A Facebook friend of mine that I’ve known since preschool posted not too long ago that she still had her Christmas tree up. She didn’t apologize for it and said that her kids like it and it made them happy. I completely identified with her even though her kids are in grade school. My boy is 18 and a senior in high school but he has loved the tree since we got it.
I first got the tree in our first apartment and he was four years old. When she posted this, my tree was also still up! My Mom offered to take it down just after Christmas and because I don’t have a huge role in putting it up, I told her she could take it down whenever she wanted.
Upon hearing this, my son pleaded and told her that it had to be up for longer! My Mom agreed to two more weeks. She started taking it down at the beginning of the week. Now that there is sickness in my house, she had to stop. I told Sean that it looks like a wreath. If it stays up long enough, it could be a Lenten wreath!
So, it is officially no longer Christmas in my house but maybe it will be set up for Easter because it Lent isn’t that far away.