When Do You Take The Christmas Decorations Down. Taking their lead it s safe to say that you can consider the end of january a perfectly organic time to take down your holiday decorations. Twelfth night is the night before epiphany and is the night.

Real christmas trees are not eternal so their needles drop and they lose their glamour by the end of january cass explains. Well at least i started the process of taking down the decorations on epiphany. Its name comes from it bringing to an end the 12 days of christmas the length of time christians.

This is the darkest time of the year and life is a little less gloomy with the lights.

While there s nothing wrong with decorating for christmas early year round christmas stores and hallmark s christmas movies exist for a reason putting up decorations early can naturally make one wonder when exactly you should take them down too. The period before that is known as advent the time of preparation for christmas. However some mark 6th january as twelfth night counting the 12 days after christmas day which is where the confusion stems from. You may love leaving your home all done up until new year s day or for as long as fresh greenery stays healthy.