Annual 12 Days of Christmas Vent

[huntersglenn]

I might not have complained about it here, but I DO complain about this annually - and that's the ignorance of radio stations, media and stores who seem to think that the 12 days of Christmas are the days leading up to Christmas. Not so. It's the 12 days between Christmas and Ephiphany (January 6th), the day the Magi arrived. In olden and not so

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[zooniverse]

Hahahahahahahahahaaa!

You don't live in the UK

Without the benchmark of Thangsgiving, the shops put their decorations up in october..

or at the very latest, the day after Guy Fawkes Night. Which is 5th November.

Fee and I are crap, however, and haven't gotten around to decorating the house yet. though we wont be celebrating christmas in this house till New Year's, due to visiting out families at opposite ends of the country on the big day.

[huntersglenn]

Oh, our stores had their stuff out in early October. You'd have one row with Halloween decorations and candy, the next row with Thanksgiving things and the next row with Christmas. To me, the only places that should have their Christmas stuff out THAT early are the craft stores for people who plan to make things.

[gaedhal]

Technically it's Advent until midnight on Christmas Eve, but try mentioning that to people and they go, "Huh?"

[huntersglenn]

I WAS going to mention Advent by name, but then figured that most people wouldn't know what it was, so...*vbg*.

I guess that my problem isn't so much with getting ready for Christmas, but that quite a few people seem to think that Christmas is over on December 26th.

[gateruner]

I was just talking to a co-worker about this today. I totally agree, and was telling her that I don't take the tree down before the 6th of January. She said that seemed a bit late, but she never takes her down until the 2nd of January. But I agree, 12 days of Christmas! Hello. :)

Of course I'm probably one of the few left who burn the candles on my Advent wreath as well.