Leaving For Another Year

[plumtreeblossom]

Last night in RiteAid they were taking down all the Christmas stuff and making a Valentines's display. I hate it when Christmas goes away. It's always been my favorite time of year, and it doesn't feel right that it all leads up to only one day. I wish it was a twelve day festival as it was in medieval times, as well as in many of its pre-Christian incarnations. At the onset of winter in temperate climates, it's human nature to crave light and warmth, and its coming also fosters the longing for a period in the year when norms are relaxed, and something can be celebrated. Hanukkah is over, too, but it does get the multi-day thing right. It is winter. I still want more winter festival.

Comments

[androidqueen.livejournal.com]

i agree. at least it's still kwanzaa.

[ron_newman]

I still think of the Christmas season as ending on Epiphany. The Christmas Revels just had their last show today, but they're having a Twelfth Night celebration on January 10. Wanna go?

(I also enjoy this event, except when it's raining.)

[spwebdesign.livejournal.com]

See, I so don't get this. Christmas is not over. It is a twelve-day thing, from Christmas Day to Epiphany. My family has always celebrated it that way, and that's the way Christian churches I've attended (Catholic and Protestant) have celebrated it. Has it become so secularized??? But I supposed there really isn't a buck to be made from Three Kings Day, so why should retail bother!

[greenlily.livejournal.com]

I was rejoicing that the stupid diamond commercials on TV would go away, and then I went, "Oh wait...they'll start in like two weeks for Valentine's Day...and in between then and now, there are all the New Year's Resolution Diet ads...crap."

I love the Christmas season, I just hate commercials.

[skygoodwill.livejournal.com]

"I wish it was a twelve day festival as it was in medieval times, as well as in many of its pre-Christian incarnations."

Next year, let's all do that.

[kencf0618.livejournal.com]

The Twelve Days of Christmas isn't just a song, they also figure in the church year. (I'm an Episcopalian. Our calendar is color-coded!)

[daisytells.livejournal.com]

Christmas season lasts from the end of November until January 6th at my place. Anyone who comes to the door is welcome.
Good food, good friends, good fellowship, and now and then a small gift, all add to the festivity. There are visits to friends and neighbors, some in hospital or nursing homes, some confined at home, are also part of the Christmas giving.

[beowabbit]

You deserve 367 Christmasses a year, sweetie! Well, we can sprinkle in some other holidays for variety. :-)