Festive February! People reveal they STILL haven’t taken their Christmas trees down – nearly six WEEKS after December 25th – in a bid to beat the lockdown blues
- BBC Breakfast presenter Louise Minchin shared a photo of her Christmas tree, saying she’d decided to keep it up to ‘bring a smile’ during the third lockdown
- Many people responded, sharing photos of their own trees still looking resplendant, despite it being 38 days after December 25th
- Decorations are traditionally taken down before Twelfth Night, which falls on January 6th – but some said they intended to keep their trees until Easter
People desperate to hang on to a bit of festive cheer during the gloomiest lockdown so far have been sharing photos of their Christmas decorations – nearly six weeks after December 25th came and went.
BBC Breakfast News presenter Louise Minchin shared a photo of her ornately decorated tree – still going strong – on Twitter and was inundated with photos of other yuletide decorations that haven’t yet been taken down by owners keen to keep the Christmas sparkle alive.
Decorations are traditionally taken down before Twelfth Night, which falls on January 6th but today marks a whopping 38 days since families were allowed to briefly congregate to celebrate.
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Christmas in February…nearly six weeks after we celebrated Christmas, BBC Breakfast presenter Louise Minchin revealed her real fir is still going strong and that she’d kept her decorations up to ‘cheer me up’
Hoping to ‘bring a smile’: Minchin told her 198,000 Twitter followers that she had decided to keep her tree up…and it was now ‘keeping her going’
The presenter told her 198,000 followers on social media: ‘The weather is miserable so I have turned these lights on again to cheer me up.
‘The Christmas tree keeping me going, I hope it brings a smile to some of you too.’
Others quickly shared their own snaps of their still-twinkling lights.
@BernardeRooney’s bedecked tree looked just as it might have in early December, festooned in shiny red decorations and strings of white lights.
A tree for all seasons: This trendy tree is staying put until at least Easter
Welcome to February Covid-style! Two Twitter users who hadn’t yet taken down their Christmas decorations agreed with Louise that keeping them up had helped stave off the lockdown blues
Festooned in shiny red decorations and strings of white lights, this real Christmas tree is still going strong, said owner @bernarderooney
This conservatory with a view, shared by @TaylorCharl111, was still bedecked with coloured lights
This golden-hued faux tree offers a warm glow during the latest – and arguably dreariest – lockdown
A snow-dusted bistro set radiates the festive season and is ‘helping to cheer things up’
Some 38 days may have passed since we gathered briefly to carve the turkey and exchange gifts…but some people are hanging onto the joy of yuletide
They wrote: ‘Beautiful Christmas tree Our tree is still going strong too.’
@Bidermann41 added a snow-covered outdoor tree, saying: ‘We still have our tree and lights going.’
@karenelliston added: ‘Lovely! We’ve kept the window lights up here and it is certainly helping to cheer things up.’
@jood2401 suggested their trendy tree was staying put for a while: ‘This has become a Birthday tree, then it’ll be a Valentines tree, then an Easter tree.’
One family had set a date to take their tree down, Candlemas, a holy day in the Christian calendar which commemorates the presentation of Jesus at the Temple.
@donlinch explained: ‘We are keeping ours up until Candlemas, which is Tuesday.’