Comments | chikuru: The Twelve Days of Christmas

chikuru

The Twelve Days of Christmas

Jan 06, 2008 21:10

A friend saw me taking down Christmas lights this morning and gave ( Read more... )

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livingdeb January 7 2008, 04:00:41 UTC

My parents used to get the Christmas tree on Christmas Eve and take it down January 6, so I'm going to have to back you on this all the way.

Not that I would ever give anyone a hard time about when they put up or take down lights. Yea lights!

Damn Straight kevin_hogan January 7 2008, 05:02:47 UTC

Your neighbor is out of touch. Bully for you that you set 'em straight :)

January 6 is the Feast of the Epiphany, which celebrates (among other things, I believe) the arrival of the Magi.

indigo_rose99 January 8 2008, 04:26:33 UTC

I still think it smacked of chikuru-justification, but... I did a sample search of the internet and many (at least 50%) of the sites I glanced through listed January 6th as an option. As popular were immediately after Christmas, the week between Christmas and New Years, just after New Years, and the idea that they not be taken down at all. There is no overwhelming vote that January 6th is The Date.