Things I didn't do early on: display hina dolls

Hina Dolls are the dolls displayed for the "Hina Matsuri" and Girls' Day in Japan. If this is something completely new to you, do a search on City-cost and you will find many posts, with photos, explaining and showing what Girls' Day and "Hina Matsuri" is. 

I had seen Hina Dolls on display in stores and public facilities in Japan in my first year in Japan. And every year thereafter. They are widely displayed from around mid-February. Most families in Japan display them too. But I didn't display them in my home for several years and that was simply because I didn't have any. That is because my husband's family dolls were passed down to his sister, when she moved out of the family home. The family's Kabuto and samurai dolls were split between him and his brother.

We do have a display of Hina Dolls now, because as tradition dictates, we were given Hina Dolls when my first daughter was born. I display them in my living room in the lead up to Girls' Day / Hina Matursi, which is on March 3rd. Hina displays come down promptly after Girls Day as there is an old wives' tale that the longer you leave your dolls up past the dolls day, the later your daughter will marry! 

Do you display Hina Dolls? When do you put them up?