- Tree goes up
- 1 December (with some households on the first day of Advent)
- Tree comes down
- 6 January (Epiphany) or “Twelfth Night”, loosely observed
- Local superstition
- Mild social pressure against pre-December decorating; a 2025 Spinoff piece jokingly rules any date before Advent Sunday as “not yet” acceptable.
Why that date
Mirrors the UK/Australian secular convention of treating 1 December as the acceptable start; no strong indigenous religious custom dictates an earlier or later date.
What actually happens
Southern Hemisphere summer Christmas means real trees are commonly bought and put up close to December for freshness; social media debates (“too early”) are common each November.
Taking it down again
6 January (Epiphany) or “Twelfth Night”, loosely observed. Mild social pressure against pre-December decorating; a 2025 Spinoff piece jokingly rules any date before Advent Sunday as “not yet” acceptable.
If you would rather not have this argument again next year, the calendar reminder on the home page will put both dates straight into your phone.
Other countries
When the answer is finally yes
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