Putting Away Christmas!
 

Anyone else putting away your Christmas decorations today?

I took the tree down last night, tucked away all the ornaments in their hiding place for the next year and stacked in the garage.

I can't get two pieces of the tree apart - need a strong hand, so that'll have to wait until my son comes over (it's in the garage though).

Decided to rearrange the furniture and I believe it looks better than it did before Christmas.

Took off a couple hours to watch a movie since I have three more days to get this all done!

Now I have a table full of decorations to wrap and put away and all the Christmas dishes..............ugh!

Everytime I put Christmas away I have to wonder what will be going on next year when I get it all out again.

My mom is taking our baby tree down and putting that stuff away...

I admit that I am not a great one for decorating for Christmas. If it were left up to me, it just wouldn't get done.

What movie did you watch?!

Yes, my wife and I took all the decorations down last night as well. We normally wait until January 1st to take them down. But we have a really busy week next week, so decided now was good. I love Christmas and all the decorations, but it is kinda nice to get back to normal. Man, that sounds Scroogish! lol

Sam Shepard and Jessica Lange in "Don't Come Knocking"

I haven't yet. Will probably do it on the 1st of Jan.

Usually get around to it about March or April. I like to have the tree back out in the yard before the ice is off the lakes.

I am thinking it will look good as a Mardi Gras Tree, Valentine's Day Tree, Easter Tree, Mother's Day Tree, Father's Day tree, July 4th tree, and on and on ... I really don't see the need to take it down... it really fills an empty place in that corner of my living room. :D

Well, Renda, it appears you are the trend-setter around here. You got us all in the mood to decorate with those ornaments you hung over your counter top, and now you're making me want to dig in and get it all put away too! :jolly

Will probably get to it tomorrow. :santathumb

I suppose it's time to put away the Christmas smileys too, huh? :santaclaus

Does that mean the Christmas smilies will be put back in storage soon? :christmasjig:gift:gift

Got it done about 2 days ago. I normally wait until Jan. 2nd, but we have a busy week planned next week. When I get started I cannot stop. I become possessed with getting it all done in one day! Whew, was I glad when it was finished.

Phil- I have a friend that does the trick with the tree- She keeps it going all year.

Well, I just got it all out in the garage!

The only thing left is one Poinsettia and I just don't have the heart to throw it out yet - it'll die on it's own soon enough.

Whew!

Sorry to see the Christmas smilies leave - - they were fun!

I especially liked this one - it just seemed to fit me a lot - - :christmoose

:star:horn:bells:christmasjig:gift
:santathumb:santaclaus:santaelf
:christmaskiss
:jolly:rudolph:christmoose:caroling
:christmascaroling:gotcha:penguin
:holly:ucuttree:wreath

There - that's one box full! LOL!

:treelights:holly:christmasfire:treegifts :treegifts:christmasfire :stocking:fireplace:cane:grinch:smileysleigh
:santasleigh:wisemen:merrychristmas2 :merrychristmas:happyholidays

And the LAST BOX!!!!!!!!!

This was an unusual Christmas for me. I didn't bother to decorate or even put up a tree, therefore I have nothing to put away. Next year will be better.

Well, look at it this way - you're already done!

I just cant do it!!! I cant put it all away yet! This has been really the best Christmas I have had in years well... pretty much. The kids are all well.. well as I put earlier on another thread.. an event free holiday!!! Just cant stand the thought of it all going away yet! So we are waiting till sometime next week... I am with Phil tho... If I could I would wait all year LOL

Amen...though I really like this one... :star

I'm such an inspiration! :christmoose :star

It took my wife and I, 4 hours on Friday to put things away.

I still have to take down the outside lights...

Hmmm...haven't seen that. I liked them years ago in 'Country'...that was a good movie. :star

With that much snow, you probably wanna wait a bit for those outside lights!:star

I normally get up early on New Year's Day and start taking down our outside lights and decorations while Mrs. Pianoman packs away all the inside stuff. The rest of the day I sit and watch bowl games! :)

I'm doing it tomorrow after church this year, because it's supposed to be below freezing on New Year's Day! brrrrrrrrr :)

Chicken!!!!!!! I was outside picking up broken limbs from a little tree in our back yard kindof side ofthe house sorta area (a place we have that had an oddball tree that some idiot hit last night) and it was only 28!!!! And we is in Dallas!!! So Git out there and take em down! Cant be that bad! LOL

We take our Christmas lights down---at spring break!

Only because the neighbours start making fun of us!

Persecution, bound to come!

Kind of funny, I haven't decorated for Christmas in a few years. We usually wind up spending most of our time at my parents over the holidays so it has seemed kind of pointless.

So anyway, on Christmas day it was just my parents and my daughter and I, so we went to dinner at a nice restaurant. Afterwards, my daughter and I went to Starbucks and by our house to change into comfy clothes before we went back over to my parents to hang out.

By the time we got to my parents house, my parents had their tree completey undecorated, and most of decorations out in the garage already!! I was like, "well, I guess Christmas is over"! :jolly :santaclaus

Lol....well, at least your timing was right.

That's exactly what I thought!! :jolly :christmoose

I keep walking through and changing things on the tables.......it's like I've just moved again! :jolly

Yeah... why can't I edit my "Favorites" any more? Somebody better un-ban BOOMM long enough to get that fixed!

I know, me too. We just got back into town and man, I want two more weeks of Christmas!!!

I'm all for that!

Me too, I got food poisoning in Palm Springs. Maybe it is because they use non-potable water at all the golf courses there.

We did get to go to a wonderful little home missions UPC church there in Desert Oasis called ironically Desert Oasis Fellowship. The pastor and I knew some of the same people...small world.

Golfing in Palm Springs....I can only imagine how great that was and how the golfers here are surely envious!

I wait a few weeks... even keep exterior lights burning.

I WISH we had taken the time today to take our tree and decorations down. But Walt - aka "Mr. Christmas" - thinks that it is a horrible sin to take anything down before January 1st. He is simply not willing to risk eternal damnation over it. Bah Humbug.

Just a little envious.. I actually prefer the golf in Palm Desert.. but I certainly wouldn't turn down Palm Beach! :D:christmasjig:horn:star:santaelf:christmaskiss:j olly

I feel like it's spring and summer all the time here in Ca. It get's BORING(although it's NO palm springs) I look forward to some cold weather which we have had for a whole 3 weeks now.

I love the snow, we went skiing for our anniversary and plan on going again!

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concerning India.... watch those monkeys!

I did take my tree down this morning and waiting on hubby to store it up in the attic.

Everything is down, packed, and put away.

I always heard it was bad luck to leave it up past New Year's Day.

Luck?

Uh, maybe abomination!