It basically sucks. There's so much fun and excitement when putting it up, everyone gets together, Christmas songs are on in the background, the only one who doesn't enjoy it is the dog who hates boxes. Taking the tree down is the opposite of this apart from the fact that the dog doesn't enjoy this either. Nobody wants to do it, everybody is back in school and work and it's got to be done by 12 th night. All in all it fell to muggins here to do it. Everything that seemed so bright and colourful before now just looks messy, our artificial tree is on it's last legs so it's moulting, and the only sounds are the dog sighing as his favourite spot on the sofa is taken up by boxes.
I tried to be more organised when putting things away this time round to save future Laura the hassle. Its good to do this sometimes, think about your future self, how angry are they going to be with you if you don't do something now. Sometimes I know she won't mind and will be glad that I chilled when I could but sometimes I know she'll be really pissed off and that's when I try to kick my ass into gear.
The house very quickly feels tidy again with the trees decorations gone, but it also feels empty. Even when everybody gets home that emptiness is still there for a bit as we all realise that Christmas is finally over. January Blues are well and truly here in this house, bring on February!
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