Christmas tree - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Christmas tree is a decorated artificial or living tree, a popular tradition associated with the celebration of Christmas. Normally an evergreen coniferous tree that is brought into a home or us...
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Is it bad luck to take the Christmas tree down before or after the new year? ... When should you take down your christmas tree? When should you take your christmas tree down? What Christmas decorations do they use in italy? When should you take down the christmas decorations? Should you leave christmas decorations up on...
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Its tradition that Christmas trees are down around the feast of the epiphany which is the 6th January. Some people say its bad luck but just because some people say its bad luck doesn't make it so.
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Shakespeare's play "Twelfth Night" makes the old reckoning of dates clear and also of the belief that the Christmas decorations should come down, and the tree removed from the house, 12 days after Christmas Day. Many Roman Catholic and high Anglican Churches in the UK would not sing Christmas Carols before Christmas Day.
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Hubby and I are disagreeing on when is the proper time to take down the Christmas tree & decorations. He is saying that ... We put ours up on Thanksgiving weekend too and I am ready for things to return to normal as soon after Christmas as possible. I did read something online about the Jan. 6th bad luck date as well.
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See now, my Christmas tree is a wee one planted in a little pot, ... Just out of curiosity, how were you planning on getting a 7-foot tree out the door without tipping it on its side and spilling the pine needle soup there? I still have to take down my tree (I'm in for some bad luck in 2005) and need to take notes on this.
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The weather on each of the twelve days of Christmas signifies what the weather will be on the appropriate month of the coming year. And, all decorations are traditionally taken down on Little Christmas or Twelfth Night - the feast of the Epiphany on January 6th. It is considered to be bad luck to take them down before then.
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Today, it is still considered bad luck to take down the holly, mistletoe and other Yuletide decorations until the "Twelfth Night" after Christmas. ... German and Irish Catholics were largely responsible for bringing the tree and other Christmas customs to America during the great migrations of the 1800's. By 1836,
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When I got home, I told Bob I had to take down the Christmas tree. He said, "Do it this weekend," and I said, no, that I it had to be tonight, because it was bad luck to leave Christmas decorations up past tonight.
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