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Can anybody explain to me why people consider it so necessary to remove the Christmas lights today? Why not just leave them on until New Year’s or at least until the end of the weekend? I’m very annoyed.

To make everybody feel better, here is a photo of the hedgehogs N gave me for Christmas:

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My Christmas trees are not going down until the end of January. I love them, they make me happy. What do I care if the neighbors want to get rid of theirs as fast as possible? Plus, this is how it’s done in my culture.

12 responses to “Hateful Habits”

  1. lamestllama Avatar
    lamestllama

    There are 12 days of Christmas so the 6th of January is the correct time to take them down.

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    1. Clarissa Avatar
      Clarissa

      January 6th is Russian Orthodox Christmas eve.

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  2. el Avatar
    el

    They are cute!

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    1. Clarissa Avatar
      Clarissa

      And the hedgehog that I gave him turned out to be a frog that turned out to be a turtle. 🙂

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      1. el Avatar
        el

        // And the hedgehog that I gave him turned out to be a frog that turned out to be a turtle

        Do you have a picture? I am good at recognizing animals. Who knows, it may not be a turtle either.

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  3. Vic Crain Avatar
    Vic Crain

    We will have our decorations up through January. I don’t know that there is a “normal” in US culture. I consider January 6th the bare minimum time for display. Now some people may have to remove trees if they bought them early and were negligent about watering them. If so, they are adding one mistake to another.

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    musteryou

    The Twelve Days of Christmas is a festive Christian season to celebrate the nativity of Jesus, beginning on Christmas Day (25 December) or, according to Dennis Bratcher, 26 December – with the former interpretation making the evening of 5 January, commonly known as Twelfth Night, the last day of the twelve,[1] and the latter interpretation making 6 January the last day of the twelve,

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_Days_of_Christmas

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  5. cliff arroyo Avatar
    cliff arroyo

    When I was growing up we rarely took the (aluminum) Chrisistmas tree down before february, not through any particular belief but general disorganization. I think one year it stayed up until sometime in April . And it’s not like it was really nice looking either since usually it got knocked down a time or two by the dogs.

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  6. Ol. Avatar
    Ol.

    Our aluminium christmas tree was also up until Easter when I was a kid. We took the Christmas ornaments away at some point in February, and for Feb. 14 we put hearts in it instead. Then in March we decorate it with eggs and flowers made from papier mâché.

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  7. Pen Avatar
    Pen

    We leave our lights up all year! 🙂 Our tree comes down when the needles start bothering my mom’s allergies.

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  8. thelyniezian Avatar
    thelyniezian

    Once upon a time (in England) there were indeed twelve days of Christmas, lasting into the first few days of the New Year.

    Now, modern “Christmas” (in England) seems to start several months before December 25th commercially, a month or so before for actual celebrations, and then slowly peter out over the next few days.

    Would be nice if the lights stayed up throughout January. It might brighten the place up and combat the infamous January blues.

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    1. Clarissa Avatar
      Clarissa

      I’m not removing my Christmas light until I’m good and ready. Even if I’m the last person in town to have Christmas lights, I will persevere. 🙂

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