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HenryT
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Is it taking down the tree, burning the wreath, throwing out the turkey remains, Morris Dancing? For me, it was eating the last chocolate ginger.
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Edith
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Coming home and realising that the 'Keep Christ in Christmas' poster was still stuck in the window.
But then, I am a founder member of the Sluts' Club. Windows haven't been cleaned for well over a year.
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Zacchaeus
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Originally posted by Edith:
Coming home and realising that the 'Keep Christ in Christmas' poster was still stuck in the window.
But then, I am a founder member of the Sluts' Club. Windows haven't been cleaned for well over a year.
Gosh you have cleaned them so recently!!
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Firenze
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I thought one employed a man with a ladder?
In answer to the OP: calendar saying 7 January.
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Ariel
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Well and truly wilted Christmas flowers.
That feeling you get when you can't face any more chocolate, mince pies or booze.
The return to work after the holidays, and that feeling you get when some late Christmas cards arrive in the post, and you think there isn't any point in putting them up now.
The spring flowers and chocolate Easter bunnies on sale. Having said that, hot cross buns were still available at Christmas.
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HenryT
Canadian Anglican
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Originally posted by Ariel:
... hot cross buns were still available at Christmas.
I noted that too. Many things "seasonal" seem to spread out (although some don't, in Canada, egg nog is strictly a Christmas item.)
There's a very healthy poinsettia right behind this computer.
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Meg the Red
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I have a litre of eggnog in the freezer; I bought it two days before Christmas and found I couldn't face another glassful. I figure I'll use it to make a bread pudding for Easter brunch, or churn it into ice cream. Or something. (Suggestions gratefully received.)
So Christmas is over for me when I reach Eggnog Overload.
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Curious
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Taking down the tree (12th night). ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
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The Rogue
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Two Roguelings have birthdays in early January so once they are done.
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Graven Image
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12 night party, taking down all signs of Christmas the next day. When you do not want another thing sweet, and the thank you cards are all sent.
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lilBuddha
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Originally posted by Ariel:
when you can't face any more chocolate
This is not a sign Christmas is over. This is a sign you've gone mad.
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Sir Kevin
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We got our last Christmas gift from one of our nieces two days ago: we paid for most of our lunch yesterday with it! We are happy to receive anything at all from a teenager!
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Boogie
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Originally posted by HenryT:
Is it taking down the tree, burning the wreath, throwing out the turkey remains, Morris Dancing? For me, it was eating the last chocolate ginger.
We burn one of our Christmas candles on twelfth night - 'tis tradition ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
Here is this year's.
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Gill H
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Putting the Christmas issue of the Radio Times in the recycling bin..
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Ariel
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Originally posted by Boogie:
We burn one of our Christmas candles on twelfth night - 'tis tradition
That reminds me, my equivalent is having a Christmas pudding on Twelfth Night. I always get two, one for Christmas and one for Twelfth Night.
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Smudgie
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When we've finally got together with all the people we actually wanted to get together with over Christmas. So this year we still have four Christmases to go ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
I like the idea of burning a candle. It'd make sense for us to burn the remainder of the advent candle, the bits we forgot to burn during advent (i.e. these days, most of the candle!).
[Duplicate post deleted. - Ariel]
[ 13. January 2013, 08:59: Message edited by: Ariel ]
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Starbug
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Originally posted by Gill H:
Putting the Christmas issue of the Radio Times in the recycling bin..
Sadly, yes.
Also that moment when you get back into work and it's like you've never been away.
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As we have summer holidays over Christmas, we tend to have an extended Christmas/New Year festive and holiday season. It' when the "back to school ads" appear on telly (starting about now actually) that Christmas feels over. Australia Day falls on 26th of Jan and it's after that that reality sets in and it's back to the daily grind-the roads go back to being clogged and after a week or 2 you forget you ever had a holiday.
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St. Gwladys
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Not necessarily in order:
When the Haggis Hunt closes
When everyone has recieved their Secret Santa gift
Prior to coming aboard the Ship, I suppose it was taking the tree and decorations down on 12th night.
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Pomona
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Forsythia (good) and Valentine's goods in shops (bad).
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HenryT
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Originally posted by Jade Constable:
Forsythia (good) and Valentine's goods in shops (bad).
Which actually reminds me I must buy pink candles for next Advent. They are easier to get now than in November.
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Piglet
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Originally posted by leo:
I reckon Feb 2 - Candlemas - is when it is well and truly over.
Me too, Leo - I'm keeping the "candle-bridges" up until then, although the rest of the decorations are away. The crèche in the Cathedral stays up until Candlemas too, so yes - once that's over, it'll really be over.
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Jane R
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This year, it was when my 9-year-old waxed indignant about the council's Christmas lights still being up after Twelfth Night - "Don't they KNOW Christmas is over, Mummy?!"
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Kitten
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When the poinsettia in the Church finally dies and can be thrown away
(I hate poinsettias)
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ChaliceGirl
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Realizing you are the only house left on the street with Xmas lights still in the window,and making the move to take them down.
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Lothlorien
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The arrival of Australia day on January 26th. This signals a return to school the following week and the end of the holiday period Christmas-New Year-January which is summer time down here.
For me decorations go up after Advent and come down january 6th.
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Og, King of Bashan
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Originally posted by Jane R:
This year, it was when my 9-year-old waxed indignant about the council's Christmas lights still being up after Twelfth Night - "Don't they KNOW Christmas is over, Mummy?!"
One of the biggest events in this city is the two week Stock Show and Rodeo that takes place every January. It is traditional for the city to leave its lights out through the end of the Stock Show, for the benefit of ranchers and cowboys who come in to town for the show. So that rule wouldn't work around here.
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Piglet
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Originally posted by Kitten:
When the poinsettia in the Church finally dies ...
I won a white poinsettia in the raffle at a cookie-exchange party in early December and having almost completely neglected it* consigned it to the dustbin the other day.
* To say that I don't have green fingers would be a monstrous understatement. ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif)
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deano
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Christmas - for me at least - is over when I have to have a shave before going back to work.
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Firenze
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Originally posted by deano:
Christmas - for me at least - is over when I have to have a shave before going back to work.
You put away the red suit at the same time?
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Boogie
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Originally posted by Kitten:
When the poinsettia in the Church finally dies and can be thrown away
(I hate poinsettias)
I like poinsettias - but they don't like me and rarely last more than a few days. I was given one this year and it's still going strong - so far!
:fingerscrossed:
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Chorister
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The end of Candlemas, when the crib and the candles around the choir stalls are finally taken down. Oh, and finally noticing the one remaining rather sad-looking decoration, which everyone forgot.
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bib
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My birthday shortly after Christmas decrees Christmas is over. As a child, this was the only way my birthday was acknowleged as family was otherwise caught up in the Christmas roundabout. Seriously, I reckon Christmas is over once the decorations are removed which I tend to do on Twelfth Night.
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Purple Butterfly
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I like to hold onto Christmas as long as possible so I always keep a nativity scene out until Candlemas.
This year I still have a chocolate santa left too, so it's definitely not over yet.
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Nicolemr
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Candlemas, eh? I feel better about my tree still being up now!
But I did take down the outside lights today. So the process is beginning.
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The Christmas lights are still on the morning and evening timer. It's to get to about -35°C by Sunday again, so it is certainly too cold to turn off Christmas lights and cheer. We're also not finished eating the Christmas baking.
Seriously, it is very hard to consider advancing the season of depression, of snow, cold, dark that can come after Xmas is declared done. Thus, we tend to prolong it, and some years, the lights stay on until Lent.
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Sir Kevin
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Originally posted by leo:
I reckon Feb 2 - Candlemas - is when it is well and truly over.
Works for me: I still haven't put away the stained-glass Nativity scene that sits on our dining room table! Should do that by EOM...
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Tescos has Easter Eggs on display. Only two and a bit months to go - then out of the way quickly in time for Summer Holidays then ...
Doesn't time fly!
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Ariel
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Originally posted by que sais-je:
Tescos has Easter Eggs on display.
Morrisons had Hot Cross Buns on sale before Christmas Eve. The Easter chocolate went up after Boxing Day.
Why bother waiting until then, you ask yourself.
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Hot cross buns seem to be a year-round thing nowadays. Most people just see them as spiced buns with a traditional pattern on the top. And, as for chocolate eggs: I don't know who actually buys them so early but at least they'll keep until the event if anyone does so. What I never understand is all the perishable Christmas-related food that goes out in early November, with sell-by dates that are way before anyone is planning to party.
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HenryT
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Chocolate eggs, at least the small cream filled ones, now appear to be year round in Canada. For Halloween, they had green filling.
Now egg nog is truly seasonal
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Mr Marzipan has just managed to finish the Selection Box that Santa brought him. I'm not sure how he managed to make it last so long! Mine was gone in about four days
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Robert Armin
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I'm another Candlemas-man. The decorations came down on Jan 6th, but the crib stays up until Feb 2nd. After all, the wise men only got to it on Epiphany, so it seems a bit rough on them to go straight from the manger into storage.
(That last bit sounds a little like a Christmas version of Monopoly....)
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georgiaboy
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A delicious indicator of the Christmas season hereabouts is peppermint ice cream, which usually appears just after Thanksgiving and can be had through Christmas Day.
Sadly, this year it appeared NOT AT ALL! I kept asking the supermarket staff, but they didn't know why it never showed. ![[Waterworks]](graemlins/bawling.gif)
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churchgeek
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quote:
Originally posted by Boogie:
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Originally posted by HenryT:
Is it taking down the tree, burning the wreath, throwing out the turkey remains, Morris Dancing? For me, it was eating the last chocolate ginger.
We burn one of our Christmas candles on twelfth night - 'tis tradition
Here is this year's.
That's a nice tradition! Thins the collection...and you can recycle the wax if you're so inclined.
For me, sadly, it's the calendar. January 6th is Epiphany and the end of Christmas. Then I put away my Christmas music, continue eating discounted Christmas candy as long as the store still sells it, and realize about a week later than I still have Christmas cards on display in my apartment.
In my defense, I live alone and far from family and close friends, so Christmas pretty much only happens at church.
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churchgeek
Have candles, will pray
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Originally posted by HenryT:
Chocolate eggs, at least the small cream filled ones, now appear to be year round in Canada. For Halloween, they had green filling.
Hopefully that trend will find its way stateside!
I did see some "Cadbury Scream Eggs" at Halloween, with the green insides. Only one Walgreens out here (in California) had them, and only till they sold out of the (seemingly) one box they'd ordered.
I've always wanted Cadbury Creme Eggs to be year-round. I suppose if I were back home I could pop over to Windsor, then, to get them! (Nah, not worth the trouble.)
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Boogie
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Originally posted by georgiaboy:
A delicious indicator of the Christmas season hereabouts is peppermint ice cream, which usually appears just after Thanksgiving and can be had through Christmas Day.
Just for you goergiaboy.
I had never heard of peppermint ice cream - so I googled it.
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Ariel
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I love mint ice-cream, one of my favourite flavours - here it usually comes with chocolate, but the pure stuff is good if you can get it. Even the chocolate variety isn't as easy to get as other flavours, though.
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jedijudy
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Originally posted by churchgeek:
I've always wanted Cadbury Creme Eggs to be year-round.
Me too! It's a very good thing that they aren't.
Christmas pretty much lasts all year at my home. Partly, it's practicality. I look for Christmas anthems for the choir at all times. Plus there are always some favorite ornaments and a small Alaskan nativity on display all year.
And...looking toward the living room, I'm reminded that I really do have to take the Christmas cards down.
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