Non-Catholics.. When is your Christmas over?

[The_Reginator]

Correct me if I’m wrong–doesn’t the Christmas season officially end with the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord (this year on January 10)? That’s when I usually take down all the Christmas decorations…

I tend to follow the Tridentine calendar.
The Feast of the Baptism of the Lord is found on the octave day of Epiphany – January 13th. We’ve never kept up our decorations that long though.
From the New Marian Missal:
“On January 6, she (the Church) commemorates the adoration of Jesus by the Maji, (Epiphany), with which Octave the Christmastide closes.”

As always, I’ll keep my decorations up until Epiphany (January 6th).

Merry Christmas, Reg.

 

[Contarini]

Catholics continue to celebrate Christmas until the Epiphany… which in the US is celebrated on Jan. 3 this year.

Christmas lasts until Epiphany, which is on Jan. 6. Roman Catholicism (and I do mean “Roman,” since this doesn’t apply to the Eastern churches) has become too fond of playing around with the liturgical year.

Admittedly, we don’t do a very good job of celebrating Epiphany on weekdays either.

Edwin

 

[tweetymom]

Christmas is in my heart all year long. I don’t have a cut off date, however my decorations are on their way to the storage shed. I sing Christmas songs all year too.

 

[puzzleannie]

If you are a procrastinator like me and most of my family, most of whom are either non-Catholic Christians or no religion at all, you can begin decorating, shopping and celebrating the week before Christmas or whenever you work or school holiday begins, and continue the festive season until the traditional date of Feb 2, Candelaria or feast of the Presentation (or Groundhog Day). Then begins the build-up to Carnival season which should culminate on Shrove Tuesday-Mardi Gras. If you lag in getting the decorations down, just change out the red for purple and you already have gold and green so you are good to go for 3 tres reyes and carnivale & Mardi Gras

 

[Publisher]

As a Friend, each day is an opportunity to celebrate the birth of Christ into our world as he is born daily in each heart that has room for him. Each day is an opportunity to celebrate the resurrection as he is made alive in the lives of those that share in his incarnation.

 

[tweetymom]

As a Friend, each day is an opportunity to celebrate the birth of Christ into our world as he is born daily in each heart that has room for him. Each day is an opportunity to celebrate the resurrection as he is made alive in the lives of those that share in his incarnation.

Amen to that and God Bless

 

[Volodymyr]

ORTHODOX NATIVITY OF CHRIST (CHRISTMAS)

Christmas for us by Julian calendar. To express dates according to Gregorian calendary:

we have

Jan 7: Nativity of Lord (Рождество)
Jan 14: Circumcise the Lord
Jan 19: Theophany, Baptism in Jordan
Jan 20: Sobor of Holy forerunner and prophet Ioann the Baptizing

This comprises Christmas for Orthodox after 40 day Nativity or Philip’s fast.

 

[tweetymom]

ORTHODOX NATIVITY OF CHRIST (CHRISTMAS)

Christmas for us by Julian calendar. To express dates according to Gregorian calendary:

we have

Jan 7: Nativity of Lord (Рождество)
Jan 14: Circumcise the Lord
Jan 19: Theophany, Baptism in Jordan
Jan 20: Sobor of Holy forerunner and prophet Ioann the Baptizing

This comprises Christmas for Orthodox after 40 day Nativity or Philip’s fast.

God Bless you.