When Christmas are finished?

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There is actually more than one answer to that question. First is Jan 1 when we celebrate the Solemnity of Mary. That is the Octave (8) of Christmas when Jesus was circumcised and officially named. Next is Epiphany which is Jan 6 (celebrated Sunday Jan 3) which is the “12 days of Christmas”. It is when we celebrate the wise men coming to Jesus. Finally, the Presentation of the Lord on Feb 2. That is when Joseph and Mary took Jesus to the temple 40 days after he was born for the ritual sacrifice of 2 doves and Simeon prophesied about him.
 
Mrs_Sally said:
There is actually more than one answer to that question. First is Jan 1 when we celebrate the Solemnity of Mary. That is the Octave (8) of Christmas when Jesus was circumcised and officially named. Next is Epiphany which is Jan 6 (celebrated Sunday Jan 3) which is the “12 days of Christmas”. It is when we celebrate the wise men coming to Jesus. Finally, the Presentation of the Lord on Feb 2. That is when Joseph and Mary took Jesus to the temple 40 days after he was born for the ritual sacrifice of 2 doves and Simeon prophesied about him.
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The liturgical season of Christmas ends next Sunday with the Baptism of the Lord. Monday, January 11 is Monday of the First Week of Ordinary Time.
 
And the word "ordinary’ does not mean common. It refers to ‘ordinal’ numbers and (since the liturgical year starts with an ‘out of the ordinary’ season of advent, followed by Christmas, it is thus after the Christmas season that we have the ‘beginning’ of numbering of weeks in the Church year.) It doesn’t mean to imply that the weeks that are not part of a specific season are ‘less important’ or dull.
 
Why is Jan 17 (the Sunday after the Baptism of the Lord) called the second Sunday in Ordinary Time? That would imply to me that the Baptism of the Lord is actually the First Sunday in Ordinary time!
 
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Why is Jan 17 (the Sunday after the Baptism of the Lord) called the second Sunday in Ordinary Time? That would imply to me that the Baptism of the Lord is actually the First Sunday in Ordinary time!
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Because the week following the Baptism of the Lord is Ordinary Time. The first week of Ordinary Time. So…this year…Jan 17 is the Sunday that leads into the 2nd week of Ordinary Time and so is the second Sunday of Ordinary Time.
 
Technically, the “Second Sunday of Ordinary Time” is a misnomer. It is the Sunday of the second week in Ordinary Time. The Baptism of the Lord is in fact the last day of the Christmas Season.

The Feast of the Purification (Presentation) on Feb 2 is an older date for the end of the Christmas Season. The Alma Redemptoris Mater (Advent/Christmas compline hymn) is sung until Feb 2nd. And the Holy Father keeps his Nativity up until Feb 2 :-).
 
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