When is Christmas"OVER"

[SwimOdin]

It takes a while for society to un-Christmas itself, from advertising to obviously decorations, whether they be public or private.  What's the last day you're cool with seeing it out in the wild or in advertisements? 

January 2nd is the cut-off for me.  Conversely, I take perverse delight if there's a late-January ad that still has Christmas connotation.

[crackymckrackin]

2 minutes ago, SwimOdin said:

It takes a while for society to un-Christmas itself, from advertising to obviously decorations, whether they be public or private.  What's the last day you're cool with seeing it out in the wild or in advertisements? 

January 2nd is the cut-off for me.  Conversely, I take perverse delight if there's a late-January ad that still has Christmas connotation.

My wife said Walmart has it's valentine's day crap out already. 

[Top Gun]

Growing up we always kept the tree and outside lights going until the 6th for the Epiphany. 12 days and such.

[The_annoying_one]

December 26th.

That said, my tree and decorations are still up, but mainly because I haven’t had the energy to deal with them.

[André Toulon]

i think the most significant instance of this was years ago when a radio station was still playing Christmas music in February...

But as far as my personal preference....My tree has been up for about 7 years. I just call it a house plant. the lights are embedded into the branches so i dont really even decorate it...just turn the lights on in Dec. 

When i move, i plan to leave it right there 

[-Kudasai-]

Christmas is non-existent to me like all holidays.

[Insipid]

January is dark and bitterly cold, so I don't think there is anything wrong with keeping the decorations up the whole month. It should be gone by February though. All the other stuff, movies and music, will feel out of season starting tomorrow. 

[ghostrek]

3 minutes ago, Insipid said:

January is dark and bitterly cold, so I don't think there is anything wrong with keeping the decorations up the whole month. It should be gone by February though. All the other stuff, movies and music, will feel out of season starting tomorrow. 

yes  it is, but   in the darkest times is when we need hope the most 

[discolé monade]

2 hours ago, crackymckrackin said:

My wife said Walmart has it's valentine's day crap out already. 

and some easter. 

yes

[discolé monade]

53 minutes ago, Insipid said:

January is dark and bitterly cold, so I don't think there is anything wrong with keeping the decorations up the whole month. It should be gone by February though. All the other stuff, movies and music, will feel out of season starting tomorrow. 

this. 

it should be lit.  

winter is the time where the veil between the living and the dead is lifted and the dead can roam more freely. 

that's what they say. 

so i love the lights to stay up, adds to the lore. 

[katt_goddess]

2 hours ago, crackymckrackin said:

My wife said Walmart has it's valentine's day crap out already. 

We have Valencrimes and St. Pat's crap up right now with plans for Easter things to go into flex areas of the store. 

I only put a stocking up for the beasties this year and it was taken down on Yule. I don't care for this time of year anyway. The only decorations I leave up are the Halloween ones because they go with the rest of my decor.  That broom has been hovering near the ceiling for about 23 years now.

[Raptorpat]

there was one christmas, when i was between 10-12 probably shortly after parents divorced, where the (fake) tree at my dad's didn't get taken down until April

in hindsight it was probably a depression/subsistence house at the time

[SwimOdin]

3 hours ago, André Toulon said:

i think the most significant instance of this was years ago when a radio station was still playing Christmas music in February...

But as far as my personal preference....My tree has been up for about 7 years. I just call it a house plant. the lights are embedded into the branches so i dont really even decorate it...just turn the lights on in Dec. 

When i move, i plan to leave it right there 

You make me feel better about the year we left ours up until March.

[Jman]

Traditionally, January 5, the Epithany is the last day it’s kosher to celebrate Christmas, watch Christmas movies, etc.

[mthor]

1 hour ago, Jman said:

Traditionally, January 5, the Epithany is the last day it’s kosher to celebrate Christmas, watch Christmas movies, etc.

*January 6

[scoobdog]

2 hours ago, Jman said:

Traditionally, January 5, the Epithany is the last day it’s kosher to celebrate Christmas, watch Christmas movies, etc.

The Epiphany is the end of the Roman Catholic Christmas sequence, it doesn’t have much bearing outside of liturgy.   It isn’t celebrated as a secular holiday, except in the Eastern Orthodoxy where the gift giving is tied to their holy day on the 19th.