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Is it bad luck to leave your xmas decorations up for longer than the New Years?

Posted by Jade Martins on Nov-8-2009

Just an old superstition i heard that if your xmas decorations are up past new years, you get bad luck? Is there any other superstitions that are Christmas related as well?

I have not heard of that one. What I have heard is that your house will be as clean through out the year as it is at the start of the year. Which means if your house is messy/dirty when the New Year starts it will remain messy/dirty through out that entire year. So I always make sure my house is clean (winter cleaning after Christmas) before Dec. 31st. every year…I take my tree down during that time, ONLY to make sure I have everything in order in the house…




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8 COMMENTS
  1. Violet Said,

    No but it should be down after the first week in the New year.
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  2. latrailera2000 Said,

    No, just tacky
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  3. Emily E Said,

    I don’t know if it is bad luck, but people who are still turning on their Christmas light in March are trashy!
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  4. Kitt Said,

    no. some people keep there christmas lights up all year. and i like it that way cus they are so pretty
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  5. CRAZEDandDAZED Said,

    MY CHRISTMAS TREE IS PUT UP ON CHRISTMAS EVE AND IT’S KEPT UP A LITTLE LONGER AFTER NEW YEARS SOOO IT’S NOT BAD LUCK :)
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  6. BAS Said,

    You can leave the decorations up until January 6th. This day is called the Epiphany. In the Christain faith this is the day that the wise men arrived bearing their gifts. We always take our decorations down after the 6th. I have never had bad luck because of this.
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  7. carmeliasue Said,

    I have not heard of that one. What I have heard is that your house will be as clean through out the year as it is at the start of the year. Which means if your house is messy/dirty when the New Year starts it will remain messy/dirty through out that entire year. So I always make sure my house is clean (winter cleaning after Christmas) before Dec. 31st. every year…I take my tree down during that time, ONLY to make sure I have everything in order in the house…
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  8. norskie_gurl Said,

    The first day of Christmas is December 25th. The Christmas Season lasts for 12 days, until January 6th, which is Epiphany.
    As in, "on the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…" and so on.
    Epiphany is the day we celebrate the coming of the Wise Men, who greeted the Baby Jesus with their gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. Hope I helped, and a Merry Christmas to all!

    norskie_gurl
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