We usually leave them up for New Years but take them down before I head back to school (so shortly after). I love our Christmas decorations, so I try to get them up in time for Thanksgiving. It's a lot of work, so I want to be able to enjoy them for a while.

Tonight we had a family zoom party. We waited until tonight so people weren't overwhelmed by too much in one day. We're spread from New York to Minnesota to deep South and far West Texas, so it is rare for us to meet together like that. Everyone had sent photos of Christmas lights and decorations to my son who put it all together in a slide show, complete with a few Christmas games. We all came prepared with our Christmas hats and our favorite drinks (many of them alcoholic). LOL! It got rather silly toward the end. My 90-year-old dad who is in hospice called me afterward and said he really enjoyed our "wild party" LOL.