Am I a Scrooge?

The only decorations we put up this year was a Christmas tree wall hanging with lights! We put the kids (24 and 30) presents on the floor below the wall hanging! DH and I no longer exchange gifts and we told the boys not to buy us anything. We only wanted them to come spend time with us. We had a lovely meal at 1pm and the boys opened their gifts and we watched a DVD. Tomorrow they have asked if the big meal could be at 4pm so they can sleep in from all the partying for New Year's Eve! LOL

So no, you are not a scrooge!

I worked on that yesterday and today. All I had to do was shake the tree and all the needles came off. I'm surprised I was still getting the pine scent two days after Christmas, which I love. But I did first pull out the power vac and got all the needles and put them in my garden. Yes, I did take ALL the tinsel off first while I took off the ornaments. The town will collect the trees and put them in the lake for fish habitats...hence no tinsel or toxic stuff can stay on.

I just may do a few decorations for St Patrick's Day along with a nice dinner of Bubble and Squeak. Valentines Day is a no go, unless I make a nice homemade Doggie Heart for my Carlie. Now there is 100% devotion and no back talk. (We do however, occasionally get a power and control issue but she'd rather no get "that look" from me

Not a Scrooge at all. Remember how happy Scrooge was on Christmas Day?

I am fortunate to have a separate sewing room all to myself, so this is not an issue in my home. When I was a child, the tree went up in the evening on Christmas Eve and stayed up for 12 days. Came down on Jan 6 (Little Kings Day). Those days are long gone.

I suggested to DH we take everything down (not much anyway) to start 2015 off to a clean start. He said tomorrow will be good for the same reason !!! Everything will pack up into two large storage bins and go into the basement to wait for next year.:icon_hi:

I'm always glad to get my Christmas stuff down and get my dining room table back to sewing! My tree's been down since Saturday (but we put it up the day after Thanksgiving, and it was READY to come down!).

I have put up as early as the day after Thanksgiving and I have taken down as late as Epiphany, but every year is different. I say do what works for you. I keep my snowmen to put out when the Christmas comes down and I have decorations for every month of the year. I am putting out less each year, but it is nice to have changes. I like variety, but I hate clutter!

I love love to get mine out and LOVE to put it all away right before new year so I can start the new year off fresh and clean. All mine went away yesterday and today I have been cleaning away. I do have quests coming but then tomorrow is for me to sew!

I think I will take mine down tomorrow, too. I love the warm glow of the colored lights at night, while we watch TV, though. Maybe I could just string the lights around the window or on a lamp we don't use.

I usually start on NY day with the taking apart of the tree. My DH likes it lit up on NY eve. So tomorrow it will begin its return to the attic. I have a separate sewing room so I have been able to get in there. Finally started putting away all the boxes from deliveries we got from Black Friday plus! They just got put in the closet while I was finishing up the Christmas presents!
Today I realized I'm a bit ahead on batting!! I guess I had ordered it once before I did the ordering this week! Oh my!!!
When I saw the DD today I was in a buy it, don't buy it fight with myself! I just love those colors!! But sanity prevailed and I decided to copy the pic of it for future reference? ****!! it is so pretty!

So I hope everyone has a safe New Years eve and a healthy and happy 2015! I just hope the world gets kinder because it has been a tough year to like humankind. It's so much easier to be kind then to be mean and hateful!!!
Hugs to all who need it!

We had the last "relative dinner" yesterday. My DD leaves Saturday, so I will keep it all up until then. Then it's one room at a time to de-Christmas. I know I always miss something!! I sew in the dining room also, but I'd have to clear the clutter in the other rooms so I can really clutter up the dining room with quilting! I guess that's my way of getting some "control". Happy sewing in 2015 everyone!

I usually love looking at the tree between christmas and new year and take the tree down on new years day, but this year the clutter was getting to me so took it down on Sunday. Besides I want to sew on new years day so glad my decorations are put away.