When do you take down your winter holiday decor? While we seem to be settled back into our jobs and responsibilities, I must confess to not letting go of a few holiday reminders. For one thing, my guilty pleasure, the Christmas Village is still up in full glory (fake snow and all). It is something I allow myself in an otherwise style-conscious home. Additionally I gave this Scandinavian advent calendar to my husband and while I was sad that I didn’t give it to him earlier, I decided to use it for the next twenty-five days to keep the spirit of the holidays going for a bit longer. When are the holidays truly over for you? Are they ever over?
I took my tree down Christmas morning. My family gathers at my sister’s house to open presents so the tree was not a necessity and I find historically that if I don’t get the tree down before New Years, it stays up until Valentine’s Day.
I must confess that one year I left my tree up past Valentine’s day…it was a small potted tree and at a certain point it became a thing of how long can I keep it up.