My Mom always told me never do something you don't like to do on New Year's Day because you'll be doing it all year long...Never eat anything winged before eating something else first otherwise all your money will fly away for the year...We always had a pork dish to eat on New Year's Day...
My tree used to stay up for 2 weeks after Christmas when I was a lot younger but now that I'm older & wiser it comes down a day after New Year's Day..It is also an artificial tree.. very sparsely decorated.. the "kid's got bored & tired and left most of the decorations in the box...and that's where they stayed....