When To Get Rid of Your Xmas Decor

In France, January 6 is a day to celebrate the La fête des rois, marking the Epiphany, the moment when the Three Kings reached baby Jesus. It is also marking the end of the holiday season and the moment when it is time to take that Christmas tree down. 

Of course in China there is no such tradition. In fact there is no Christmas tradition in the traditional Chinese culture, but as Chinese are people who are generally really festive, they jump on the occasion to decorate their cities and throw a party. However as the early days of January are behind us, it is time to move to serious things: the preparation for Chinese New Year. 

Chinese New Year is the most anticipated festival in all China. For a full week, most people will travel back to their hometown and visit their family. All over the country, Christmas decorations are currently being replaced with red lanterns, firecracker tubes, red envelops and other Chinese New Year decorations. This year is the year of the Ox. Before it is all down, I wanted to share with you some of the exuberance with which the Chinese decorated the city for Christmas. And eventually I will share with you in a future post some of the best CNY decorations.