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When does everyone put up their Christmas/holiday decorations and how
long do they stay up? |
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-We put ours up when we get our tree, around Dec. 15. We leave
everything up until Jan. 6, the twelfth day of Christmas, otherwise known
as Epiphany, Three Kings Day, or Twelfth Night, which tradition holds is
the day that the Wise Men came to see baby Jesus. Everybody sings about
the twelve days of Christmas, but how many people actually celebrate it
anymore? (We don't give gifts to each other all twelve days, but
we keep the tree up and listen to our Christmas music. It's fun.)
We get a fresh-cut tree every year, so that's why we don't
put stuff up right after Thanksgiving. Since it stays up until January
6, the tree would be mighty dry and might be a fire hazard if we put it
up any earlier! -It definitely didn't feel like Christmas in the cold north when we bought our
tree - it was 65degres, perfect sunny blue sky. Still warm as ever.... it did
however feel just like Christmas usually feels in Southern California. Now, if
only this weather would last until March! -We started putting up some decorations this weekend. We bought our Nativity
set (I really love the one we went with) and put it out. We plan on going
out next weekend to get the tree. I'm not sure how long it will stay up
since this is our first Christmas together.
An old roommate of mine always used to insist on getting a live tree,
promising that she would water it and take it down after Christmas. She
never did water it, and I was always the one to take it outside... usually
around the beginning of February. You'd think that by our third year living
together I would have learned.
Here's an interesting side note: I heard a local news story recently that a
town in NJ was considering a law that would restrict any holiday decorations.
The soonest outdoor decorations (or decorations that can be seen from the
outside) could go up would be 30 days before any holiday, and the latest thay
could still be out is 20 days after tha holiday. I'm not sure if the law
passed or not, but most people interviewed during the news story were against
it. All I could think of is a friend of mine who is Russian Orthodox and
celebrates Christmas in January. If she lived in that town would she be
given an extension, or arrested? Also, what about people who put out
"Halloween-type" decorations to decorate for Fall (like pumpkins and
scarecrows) or "Eastery" decorations to decorate for Spring? What are the
restrictions for seasonal decorations like that? And what about someone who
wants to have a Christams in July party? Will they be jailed for decorating
for their shin-dig? Just some food for thought. |
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