Christmas decorations taken down

Each of the 12 days after Christmas has a special meaning, celebrating different saints with a feast day. For example, Boxing Day on 26th December commemorates St Stephen the martyr. That's why it's also known as St Stephen's Day.

What is Epiphany?

Epiphany is the official end of the festive season on 6th January each year. It's an ancient Christian feast day celebrating the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist, and the arrival of the Three Wise Men.

Around the world, special services take place. In Rome, the Pope presides over the Vatican's Annual Holy Mass for the Epiphany.

What to do with Christmas tree and decorations after you've taken them down

Follow our helpful guides to make sure you wrap up Christmas as sustainably as possible this year:

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Christmas tree and decorations storage: 5 tips for storing decorations like a pro

Wondering how to tidy away your Christmas decorations for next year? Take a look at our top tips for packing like a pro:

1. Wrap lights around cardboard to avoid any tangles

2. Reuse any delivery packages to store your decorations. Don't forget to label each box clearly so you can find it again next Christmas. A spokesperson from Next says: "Labelled storage containers are also a huge help; you don't want to mistake your Christmas decorations for Halloween ones!"

3. Wrap fragile items carefully. "For glass baubles and ornaments bubble wrap is the best solution for protecting them, however old newspapers and even used wrapping paper will still prove an effective solution."

4. Place any artificial trees in tree bags. This will keep them safe and secure.

5. Organise your decorations into types and store them in these groups. This might be based on colour or room, such as decorations for the living room.

6. Don't forget to have a thorough clean once everything has been tidied away. "For many people, taking down the Christmas decorations prepared them for the new year ahead. It's a great opportunity to re-set and clean the house after all the festivities."

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When to Take Down Christmas Trees, According to Experts and Tradition

Christmas has come and gone, which means one thing: It's time to take down the Christmas tree — or is it?

In some ways, taking the Christmas tree after the holidays feels a bit like unpacking from a whirlwind vacation. You've created some wonderful memories, but now it's time to brush up the fallen pine needles and start fresh in the new year.

Well, it depends.

Some people argue that Christmas trees — whether real or fake — should be taken down as soon as Santa returns to the North Pole. Others are fine leaving 'em up until Cupid comes around in February.

The statistics speak for themselves: The Home Decor Report from Opendoor found that 51% of their respondents take decorations down right around New Year’s Day, but 84% wait until later in January.

Not sure when you should take down your Christmas tree this year? We've laid out all the options below. A few are rooted in Christian tradition, while other guidance comes straight from Christmas tree farmers and pest control experts.

Really, there's no right or wrong answer, which means only you can decide what's best for you and your family. We're just here to help guide you.

New Year’s Day

Lots of people love ending the year with a brightly lit tree, but it seems like many have taking down their tree high atop their list of New Year’s resolutions.

“January 1st is that clear marker of time that the holidays are over and a new beginning is here,” Ariana Lovato, owner and principal designer at Honeycomb Home Design, tells TODAY.com. “Time to clean up the home, clear up the clutter and take a breath from the stress of the holidays.”

January 6

“Many people will take down their artificial Christmas tree, wreath or holiday decor during the week following New Year’s Day so as to start the year anew or wait until January 6 as the final day to remove all holiday decor,” Lewis Puleo, vice president at Puleo International, the oldest artificial tree company in the country, tells TODAY. com

January 6 is known as the Epiphany, Little Christmas or Three Kings Day. From the perspective of religion tradition, it is the day that the Magi (the Three Kings or the Wise Men) brought gifts to the infant Jesus, so it makes sense for many to mark this as the last day for the Christmas season. 

And as the song goes, there are indeed 12 days of Christmas, with the last being January 6.

Any time in January

According to the 2020 “Undeck the Halls” report by Neighbor, more than half of Americans won’t frown upon keeping decorations up past January 1. You might start to get the side-eye from your neighbors at a certain point, though: 31% said decorations should come down by January 15, while 33% extended the deadline to February 1. 

When your tree says it's time

“Growing up on a Christmas tree farm in the South, we’ve heard so many different perspectives on when the ideal time to take down the tree is,” Kaitlin Carpenter, a second-generation Christmas tree farmer in Ashe County, NC, and owner of Third Day Market, tells TODAY. com. “The undressing of the Christmas tree has become more and more of a personal, highly opinionated topic, where no one is wrong and yet, no one is right.”

That said, if you have a real Christmas tree in your midst, it’s really up to the fir itself to decide when it comes down. And unfortunately, it might be sooner rather than later.

If your tree is exhibiting any of the following signs, Carpenter says it might be time to take down your tree, no matter the date:

• The needles are falling, either on their own or with the touch of your hand
• The limbs are stiff or droopy
• It smells musty rather than like citrus or pine
• The tree doesn’t seem to be taking in much or any water

A dehydrated tree can be dangerous in your home, especially if have lit candles nearby. In fact, a holiday safety report by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission found that fires resulting from dry Christmas trees and holiday candles causes nearly $56 million in property loss each year.

Aside from that inherent danger, a real Christmas tree might also, unfortunately, invite other natural things to spend Christmas with you. 

“Homeowners should inspect and shake Christmas trees, wreaths and other live greenery thoroughly before bringing into the house,” Scot Hodges, pest expert and A.C.E. Certified entomologist at Arrow Exterminators, tells TODAY.com. “Store all holiday decorations in plastic, airtight containers and when retrieving from the attic or basement, inspect them outdoors before bringing inside.”

Hodges recommends that you also seal up any holes or cracks around your foundation, put a screen over vents and chimneys, and close up any openings near exterior doors and windows to keep unwanted visitors. If there’s any sign of pests or rodents, it’s time to remove the tree and contact a pest professional.

Don’t let any of this sway you from having a real tree, though. “With proper care, you could easily enjoy your tree from Thanksgiving through the New Year or Epiphany, because who doesn’t want to make the holidays last just a little bit longer,” Carpenter adds.

But really, take down your tree anytime you want

Provided you have an artificial tree — or maybe you just have a green thumb — you can leave your tree up for as long as you want. It’s your house, your rules. What's more, the aforementioned Neighbor report found that 9% of respondents wouldn’t mind if you kept your decorations up all year.

There’s nothing wrong with wanting to prolong the festivities. But there might be something else to keeping your holiday decor up well past the season.

“The tree can be thought of as a transitional object/security blanket,” Amber Dunford, a design psychologist and the style director for Overstock, tells TODAY.com. “It’s a symbol of comfort for us, so it makes sense that people want to carry it with them throughout all seasons because Christmas can be such a magical time.” 

Whatever your Christmas decoration timeline is in your home, it’s important to take a step back, take a deep breath and enjoy the fruits of your labor. It is the most wonderful time of the year, after all!

New Year decorations removed from Nevsky Prospekt

January 16, 2021, 12:59

City

On the night of January 16, New Year's garlands were removed from Nevsky Prospekt. Decorations will be completely removed from the streets of St. Petersburg by the end of February.

Specialists removed the garlands and loaded them into the car, Moyka 78 writes, citing eyewitnesses. Cleaning of New Year's decorations is carried out in the city at night.

According to the head of the City Center for Advertising and Festive Decoration, garlands have been removed from the streets, which will soon begin to be decorated by the Day of the lifting of the blockade.

Previously, the St. Petersburg TV channel wrote about the order of the city governor to leave the New Year tree on Dvortsovaya until the end of January.

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Mapped most of the entries in this journal. Sometimes it's more convenient to search for a post than to scroll through the tags.
Clicking on the icon in the upper left corner opens the list of objects.

I haven't been to the Summer Garden for a long time, but after another heavy March snowfall I looked right in the morning. Took the kids to school, jumped on the bus and off we went. I arrived just in time for the opening, thanks to the transport star in our area due to the closure of Ladoga. The summer garden in winter at 10 am is completely deserted, besides me there were only a few employees and a team of cleaners.

1. Entrance from the Moika Embankment and Porphyry Vase

• Location: Summer Garden, St. Petersburg, Russia

as if winter decided to shake out all its reserves before leaving. On one of these snowy days, I had a couple of hours for a short walk, I decided to walk a little along the Okhta, since on Chizhik it took about 10 minutes from home to the river.

1. Confluence of Okhta and Lubya from Armashevsky bridge

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• Location: Rzhevka-Porohovye, Kosygin Avenue, St. Petersburg, Russia . At first I wandered around the yards a little, then I went out to the embankment. Haven't been here for a hundred years. By the way, I have records from a walk in the same place 14 years ago: once and twice. At that time, huge chests of ferries and liners moored to the embankment, and the Lieutenant Schmidt bridge was closed for reconstruction (more precisely, it was completely dismantled, and a new Blagoveshchensky bridge was built in its place) and a temporary understudy bridge stood nearby, which was jokingly called "the son of Lieutenant Schmidt".

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  • Location: Lieutenant Schmidt embankment, St. Petersburg, Russia

  Recently showed the park Near Dubki in autumn.
  In March, the day is already longer and the sun is higher, and the winter somehow immediately turns from gray and gloomy into bright and joyful.
  I always said that March is the best winter month in St. Petersburg! ))

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  • Location: Lisiy Nos, St. Petersburg, Russia

  Turned to Karpovka, and there another piece of the embankment was landscaped. I have already walked along the embankment opposite the Botanical Garden, and now they have brought beauty to the opposite end of the river.

  1. Karpovka near the Molodezhny bridge
  

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  • Location: Petrogradsky district, St. Petersburg, Russia

  , who languished on the shelf idle and was jealous of the phone for a good four months))

  1. Malaya Nevka to the east of the Kamennoostrovsky bridge. On the left is Kamenny Island, on the right - Aptekarsky, in the center - Black River and Vyborgskaya side.
  

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  • Location: St. Petersburg, Russia

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  • *Petersburgsky part,
  • Neva,
  • Architecture,
  • winter,
  • park-gardens,
  • rivers-canals

  Opposite the Gauswald cottage from the previous post, there is another handsome man in the Art Nouveau style - the Vollenweider mansion.

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  • Location: Kamenny Ostrov, St. Petersburg, Russia

  One Sunday in February my guys refused to move anywhere I, on the contrary, could no longer sit at home. I wanted, of course, somewhere in the pampas, in forests and swamps, but since I was left to myself, I had to be content with a walk around the city. This time I was drawn to Stone Island. I left the Chernaya Rechka metro station and went to the Ushakovsky bridge.

  1. Ushakovskaya Interchange
  

  • Location: Kamenny Ostrov, St. Petersburg, Russia

  chain bridge in Petersburg.

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  At the beginning of the 19th century, six suspension chain bridges were built in St. Petersburg. The first pedestrian bridge in Ekateringof Park was built according to the project of the French engineer Pierre-Dominique Bazin during its major improvement in 1823. In the same year, the construction of the Panteleimonovsky and Post Office bridges began, and in 1825 three more - Egyptian, Bankovsky and Lvinsky. The authors of these five bridges are engineers Wilhelm von Tretter and Vasily Andreevich Khristianovich.

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