Why You Can’t Wait to Take Down the Holiday Decorations
Psychology Today | 06.01.2026 04:04
For most of my adult life, I’ve fought taking down the holiday decorations. As someone with a strict “no tree until the turkey is stored” policy, I try to stretch the holiday feels for as long as humanly possible. Every year, my psychotherapy clients notice when my twinkling pink tree goes up behind me. And every year we have the conversation about how, just maybe, because it’s pink, I can count it as a Valentine’s Day tree and keep it up even longer.
