Meine Glühbirnen-Lichterkette in den Mondrianfarben ausm Granatapfelbaum entsorgt (Sommer, letztes Jahr, ewig her)
Bekam gerade ein Schneemann-Foto mit den Enkeln von heute früh aus Stuttgart (mehr Höhenlage).
When New-Year's day is past and gone,
Christmas is with some people done;
But further some will it extend,
And at Twelfth Day their Christmas end;
Some people stretch it further yet,
At Candlemas they finish it;
The gentry carry it further still
And finish it just when they will;
They drink good wine and eat good cheer
And keep their Christmas all the year.
The historic case for leaving your Christmas decorations up until February
Tradition is to leave decorations up well after December
If you celebrate Christmas, you may already have taken down your decorations — or perhaps you're a traditionalist who leaves them up until Jan. 6, the Feast of Epiphany and the end of the twelve days of Christmas.
But there's a historical case to be made for leaving them up another full month.
For centuries many people didn't take their decorations down until Feb. 2,
the Christian festival of Candlemas.
But if you're looking for an excuse to keep the holiday spirit alive, consider following the wisdom
of earlier generations and delaying your decor takedown until the groundhog gives us
our first sign of spring.
