tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post1287053647072057926..comments2023-08-25T18:09:09.834-07:00Comments on Wrote By Rote: When the Party Has EndedArlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-71775797957483721992016-05-14T15:00:15.470-07:002016-05-14T15:00:15.470-07:00I don't mind leaving Christmas lights up, espe...I don't mind leaving Christmas lights up, especially the small white ones. They add a surprising amount of gaiety to perhaps an otherwise ordinary evening that could use a little cheer. <br />There were tractor tires in the living room of a home we visited. These folks were not farmers and we were baffled, but the kids all had a blast climbing on and hiding in the tires :-)<br />I'm such a silly sap at Christmas that I couldn't help being touched to near tears that you left the tree up to preserve those precious feelings. I think I'd do the same.<br />One year, the mystery of the missing gift box bows was solved in the course of putting furniture back to where it was before the Christmas tree went up, when we discovered every one of them under grandma's chair! Sadly, the feline perpetrator had been hit by a car, but grandma insisted we put the bows back right where we found them, under her chair. We hadn't known she liked cats at all;-)<br />diedre Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12772557495518846226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-66640860004706910142016-05-14T11:08:45.354-07:002016-05-14T11:08:45.354-07:00You summed things up rather well. Depending on th...You summed things up rather well. Depending on the event, that time immediately afterward can be restful, lonesome, or full of extra work that needs to be done. Most times, our guests give very little help with clean up. But we do most of our things outside. So, they just help us get things that need to be inside back in. I've often left our tree up for a month or more after Christmas. Not so much as for sentimental reasons, but just dreading having to deal with it. We've probably had the strangest things in our own home: transmission in the bath tub, carburetor boiling in a pot on the stove, baby possums in a box in the bedroom closet. <br />Barbara, blogging at <a href="http://lifefaithincaneyhead.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Life & Faith in Caneyhead</a>Barbara In Caneyheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06053601327400989802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-12552577149868904732016-05-14T09:57:41.004-07:002016-05-14T09:57:41.004-07:00Ann, after a while, if the tree is left up long en...Ann, after a while, if the tree is left up long enough, it can be sort of a fixture of the decor like an urn on a pedestal. We get so used to things being there that we just accept their presence. And when you're busy with other things, taking the Christmas tree down doesn't seem to rate as a priority on the to do list.<br /><br />Lee<br />Arlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-34669269531951279312016-05-14T09:55:01.924-07:002016-05-14T09:55:01.924-07:00John, maybe they treated the tree to preserve it i...John, maybe they treated the tree to preserve it in some way. After a while the tree starts drying up and falling apart. Leaving the presents there is really weird. Empty wrapped boxes perhaps just for looks? My family usually left the tree up for at least a week past New Years. We always hated taking it down.<br /><br />Lee<br />Arlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-42756748744362554902016-05-14T09:52:40.988-07:002016-05-14T09:52:40.988-07:00JoJo, we usually host at least 1 party a year for ...JoJo, we usually host at least 1 party a year for my wife's family. Got one coming up next Saturday in fact. This past year we didn't even bother with a Christmas tree since we went back east for the holidays and saw no point in our empty house appearing festive.<br /><br />Lee<br /> Arlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-2196403585577712772016-05-14T08:06:13.443-07:002016-05-14T08:06:13.443-07:00If my Christmas tree is up, it is because I have p...If my Christmas tree is up, it is because I have procrastinated. I have so much going on, I have a hard time focusing. At least that is my excuse. Some of the reason I write is that it is one thing that I have that gives me an escape. Ann Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17759967601352382204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-86180847427315137672016-05-14T06:48:44.628-07:002016-05-14T06:48:44.628-07:00When I was a kid, there was a family that left the...When I was a kid, there was a family that left their fully-decorated Christmas tree (a real one, mind you) up all year. My aunt knew the family, and said they left all the presents under the tree, too. It was bizarre. My family used to leave our tree up until the Epiphany. By that time life had returned to normal...John Holtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00545030511941957804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-79859784756932581152016-05-14T06:21:34.151-07:002016-05-14T06:21:34.151-07:00I take the Christmas tree down as soon as possible...I take the Christmas tree down as soon as possible. The latest I've left it up is Jan. 1. I like my house to be back to normal as soon as possible. As for parties, I haven't hosted one since I lived in California 20 years ago. JoJohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18165375435543044068noreply@blogger.com