- Tree goes up
- 8 December (Immaculate Conception) is the traditionally cited date, though in practice many Maltese households decorate anywhere from late October to just before Christmas
- Tree comes down
- 6 January (Epiphany), per traditional Catholic custom
- Local superstition
- No prominent distinctive bad-luck belief documented.
Why that date
The tree custom was imported from Victorian Britain and Germany in the 19th century (paralleling the UK’s own adoption); 8 December is cited as the “correct” religious-tradition answer, but is not strictly observed by most modern households.
What actually happens
Confidence note: contested/weakly observed in practice — an informal Reddit poll of Maltese users found no strong consensus, with actual dates ranging from 31 October to 23 December; the nativity crib is arguably more central to Maltese Christmas than the tree itself.
Taking it down again
6 January (Epiphany), per traditional Catholic custom. No prominent distinctive bad-luck belief documented.
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