Cruisegoer Posted December 4, 2016 #1 Share Posted December 4, 2016 Sailing on New Year's Eve day and just wondering if the ship might still be decorated for the holidays? Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkacruiser Posted December 4, 2016 #2 Share Posted December 4, 2016 Sailing on New Year's Eve day and just wondering if the ship might still be decorated for the holidays? Sent from my iPhone using Forums We sailed on the Prinsendam's Christmas/New Year's Cruise in 2015. Lovely decorations through January 1st; upon arising on January 2nd, all of the decorations were gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakemurraykid Posted December 5, 2016 #3 Share Posted December 5, 2016 Oh, I hope they stay up for New Years. We're on the Eurodam for New Years this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marysb Posted December 5, 2016 #4 Share Posted December 5, 2016 Yup, usually taken down on Jan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted December 5, 2016 #5 Share Posted December 5, 2016 They have crews that come onto the ship and quickly take everything down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guinness1000 Posted December 5, 2016 #6 Share Posted December 5, 2016 Seems to me, if I remember correctly that HAL leaves them up longer than some other lines. Through New Years Eve. Last year we got on Celebrity Summit on the 26th of December and I don't remember seeing any Christmas decorations. By the time Christmas is over, I personally don't really want to see any. Christmas fatigue. That's what I need a vacation from. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nonsuchcruiser Posted December 5, 2016 #7 Share Posted December 5, 2016 We've done NYE cruises the last 2 years on HAL, decor comes down on Jan1-2 Sent from my VS986 using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karennella Posted December 5, 2016 #8 Share Posted December 5, 2016 Seems to me, if I remember correctly that HAL leaves them up longer than some other lines. Through New Years Eve. Last year we got on Celebrity Summit on the 26th of December and I don't remember seeing any Christmas decorations. By the time Christmas is over, I personally don't really want to see any. Christmas fatigue. That's what I need a vacation from. :) You should come to Sydney then! In all the department stores the decorations come down at night on Christmas Eve. When they reopen, usually on the 26th, you wouldn't know it has been Christmas. But the decorations in the malls and so on do stay longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuthC Posted December 6, 2016 #9 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Doesn't anyone mark the 12 days of Christmas anymore? :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLady Posted December 6, 2016 #10 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Yup, usually taken down on Jan 2 Too bad they don't leave them through January 6 for the Twelve Days of Christmas. When we were in Victoria Canada for New Years and then a few days I loved the fact that their Christmas decorations were still up and the shops played Christmas Carols. Here at home we celebrate the Twelve Days of Christmas, not adding the Three Kings to the nativity set until January 6. One of the Hotels we were at one New Years did that same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare kazu Posted December 6, 2016 #11 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Doesn't anyone mark the 12 days of Christmas anymore? :( Sounds like it isn't the case:(. Our decorations stay up until Epiphany. but, we are old fashioned I guess ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLady Posted December 6, 2016 #12 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Doesn't anyone mark the 12 days of Christmas anymore? :( Very few people seem to. And also what I've found is that many people think the Twelve Days of Christmas are the twelve days before Christmas rather that the twelve days between Christmas and January 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenp123 Posted December 6, 2016 #13 Share Posted December 6, 2016 On the koningsdam and they are not up yet. I was told not to expect them to decorate this cruise which ends on the 14th....I assumed it would be done on turnaround day on the 4th......when do they usually go up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuthC Posted December 6, 2016 #14 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Very few people seem to. And also what I've found is that many people think the Twelve Days of Christmas are the twelve days before Christmas rather that the twelve days between Christmas and January 6. Sad, isn't it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinknock50 Posted December 7, 2016 #15 Share Posted December 7, 2016 (edited) Doesn't anyone mark the 12 days of Christmas anymore? :( Too bad they don't leave them through January 6 for the Twelve Days of Christmas. When we were in Victoria Canada for New Years and then a few days I loved the fact that their Christmas decorations were still up and the shops played Christmas Carols. Here at home we celebrate the Twelve Days of Christmas, not adding the Three Kings to the nativity set until January 6. One of the Hotels we were at one New Years did that same thing. January 6th has been my cruise ship experience in the past. Sorry they are moving away from this tradition. :( What I like best about the Epiphany tradition is that it is not commercialized and about spending money as in the lead up to the first day of Christmas. It is a peaceful period for thinking about what Christmas is really about. Edited December 7, 2016 by Tinknock50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catl331 Posted December 7, 2016 #16 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Sailing on the Ryndam a while back on the second week of Dec. out of Tampa most of the decorations and glassware came down as we hit a turbulent cold front just as we got to the gulf. All the beautifully decorated trees were tipped over. Luckily they had not put up the gingerbread village yet. Lots of broken china and glassware and we missed two ports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zyzygy Posted December 7, 2016 #17 Share Posted December 7, 2016 On our NYE cruises the last two years the crew took down the decorations the last night of the cruise. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevingastreich Posted December 7, 2016 #18 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Sad, isn't it. I thought it was just a song. Really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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