For weeks, your Christmas tree has sat twinkling in the corner of your home, carefully decorated with baubles you thoughtfully placed on its branches.
But with Christmas well and truly over, you might be wondering how much longer the tree should be up for.
Well, it turns out there are some dates that are considered more acceptable than others.
Here's a look at those key dates and which decorations can and can't be recycled.
When should you take your Christmas tree down?
Opinions on this vary, with some people taking down their tree and decorations on Boxing Day, while others wait until January 1 as a way of ringing in the new year.
But one of the main traditions dates back to the fourth century, when many Christians marked the end of Christmas on the Twelfth Night — an evening known as the Eve of Epiphany — as the time to take down the tree.
The Twelfth Night lands on either January 5 or January 6, depending on when you start counting the 12 Days of Christmas.
Some believe that taking decorations down a day sooner or keeping them up a day later than this can bring bad luck.
Can I recycle my Christmas tree?
Yes, if it's a real tree.
Real Christmas trees are biodegradable which means they can be easily reused or recycled for mulch and other purposes.
Councils advise the best way to dispose of your real tree is to treat it as you would garden waste: chop the trunk into manageable pieces and stuff it into the green bin.
But if you're unable to lumberjack your tree into small pieces, there's an alternative option.
Through your council's website, you may be able to book a Christmas tree collection.
For instance, the City of Sydney website says the city will take it away for free if you place it beside the bin for collection. But make sure to remove all decorations and don't wrap it in plastic.
Some cut tree suppliers and garden centres will also take used trees for mulching.
So what about plastic Christmas trees?
Re-use them if you can.
Plastic trees are often made of materials that can't be recycled and are likely to end up in landfill and won't decompose.
If your unwanted plastic Christmas tree is in good condition, you might like to give it a new home via Facebook Marketplace or Gumtree.
Can you recycle wrapping paper?
It depends what type it is.
Wrapping paper made from 100 per cent cardboard and paper can go in your yellow recycling bin, even if it has sticky tape attached. The tape is filtered out during the pulping process.
Metallic wrapping paper or paper with glitter or foil detail cannot be recycled — place this in your red lid bin.
Cellophane, polystyrene, tinsel, and bubble wrap should also be disposed of in your red lid bin.
What about my Christmas lights?
They can be recycled as e-waste — no, this does not mean placing them in your yellow bin.
Most Australian councils have a regular system for e-waste recycling such as booked kerbside collections, designated electronic areas at recycling and waste centres, or dedicated drop-off days.