we get a fresh cut tree, soit lasts a long time. and the Mrs likes me in the living room playing with trains better than in the basement. plus we like the Christmas tree a lot, and with the grey dreary days of winter, it looks so plain once the tree comes down, so as long as the tree stays fresh, we leave it up, made it to Easter one year, but we do get funny looks whenever someone stops by…
I also have a permanant layout and have always had at least one loop under the tree. I have always managed to have the tree up until January 12th, our wedding anniversary.
I don’t follow any religious guidelines with trains, but I do set them up at Christmas time. I like the tradition of it carried over from my childhood. Its fun, but on New Years Day, thats it. For me, the holidays time out after New Years & its just a big pain to take everything down & I’d just rather get it over with. All the holiday decorations seem stale if they stay up longer & by then I’m ready to hunker down in the basement & do stuff down there until the weather breaks in spring.
our tree stays until the 6th at the earliest. As long as it keeps it’s needles we take it down the weekend before Valentines Day. Love to sit on a winter evening and enjoy its lights
Ever notice how it seems to take a lot less time to take down the Christmas decorations than it does to put them up? Strange.
Tree, last weekend.
North Pole layout, this weekend. Masked by the need to watch play-offs.
My Lionel Generals have invaded Santa’s digs.
Life’s short; run 'em fast!
Normally the weekend of the Superbowl for the tree (live, though if it’s starts to dry out, I am very careful about not putitng the lights on for too long once it’s been up a while). I take down the outdoor decorations sooner, just so the rest of the neighborhood doesn’t wonder what’s wrong with me. 
I’ve done most of the outdoor now, just going to try to do the last part that involves using the ladder tomorrow.
I was starting to think I was going to be the furthest out until I read the Valentines Day and Easter scenarios. 