First up, first down is my philosophy

Dec 26, 2024
8:13:01am

Skeptical Optimist Truly Addicted User

They'll be up a few weeks before Thanksgiving and down on the 26th.

We've even started taking them down on the evening of the 25th before.

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Time

Waking up on the 26th and seeing Christmas decorations all over the house

blackandblue

Dec 26, 7:41am

Some of the worst trouble I ever got in with my wife was acting on that impulse

fbguru

Dec 26, 7:45am

I take them down Christmas night some years, but usually by the 27th I have them gone.

Black Diamond Bay

Dec 26, 7:52am

That’s sad. The symbols of Christmas are a great reminder

Baron

Dec 26, 8:10am

I have little kids, they wreak havoc on those Christmas symbols that remind them of nothing, but serve as

Black Diamond Bay

Dec 26, 8:30am

Kids learn quickly to not destroy things. All kids were young once.

Baron

Dec 26, 8:40am

You sounds like a million year old grumpy grandpa.

Black Diamond Bay

Dec 26, 8:53am

Ummm you are the one taking Christmas stuff down early because of kids. I have kids of all ages at my house during the

Baron

Dec 26, 8:55am

Then maybe your decorations suck since they don't seem to have the same allure as mine do for little kids.

Black Diamond Bay

Dec 26, 8:57am

Sure. It is always easier to assume the issue lies somewhere else, so yes the reason kids don't destroy my

Baron

Dec 26, 9:00am

"Your decorations don't have the same allure as mine". LOLOLOL

Superkid

Dec 26, 9:04am

RE: Then maybe your decorations suck since they don't seem to have the same

Doogal McCougar

Dec 26, 9:25am

RE: Then maybe your decorations suck since they don't seem to have the same

Blue for Life

Dec 26, 9:36am

If your decorations attract little kids, they probably don’t look great

RealTaysomHill

Dec 26, 1:04pm

RE: If your decorations attract little kids, they probably don’t look

Blue for Life

Dec 26, 1:07pm

Some of them play music or having moving pieces.

Black Diamond Bay

Dec 26, 1:49pm

It's over comrades, the War For Christmas is lost.

joelvandyne

Dec 26, 8:43am

RE: Waking up on the 26th and seeing Christmas decorations all over the house

Preppy

Dec 26, 7:52am

That’s my wife’s job. I ain’t got time for that.

WDaddy

Dec 26, 7:56am

First up, first down is my philosophy

Skeptical Optimist

Dec 26, 8:13am

Christmastide goes into the first week of January. You people are sad.

Superkid

Dec 26, 8:17am

Go up Thanksgiving weekend. Come down after New Years. Too much effort to make it shorter than that.

Jimo Dashen

Dec 26, 8:20am

Most of our decorations are nativity scenes and angels. I enjoy them up in our

BYUheaven

Dec 26, 8:24am

I kept up all the nativities and pictures. Just took down stockings, and some of

blackandblue

Dec 26, 9:40am

in such a rush to welcome in...January?

runnincoug

Dec 26, 8:30am

Anyone who takes them down before Jan 1st is anti Christmas, anti American, and anti Jesus.

Mr. Belding

Dec 26, 9:02am

took ours down yesterday afternoon....

LHA

Dec 26, 9:31am

We took it down before Christmas.

Baron

Dec 26, 9:32am

RE: We took it down before Christmas.

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