Re: OT Rant About Christians.

On Sun, 15 Sep 2024 13:15:16 -0700, The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca>
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On Fri, 06 Sep 2024 09:28:58 -0700, Paul S Person
<psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
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On Fri, 6 Sep 2024 09:13:41 -0500, "Michael F. Stemper"
<michael.stemper@gmail.com> wrote:
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On 22/08/2024 11.03, Paul S Person wrote:
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IOW, it can be argued that it is not the /Christian's/ Christmas that
is commercialized. Which is why it is more commonly called "the
Holiday Season", and starts (at latest) the day after Thanksgiving and
extends to (at earliest) New Year's Day. That is to say, I don't think
it's been extended to the day after Halloween or Epiphany. Yet.

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The Christmas season runs to Epiphany.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_Days_of_Christmas.

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The religious one (and its cultural attachments) does, to be sure.
That is why each year I listen to one movement of JS Bach's Christmas
Oratorio on as close to the proper day as possible, and then take down
my decorations (which went up on Christmas eve).

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In our family we usually got our tree up about a week before (though
last year only on Christmas Eve) but the twelveth day is when we were
taught the tree was SUPPOSED to come down. Our couch is right next to
the tree's normal location so we didn't but decorations on one side of
the tree to prevent the cat knocking the ornaments down...since kitty
normally sits on that arm of the chair the rest of the year.

I don't remember the timing when I was growing up, but a week or so
before sounds right (if only to give time to put the tinsel on one
piece at a time, placed carefully -- /that/ I remember). After New
Year's seems likely for disposing of the tree although it could have
stretched to Epiphany.
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