Now you see... That makes it sound like she's got all this Christmas spirit and I'm the one trying to take it all away.
In reality, she's got this "can't start a new year with an old tree" rule and I'd like to have it around until mid-late January - or say Epiphany. (I joke about it staying up till Easter, so your situation seemed like it might help).
Now shall we move on to the Real vs. Fake deabte? :)