krs wrote:
Well, except traditions change over time. Advent starts four Sundays before Christmas, which means it can start as early as 27 November or as late as 3 December. This year, it happens to be 1 December. If you light advent candles, that's the start of your decorations. These days, though, most people just take advent to mean 1 December onwards, because what's the church got to do with Christmas? Since nobody does any boxing on Boxing Day, a few years ago they scrapped the whole 'not on a Sunday' malarkey, because it doesn't make sense any more. I know a lot of people these days take their decorations down on the 27, which strikes me as a symptom of putting them up too early (hello to those who have them up already) but again, it's because twelve days and nights has no place any more. Hell, there haven't been many people, in the grand scheme of things, who have been able to do it 'properly', whatever that means.AJ wrote:Everybody does Christmas wrong, you know. It should be feasts and celebrations from the 25th of December, 'til the 5th of January. Really, nothing should be done outside that period, especially not decorations, since that's "bad luck".
adkm1979 wrote:what's the church got to do with Christmas?
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