Christmas tree HAVING bid farewell to 2020, your Christmas tree may be looking a little worse for wear. Traditionally, Christmas decorations should be taken down 12 days after the big day on January 6, or Twelfth Night, though some people prefer to start the de-decorating a little earlier. Whenever you decide to do it, if you opted for a real Christmas tree, here is where in Gwent you can recycle them: Blaenau Gwent Customers can request a real Christmas Tree Collection online via the My Service customer portal. On booking your Christmas Tree collection, you will need to place your real Christmas Tree at your normal recycling point before 7am on the day of the collection.