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Re: 12th Night

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Moonraker wrote: I'm sure Sunskriti will say it doesn't matter! :wink:
Who knows, I might just start spouting my extensive knowledge of Christianity and surprise you all with an answer to the highly important question of the 12th Night. :wink:








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well, as far as I'm concerned there are no religious connotations to 12th night...I just want to know when its the right time to take down the decorations, lol! :lol:
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Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'

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Sounds as if there may be no "right" time at all! After all, decorations are hardly part of the Christmas story!
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We've taken ours down on 6 Jan forever!!, its just family tradition and we celebrate 6/1 as
Twelfth Night. Its always sad to say au revoir to our lovely decs for another year, but soon get accustomed to being "back to normal"! I put a bucketful of water in the tree pot on 5/12 when we put it up, and its still as fresh as a daisy and strongly scented with pine, we'll make the most of the last evening of its delightful presence with the fire and candles lit!
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Thank you! This is the sort of answer I wanted, lol! Yes - its always been 6th January in our family too. I've taken some down already but will leave the real Christmas tree until Saturday night, as I love the smell of pine in the house! :D
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Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'

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Daisy wrote:Sounds as if there may be no "right" time at all! After all, decorations are hardly part of the Christmas story!
Surely they must have had some fairylights? ;-) :lol:
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Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'

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I would honestly feel pretty bad if I took the decorations before the 6th due to the Epiphany and all that, but unfortunately because school starts literally a day or two after this celebration, we have to take everything down either 6th in the evening or 7th the lastest. For me it's the hardest part ever..
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Rob Houghton wrote:
Daisy wrote:Sounds as if there may be no "right" time at all! After all, decorations are hardly part of the Christmas story!
Surely they must have had some fairylights? ;-) :lol:
Oh very good. :roll: :lol:
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We've always taken our decorations down on 6th January - as late in the day as possible! :D
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Thank you! :-D I'm glad I'm not the only one!
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Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
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If I remember correctly we also used to put down the decoration etc January 6th. We haven't put up our (artificial) Christmas tree in ages though.
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I usually take mine down on the sixth, or sometimes a few days later if I am feeling lazy. I never entirely understand people who take them down on Boxing Day but each to their own I guess.
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I agree! I hardly see the point of putting them up if you take them down too early! :-D
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
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Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
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Mine come down on the 6th, 12 days after Christmas Day and not a second before or after, as I don't want bad luck for the rest of the year. Their all packed away now and the room looks bare and much bigger, I know it'll take a week or so to adjust again and for the 'Christmas feeling' to subside. I hate pulling them down, love putting them up but absolutely hate taking them down, I think it must be the most depressing job after being an undertaker! :lol: .

The decorations up around the town though, well the council might get around to taking them down by July if there's a summer fete on and they don't want fairy lights mixed up in the bunting...
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Re: 12th Night

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IceMaiden wrote:I know it'll take a week or so to adjust again and for the 'Christmas feeling' to subside. I hate pulling them down, love putting them up but absolutely hate taking them down, I think it must be the most depressing job after being an undertaker! :lol: .
Most definitely. :lol:
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