I Discovered Christmas Trees and Layouts Have Something in Common

I am in the delayed mode also.

 

I enjoyed the Christmas Tree and Trains so much this year, so far I have taken the tree down but have left the train board and trains. Still enjoying them in the living room.

Just took ours down last weekend. And yes, they take much longer to create than destroy.

When I did my Redford Theatre display last year, we put 6 hours into the setup and about an hour and a half into the teardown.  I put about 2+ days into it total this year.  Can't wait to see how long it takes to tear down next Sunday

I belong to a modular club.  We generally budget 4-5 hrs to set up and 1 to 1.5 to take down

Not so at our house. Taking down the Christmas tree (7' tall and about 4' around at bottom, fake) involves packing up all those Hallmark ornaments in their original boxes. It takes forever. Of course during set up, my wife and daughter are all excited to help. I usually take it down when they are still at work/school.

 

This year I left the oval of track set up for an extra week so I could run the Christmas trains a few more times. I just finally got the stuff packed up last weekend, and the boxes returned to under the layout a few days ago.

 

J White

Our tree was also late in coming down because of late visitors.

 It all depends on how you look at things though, it takes about a month to set up my platform because of all the wiring and it takes about two months to take it down but thats because Im slow to take it down lol

oh, and the tree is gone but the trains are still up

I follow the old time traditions: "The decorations are taken down on Candlemas Eve". CAndlemas is Feb 2 the 40th day after Christmas. This is the last feast day related to Christmas. a.k.a. Groundhog Day for heathens...

And I do so sooner or later as the spirit moves me. Certainly before the lawn needs mowed.

Sadly, I'm starting the teardown today  I ran trains last night just for fun.  Already thinking about what to add for next seasons setup.  We have the greatest hobby !!!

Lion Vic

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I personally like your tradition. It is a sad day for us when the Christmas Tree comes down as it gives us a great deal of pleasure.

 

We did however leave our North Pole Christmas layout up as it is located in another part of our home that does not interfere with our daily activities. We still have more visitors scheduled to visit us before we will dismantle it.

 

Thanks to all of your for your responses.

I can't stand taking down the tree--too depressing for me for some reason.   The last several years my wife and son have been kind enough to do it for me when I'm out of the house.   This year as in the last few, I've returned home from Trainstock to find the tree completely taken down and put away.   They pick that day as they figure I'll be in a good mood from hanging out with my train friends...and they couldn't be more correct nor me more grateful that they put thought into taking it down. 

 

--Greg