https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 14 May 2026 20:59:11 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-longest-you-have-left-up-holiday-decorations-after-the-fact#post-116520 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:33:12 +0000 mediagirl 116520@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One week. Our HOA has pretty tight restrictions on how long you can leave things up, which really helps make the neighborhood look nice. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-longest-you-have-left-up-holiday-decorations-after-the-fact#post-115977 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:56:08 +0000 singingbee 115977@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I left my Christmas tree up until the end of January. I only took it down because people were coming over for a party. :) </p> <p>I did leave up a "Happy Easter" sign on my door until Halloween. : / </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-longest-you-have-left-up-holiday-decorations-after-the-fact#post-115860 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 17:02:35 +0000 Andrea 115860@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@daniellemybelle: oh shoot! You reminded me that I have a fall/winter potpourri thing on my hall table that I should probably remove. I have nothing to replace it with either! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-longest-you-have-left-up-holiday-decorations-after-the-fact#post-115801 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:07:00 +0000 mrs. wagon 115801@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@daniellemybelle: my wreath may or may not still be on our door............................ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-longest-you-have-left-up-holiday-decorations-after-the-fact#post-115798 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:05:34 +0000 daniellemybelle 115798@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: I love that we both went the "may or may not" route :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-longest-you-have-left-up-holiday-decorations-after-the-fact#post-115797 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:05:07 +0000 daniellemybelle 115797@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Um, I may or may not still have our Christmas centerpiece still out on our coffee table.... :( It's because I haven't gotten anything to replace it and it will look bare! I need to just do it though, it's embarrassing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-longest-you-have-left-up-holiday-decorations-after-the-fact#post-110222 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:05:27 +0000 lemondrop 110222@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We usually leave them up a week past New Year's since the first is my birthday and I like looking at them still. </p> <p>I had been planning to use the baby being born as an excuse to let my MIL take the decorations down in mid-January, but we got bored and started taking them down on the 7th.... and then my water broke in the middle of my husband putting the tree away. </p> <p>The doctor told us to come in right away to get checked, but I asked if we could finish putting the tree away and watching the basketball game first, since I just knew they would never let me go home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-longest-you-have-left-up-holiday-decorations-after-the-fact#post-110209 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:57:18 +0000 Andrea 110209@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: i understand though. that is exactly why our wreath is usually up for a while because i just don't think about it! maybe you will take it down tonight. haha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-longest-you-have-left-up-holiday-decorations-after-the-fact#post-110207 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:56:17 +0000 mrs. wagon 110207@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: err... it's brown twigs with red holly berries, green leaves, and a big red bow. I just keep forgetting because it's on the outside rather the inside! It's our only outdoor decoration. gahhh. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-longest-you-have-left-up-holiday-decorations-after-the-fact#post-110194 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:43:55 +0000 Andrea 110194@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrskc: in that case, i would probably agree! </p> <p>@mrs. wagon: our wreath is usually the last thing to come down, too. that could be acceptable depending on how christmas-y your wreath looks. hehe. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-longest-you-have-left-up-holiday-decorations-after-the-fact#post-110185 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:29:10 +0000 mrs. wagon 110185@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs Sorbet: that is so sweet.</p> <p>We usually take them down pretty late because I looooove Christmas decorations. Late January usually. I may or may not still have our Christmas wreath on our front door. Maybe. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-longest-you-have-left-up-holiday-decorations-after-the-fact#post-110183 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:27:40 +0000 mrskc 110183@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: They are the white icicle lights. They look really bad. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-longest-you-have-left-up-holiday-decorations-after-the-fact#post-110180 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:22:54 +0000 Andrea 110180@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrskc: are they white lights or colored? i think maaaaaaaaaybe white ones would be ok as decoration. but maybe not, depends on how they look. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-longest-you-have-left-up-holiday-decorations-after-the-fact#post-110179 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:22:17 +0000 skipra 110179@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>By New Year's Day everything is cleared out, packed away in the basement, and the tree is on the curb.<br /> But can I vent for a second? It drives me crazy when people don't take theirs down. Our next door neighbor just leaves them up year round and adds to them in December. SO obnoxious. Last year they put in these really ugly snowman and santa lollypop looking things across their front lawn and they are still there. They also turn the icicle lights along the roof every single night. Colored flashing icicle lights in April. WHY? I'm really afraid this is going to be a problem when we try to sell our house. Who wants to live next door to the crazy Christmas people? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-longest-you-have-left-up-holiday-decorations-after-the-fact#post-110174 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:20:39 +0000 mrskc 110174@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One of my neighbors never takes down their Christmas lights. They stay up all year. I think it looks really tacky! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-longest-you-have-left-up-holiday-decorations-after-the-fact#post-110171 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:18:24 +0000 Andrea 110171@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: nah, i don't think you would leave something outside of your house for everyone to see? haha. </p> <p>@Mrs Sorbet: that is too sweet!!!! i think my neighbors are just lazy. i know them and i don't think that is their situation. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-longest-you-have-left-up-holiday-decorations-after-the-fact#post-110168 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:16:54 +0000 heffalump 110168@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like to take decorations down right when the holiday is over. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-longest-you-have-left-up-holiday-decorations-after-the-fact#post-110166 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:15:40 +0000 Mrs Sorbet 110166@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Haha that is bad. We usually have ours down a few days after Christmas. Although, my grandma has always told me about the time she left all of her decorations up until March because my dad was deployed and wasn't home for Christmas, so she left them up until he got home (many years ago). He loves Christmas. She says she got a lot of comments but didn't care :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-longest-you-have-left-up-holiday-decorations-after-the-fact#post-110157 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:04:02 +0000 chopsuey 110157@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>HAHA wow! I still have a Christmas mobile up that DH's brother sent us.. :P I don't think it' counts though, </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-longest-you-have-left-up-holiday-decorations-after-the-fact#post-110154 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:01:14 +0000 autumnlove 110154@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Maybe a week after Christmas! I just love the smell of Christmas trees! :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-longest-you-have-left-up-holiday-decorations-after-the-fact#post-110114 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 10:28:29 +0000 Andrea 110114@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>On the nice little walk I just took, I noticed that someone still has Xmas decorations up outside of their house. It is already spring - take them down people! </p>