Merry Julian Christmas!
doctorbadwolf
Heretic of The Seventh Circle
So, when does the tree come down? I've heard answers as late as Feb 2?
Tonguez
A suffusion of yellow
12th Night after Christmas, hence 12 Days of Christmas - 5/6 January
doctorbadwolf
Heretic of The Seventh Circle
Blasphemy!
Tomorrow night, as the recycling pickup for trees (which will go on to be a part of conservation projects) is this week.
doctorbadwolf
Heretic of The Seventh Circle
Nice! Same here, probably, since I'm off tomorrow and we've mostly taken down the Christmas stuff already.
Goodsport
Explorer
That sounds about right, as we put up our tree just before Gregorian Christmas (perhaps a day or two).
-G
Goodsport
Explorer
You're calculating for Gregorian Christmas.
Julian Christmas (today) is on January 7th on the Gregorian calendar / December 25th on the Julian calendar.
-G
doctorbadwolf
Heretic of The Seventh Circle
We aren’t traditionalists, in my home. We put that thing up right after my birthday (Dec 3), and take it down after New Year’s. We tend to celebrate Christmas and Halloween both as month long holidays.
Tonguez
A suffusion of yellow
Nope, I accounted for both calendars - the eighth day before the Kalends of January was December 25th in the Julian calendar too, which is Christmas, 12 Nights later is the Eve of Epiphany when the household decorations are taken down (the tree burnt) prior to the household attending the Epiphany feast (where the Church is decorated with a Tree of Life).
The Christmastide ends on 2 February at Candlemass
