Christmas Day thread

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LazyDaisy 6 Jan 8:19am, 6 Jan 2025 41,204 posts	0 LazyDaisy I turned off the reindeer outside last night but our tree is still up until later today when, in a shower of needles, it'll be going outdoors to await collection.
LindsD 6 Jan 8:36am, 6 Jan 2025 72,006 posts	0 LindsD Happy birthday @Minnie Mad
Alice the Camel 6 Jan 8:38am, 6 Jan 2025 19,247 posts	0 Alice the Camel I felt a little sad to look outside when I woke this morning and not see the neighbour’s outdoor lights. When we lived in Belgium, decorations stayed up until the end of January. It helped to add a little colour and cheer to cold, damp, grey days.
Little Nemo 6 Jan 10:30am, 6 Jan 2025 16,222 posts	0 Little Nemo Tree is now completely stripped. I ended up taking the lights off as well as I have more patience to coil them neatly Saying that they will probably still be a tangled mess when I come to unpack them for next Christmas! Tree will be dismembered with smaller bits going into the garden waste bin. Larger bits and trunk will be burned as we have an working open fire. Happy Birthday MM
Derby Tup 6 Jan 11:22am, 6 Jan 2025 69,950 posts	0 Derby Tup We still have everything up but won’t have by bedtime
3M 6 Jan 11:51am, 6 Jan 2025 25,478 posts	0 3M We dechristmassed yesterday. Bringing in the lights from outside in the snow and rain (yes, there were both!) wasn't pleasant! Everything is now back in the loft for 11 months. Except the tree which is soaking gently outside the patio door. @Little Nemo, there's a whole scientific paper to be written on how Christmas lights become entangled whilst they are tucked away! I think it's a model of quantum entanglement and string theory in one place!
Hibeedeb 6 Jan 11:53am, 6 Jan 2025 3,200 posts	0 Hibeedeb We have left our outside lights for now, and have had our star lights in our front window up for a couple of years now - they seem to keep the birds from flying into the window - that’s my excuse anyway!
sparklecloud 6 Jan 12:28pm, 6 Jan 2025 1,343 posts	0 sparklecloud I took ours down yesterday. Usually do it on the 6th but we're going away today so wouldn't have had time.
Velociraptor 6 Jan 12:38pm, 6 Jan 2025 73,069 posts	0 Velociraptor We put the Christmas bedlinen away yesterday. Considering getting a non-festive glow in the dark duvet cover for the rest of the year.
Minnie Mad 6 Jan 12:49pm, 6 Jan 2025 6,236 posts	0 Minnie Mad Thanks for the birthday wishes, I’m staying in today, it’s a festive landscape out there without the decorations ! Just realised my outdoor lights are still up but currently under around 30cm of snow so will stay there, but turned off.