Christmas eve...

When the tree comes down varies greatly. When my son was young and playing hockey. With 2-3 games a week and 2 practices and 2 nights a week at the tutors...we really did not worry about how long the tree was up. What amazes me, is how I love when the tree goes up, it looks so nice and decorative, but I love it even more when the tree goes down, the room looks so much cleaner and bigger..I guess Christmas trees are like double edged swords in this way.

We ususaly take ours down in two days after christmas. Just to keep the mess down.

I put ours up the day after Thanksgiving and take it down the 2nd of January. It is just a little one with fiber optic lights but we still like to have it up. Have a great day!! AT PEACE WITHIN

I dont buy real tree I have an artificial one. And we keep it on till way pass 15th January as on the 13th (I THINK) is our new year and than st. john the baptist so any time after the 15th I would say