Christmas

6 January is National Take Down Your Christmas Tree Day. Image: Pixabay

It’s time to take down that Christmas tree

6 January is National Take Down Your Christmas Tree Day and a time to bid a final goodbye to the festive season

Christmas

6 January is National Take Down Your Christmas Tree Day. Image: Pixabay

It feels like just the other day we were happily unpacking our Christmas trees and decorations, filling up our homes with Christmas cheer – but all good things must come to an end.

6 January is National Take Down The Christmas Tree Day

History of national take down the Christmas tree day

Christmas trees have been a staple of the holiday season since the 1500s, and some sources even claim much earlier.

The time you decide to take down your Christmas tree is entirely up to you, just like how you choose to celebrate.

On Boxing Day, many people take theirs down immediately after receiving their presents, while others choose to leave it up until New Year’s Day or even longer.

National Take Down the Christmas Tree Day may offer you the ideal opportunity, though, if you’re one of those individuals who just can’t seem to avoid the unpleasant duty.

The Epiphany holiday

The day, which was established by the “Queen of Holidays,” Jace Shoemaker-Galloway, is observed every year on 6 January.

This day, which is both the 12th and last day of Christmas and the day of Epiphany, is significant in the history of Christmas.

Epiphany is a holiday that honors the revelation of God in the person of Jesus Christ.

The feast, which originated in Western Christianity, honors the Magi’s visit to the Christ Child, which marked Jesus’ corporeal manifestation to the Gentiles.

Eastern Christians, on the other hand, celebrate Jesus’ baptism in the Jordan River as the moment when the world first recognized him as the Son of God.

Epiphany was first mentioned as a Christian holiday in 361 AD.

National Take Down The Christmas Tree Day was invented to inject some excitement into the typically challenging process of saying goodbye to the joyous festive season.

Pack away your trees to welcome the new season.

ALSO READ: Grab those binoculars – it’s National Bird Day!