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Topic: when do you pack up the ho ho ho
no1phD Joined Tue 01/07/14 Posts: 27442	Sun 12/28/14 08:40 PM
okay just do me a favor.... now that you are a , admitted tree hugger.. just tell me that you do you shave your underarms.. and legs.. just give me that much at least..lol.. and thanks for the kind words.... all the memories are good memories....

jacktrades Joined Tue 09/11/12 Posts: 4395	Sun 12/28/14 11:57 PM
I only have a small ceramic tree so I guess maybe the 2nd because like Leigh the 1st is for sweats and football.

Unknow Joined Mon 11/05/07 Posts: 64077	Mon 12/29/14 03:08 AM
No decorations or tree this year... If we had, the day after Yule would have been the day...

messi_is_a_tim_1888 Joined Fri 11/28/14 Posts: 3309	Mon 12/29/14 03:08 AM
I only have a small ceramic tree so I guess maybe the 2nd because like Leigh the 1st is for sweats and football. Not here in Scotland it's not? It's for getting drunk as it's new years day. The 2nd is for getting drunk and football ( soccer ) also!

SparklingCrystal 💖💎 Joined Mon 05/20/13 Posts: 33259	Mon 12/29/14 03:40 AM Edited by SparklingCrystal 💖💎 on Mon 12/29/14 03:41 AM
The time in the past was the 1st of February, as it was a winter festival celebrated from the 11th of November all the way to the 1st Feb. Well it was in Europe anyway. Read up about it? Never heard about that, but read that indeed in SOME traditions the very last date for cleaning up Christmas stuff is February 2nd. In other traditions the date is Jan 6th (Twelfth Night), the latter is tradition here in the Netherlands. The ritual burning of Christmas trees is always after Twelfth night. Feb 2nd is Imbolc or L� Fh�ill Br�ghde, in church language "Candlemas" (bluddy church nicked all our pagan celebrations!)

messi_is_a_tim_1888 Joined Fri 11/28/14 Posts: 3309	Mon 12/29/14 04:03 AM
The time in the past was the 1st of February, as it was a winter festival celebrated from the 11th of November all the way to the 1st Feb. Well it was in Europe anyway. Read up about it? Never heard about that, but read that indeed in SOME traditions the very last date for cleaning up Christmas stuff is February 2nd. In other traditions the date is Jan 6th (Twelfth Night), the latter is tradition here in the Netherlands. The ritual burning of Christmas trees is always after Twelfth night. Feb 2nd is Imbolc or L� Fh�ill Br�ghde, in church language "Candlemas" (bluddy church nicked all our pagan celebrations!) Never knew either until i watched QI XL on TV and read up about it myself Crystal.

SparklingCrystal 💖💎 Joined Mon 05/20/13 Posts: 33259	Mon 12/29/14 04:24 AM Edited by SparklingCrystal 💖💎 on Mon 12/29/14 04:25 AM
The time in the past was the 1st of February, as it was a winter festival celebrated from the 11th of November all the way to the 1st Feb. Well it was in Europe anyway. Read up about it? Never heard about that, but read that indeed in SOME traditions the very last date for cleaning up Christmas stuff is February 2nd. In other traditions the date is Jan 6th (Twelfth Night), the latter is tradition here in the Netherlands. The ritual burning of Christmas trees is always after Twelfth night. Feb 2nd is Imbolc or L� Fh�ill Br�ghde, in church language "Candlemas" (bluddy church nicked all our pagan celebrations!) Never knew either until i watched QI XL on TV and read up about it myself Crystal. Haha, I guess you get to watch things when you're up with a new born? Imbolc (L� Fh�ill Br�ghde) is typically the pagan celebration I always forget, lol. When I was still very active as a pagan and hedgewitch, I used to celebrate all the sabbats, but always forgot about Imbolc. Now I do what the Celts did, just Beltain (May 1st) and Samhain (Hallow's eve) Now I wanna work out how the heck you pronounce L� Fh�ill Br�ghde. Almost feels like French??? . .

Dodo_David Joined Fri 08/13/10 Posts: 48914	Mon 12/29/14 05:16 AM
When I read the title of this thread, I thought that Santa was taking a road trip with three ... Oh, never mind.

Jtevans Joined Fri 08/10/07 Posts: 30654	Mon 12/29/14 05:17 AM
"when do you pack up the ho ho ho" when they all 3 pass out and you want to be gone before they wake up

charles Joined Wed 07/26/06 Posts: 6827	Tue 12/30/14 11:23 AM
Not that my place is fully decorated, but as late as I can get away with.

realcarebear Joined Sat 12/07/13 Posts: 6876	Tue 12/30/14 11:33 AM
My first day off after the new year.

devildog123 Joined Mon 09/08/14 Posts: 3902	Tue 12/30/14 11:46 AM
that is a brilliant idea... blondie... . unfortunately I'm a consumer. my tree is fake....lol... but it is decorated with ornaments.. that my ex and I purchased every year.. one for every year... and then one for every year the boys had a Christmas.. .... so my tree is full of memories... up to this point they were all good memories... however this year decorating the tree.... was somewhat of a painful reminder.... but I like your idea.... you are truly a tree hugger... and I mean that in a good way.. . although the tree.. you cut down for Christmas... probably doesn't feel the same way...lol yes i am a tree hugger laughing .. it is actually healthy to full some trees from the forest each year .. It can't possibly sustain every tree planted . They can always be grown in large pots and used each year but that limits the size that can be used as they are too heavy to move without a crane . I guess the first Christmas will always feel sad as far as memories are concerned but I am sure a lot of those memories relate to you and your boys . .. a time will come when the hurt and sadness vanish .. Chin up you :-) I wait until I see the other people in my town throwing their tree out... then I chuck mine.. and take down the decorations. There is a set day that the town picks up trees.. but I never know what that day is.. so I just follow the lead

mysticalview21 Joined Sat 06/28/14 Posts: 5462	Tue 12/30/14 12:40 PM
op seems i got mine up a little later this yr then right after thanksgiving ... I hate to take them down also I added a new color this yr to my tree and so cool i want to look at it longer ... and i will take down normally on New Years day but will be a few days later ... saw a really cool way to pack your tree if artificial... saran wrap from the top to bottom around and around even with decorations still on ... thought that was really cool ... mine is different hangs from the ceiling so it is a perfect size for a large garbage bag and i just hang in one of my extra closest i pack all holidays stuff in... really seemed to go fast this yr ...

mysticalview21 Joined Sat 06/28/14 Posts: 5462	Tue 12/30/14 12:42 PM
Not that my place is fully decorated, but as late as I can get away with. well well look who it is ... bout time u showed ur face

charles Joined Wed 07/26/06 Posts: 6827	Tue 12/30/14 05:47 PM
Not that my place is fully decorated, but as late as I can get away with. well well look who it is ... bout time u showed ur face My M.O. is showing up when least expected.

navygirl Joined Sat 06/02/07 Posts: 8118	Tue 12/30/14 09:09 PM
My brother packed up his Christmas stuff on Boxing day.

davidben1 Joined Wed 12/05/07 Posts: 6120	Wed 12/31/14 12:35 AM
When I read the title of this thread, I thought that Santa was taking a road trip with three ... Oh, never mind.

davidben1 Joined Wed 12/05/07 Posts: 6120	Wed 12/31/14 12:39 AM
that is a brilliant idea... blondie... . unfortunately I'm a consumer. my tree is fake....lol... but it is decorated with ornaments.. that my ex and I purchased every year.. one for every year... and then one for every year the boys had a Christmas.. .... so my tree is full of memories... up to this point they were all good memories... however this year decorating the tree.... was somewhat of a painful reminder.... but I like your idea.... you are truly a tree hugger... and I mean that in a good way.. . although the tree.. you cut down for Christmas... probably doesn't feel the same way...lol yes i am a tree hugger laughing .. it is actually healthy to full some trees from the forest each year .. It can't possibly sustain every tree planted . They can always be grown in large pots and used each year but that limits the size that can be used as they are too heavy to move without a crane . I guess the first Christmas will always feel sad as far as memories are concerned but I am sure a lot of those memories relate to you and your boys . .. a time will come when the hurt and sadness vanish .. Chin up you :-) I wait until I see the other people in my town throwing their tree out... then I chuck mine.. and take down the decorations. There is a set day that the town picks up trees.. but I never know what that day is.. so I just follow the lead hiya devil.. smiling .. that's a great service .. Wish they did that in my country :-) good point! no nice of you to say... America does lead the world in great idea's... truly why the world follows America as the leader of the world.

messi_is_a_tim_1888 Joined Fri 11/28/14 Posts: 3309	Wed 12/31/14 01:25 AM
that is a brilliant idea... blondie... . unfortunately I'm a consumer. my tree is fake....lol... but it is decorated with ornaments.. that my ex and I purchased every year.. one for every year... and then one for every year the boys had a Christmas.. .... so my tree is full of memories... up to this point they were all good memories... however this year decorating the tree.... was somewhat of a painful reminder.... but I like your idea.... you are truly a tree hugger... and I mean that in a good way.. . although the tree.. you cut down for Christmas... probably doesn't feel the same way...lol yes i am a tree hugger laughing .. it is actually healthy to full some trees from the forest each year .. It can't possibly sustain every tree planted . They can always be grown in large pots and used each year but that limits the size that can be used as they are too heavy to move without a crane . I guess the first Christmas will always feel sad as far as memories are concerned but I am sure a lot of those memories relate to you and your boys . .. a time will come when the hurt and sadness vanish .. Chin up you :-) I wait until I see the other people in my town throwing their tree out... then I chuck mine.. and take down the decorations. There is a set day that the town picks up trees.. but I never know what that day is.. so I just follow the lead hiya devil.. smiling .. that's a great service .. Wish they did that in my country :-) good point! no nice of you to say... America does lead the world in great idea's... truly why the world follows America as the leader of the world. Bollocks on this one David!

davidben1 Joined Wed 12/05/07 Posts: 6120	Wed 12/31/14 01:37 AM Edited by davidben1 on Wed 12/31/14 01:39 AM
that is a brilliant idea... blondie... . unfortunately I'm a consumer. my tree is fake....lol... but it is decorated with ornaments.. that my ex and I purchased every year.. one for every year... and then one for every year the boys had a Christmas.. .... so my tree is full of memories... up to this point they were all good memories... however this year decorating the tree.... was somewhat of a painful reminder.... but I like your idea.... you are truly a tree hugger... and I mean that in a good way.. . although the tree.. you cut down for Christmas... probably doesn't feel the same way...lol yes i am a tree hugger laughing .. it is actually healthy to full some trees from the forest each year .. It can't possibly sustain every tree planted . They can always be grown in large pots and used each year but that limits the size that can be used as they are too heavy to move without a crane . I guess the first Christmas will always feel sad as far as memories are concerned but I am sure a lot of those memories relate to you and your boys . .. a time will come when the hurt and sadness vanish .. Chin up you :-) I wait until I see the other people in my town throwing their tree out... then I chuck mine.. and take down the decorations. There is a set day that the town picks up trees.. but I never know what that day is.. so I just follow the lead hiya devil.. smiling .. that's a great service .. Wish they did that in my country :-) good point! no nice of you to say... America does lead the world in great idea's... truly why the world follows America as the leader of the world. Bollocks on this one David! smiles... in the spirit of Budlight, "love ya man"... Well, we are a super power... and i know we have been misbehaving of late, and not treating all others in the world with equal respect of worth and value... but just as we founded the place many wanted to be like, live like, and have like, so shall we now again set the example as leaders of what is good, and equal happy for all as best, and embrace all in the world as equal in value and worth, with no bias to some as better, and the world will know America did care, even if we did in our own selfish wealth lose our way for a spell. peace equal brother