Christmas Lights Still Up

[Ptarmigan]

In your area, do you still see Christmas lights still up? Whenever I drive around at night, I still see houses with Christmas lights up and still on, even thought Christmas has passed. I seem to remember Christmas stuff would go down right after Christmas or by New Years at latest. Don't get me wrong, I do like Christmas. It's not about the lights.

[DaylilyDawn]

Yes there are still Christmas lights up here in Lakeland FL. One house is right next to where my crossing guard station is.

[angelwing]

Lights will stay up till Little Christmas, people will start taking them down on Sunday here.

[Ptarmigan]

Lights will stay up till Little Christmas, people will start taking them down on Sunday here.

January 6th, also known as Epiphany. The 12 Days of Christmas came from December 25th to January 6th.

[Opal storm]

Most everybody in my neighborhood were already taking them down the very next morning after Christmas.Mine are still up but I'll probably take them down this weekend.

[coriolis]

Ours came down on New Years day. I still see a few up. Around here there are people who leave them up all year to save the work and then they just light them at Christmas time. The Borough office is right across the street from us and theirs are still up. Maybe the Borough workers were off all week or something.

[Lindaloo]

I took all the outside stuff down the weekend after Christmas. The tree did not come down until the day after New Years Day.

[lurkey]

Everything is packed away, except for the deck lights, candles in the windows and the nativity scene. Those will be taken down and packed up on Sunday. Then, all the Christmas stuff will put up in attic until the weekend after Thanksgiving.

[Ptarmigan]

I remember in King of the Hill, there was a Christmas episode called Twas The Nut Before Christmas. Bill would dress as Santa Claus and have Christmas decorations still up WAY passed Christmas. I believe it was up to March. I remember listening to Larry Elder on the radio and he saw a Christmas tree in April.

[petal*pusher]

Take 'em down?!? Ya gotta be kidding! I'm still waiting for some snow to see how beautiful they look twinkling away while covered!

I've still got several trees up...every year I hate to take 'em down!

I drove thru the subdivision tonight just to see who else has theirs up....and (whew!) most are still shining brightly!........p

[Bobbie Lee]

All my stuff is down and stored for next year. Yes, there a number of residences that still have their lights up, but they don't look as out-of-place as a business establishment that's still lighting up the night.

[Brent]

I took mine down the day after Christmas! For me, once it's over, it's over.

I did notice a few people still had theirs up earlier, but none on this street.

[JonathanBelles]

lights are still on down here.

[goodgal996]

Jeremy and I didn't put up any lights, but my parents are just about the only ones left in the neighborhood with theirs still up, but they'll be taking them down Sunday.

[AnnularCane]

I didn't have lights, but I took the tree and Nativity scene down two days ago. Some of the other decorations went down earlier. A couple of nights ago, I still saw lights on a few of the houses, but tonight they all seem to be down, or at least not lit.

My grandmother once kept her tree up until about the third week in January.

[Jim Cantore]

here too, including ours.

[tropicana]

yeah we wanna see some snow up here before we take ours down too

[Brent]

yeah we wanna see some snow up here before we take ours down too

You might not be taking them down at this rate.

[O Town]

Theres quit a few people with thiers still up and on.
We started taking down ours 3 days after and had everything down and packed up in the attic by New Years Eve. Yay!

[Miss Mary]

My outdoor lights are down and packed away. The tree hasn't been lit since th 1st and today is the first day I could find to pack it away correctly (fragile ornaments). My kids might have thrown them all in a box! I have a system so my tree trimmings are not a tangled mess next year.

Occasionally I see homes still lit with outdoor lights. But most are down and if not, not lit at night.

I always find it sad to see streets so dark after the 1st.

Finally, restaurants around here keep their lights up, either on trees outside their entrance or inside. Seems to be a year round thing in the retail world for some establishments (white light only though).

Mary