January 25, 2008 | Or I Could Just Leave it Up All Year...
Remember the decorative bats that it took me a while to take down after Halloween? So, it may not surprise you when I mention that our Christmas tree is still up (don't worry, it's completely fake).
I had every intention of taking it down right after the new year, but then I got the head cold from hell. Every weekend after that, we've been busy. (For reals!) So it's still up, adding some extra illumination to our living room, which we actually kind of like. So it's not just laziness, we're enjoying the extra light! Okay, so maybe it's MOSTLY laziness.
I'm reluctantly telling you all this because I'm hoping it will motivate me to finally take the darn thing down and put it away. It worked with the bats. I took them down they day after I confessed that they were still hanging around. Cross your finger for me?
Of course, I could just continue referring to it as our "winter tree", which means I've got until mid-March to finally take it down, right?
Wow! Thanks y'all! I feel so much better about still having my tree up. Of course, now I'm slightly less motivated to take it down!
Hahahaha. This is precisely why stopped decorating for the holidays.
You're not alone -- I just got my roommate to take her real tree down today. I no longer have to imagine how a green rug would look in our living room ...
Ours is still up, too. Until about a week ago, we were enjoying the extra light, but now we haven't turned it on. I don't know about Jonathan, but for me it's because I'm feeling guilty. Maybe your post here and my own admission will motivate me to take it down this weekend, too. But it really is pretty...
Oh mi gosh! I thought we were the only ones...ours came down just last weekend. Hubby's initial solution to our procrastination was, "Slap some hearts on dat b#@!* and call it a "Valentine Tree." Come to think of it, his road would have been a lot easier. Hmmm... :)
...you can stretch it to Easter.
Right.
My darling and I didn't have a Christmas tree this year [despite the fact I love Christmas time !] and I guess that's why, right now, when I read what you say, I just imagine I will not take it down.
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I didn't post for a while on my blog but I keep reading your blog Whitney. I like the way you write...
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A lot of my relatives in Louisiana leave theirs up until February. They just change the decorations after January 6 (Epiphany) and call it a Mardi Gras tree.
Ours is still up too :)