Re: OT Rant About Christians.

On 9/15/2024 4:15 PM, The Horny Goat wrote:

On Fri, 06 Sep 2024 09:28:58 -0700, Paul S Person
<psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
 

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).

 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.

Back when we had little kids, we'd get an 8+ foot real tree.
When the kids got older, we switched to an 8 foot artificial, and
now they're grown and out of the house, cut down to a 3 foot
artificial on a table.
Last Christmas, my younger daughter came home and insisted
on re-erecting the 8 footer. Of course, she did not take
responsibility for putting the decoration away.
pt