When to take down your christmas tree

[Matrix_Refugee]

I just have to say this.

If it is still up now there is something very wrong going on.

That was my thought as well, though there’s a few people in our area who still have Christmas stuff out in the yard: one house had a full nativity scene still up on the lawn and I spotted a Santa in someone’s bushes.

 

[TimothyH]

We have two cats, but they’re very Catholic. The female is Benedictine. She’s all black. The male is Franciscan. He’s grey

They like to look at the tree and sniff at the manger under the three. They don’t bother the tree or the ornaments. They know that they will be dismissed from the order if they mess up.

Our little Franciscan guy even goes to mass. He sits right next to me during the entire mass. I think he follows along in the hymnal too. I’ve caught him staring at the page. But he does not bother the Xmas tree. The Benedictine doesn’t like our mass. I guess she doesn’t like the fact that we don’t chant. But she too is very respectful of the tree. Though I have to admit that she can’t tell a fake Baby Jesus from a real baby. We caught her under the tree giving Baby Jesus a bath. Go figure.

Fraternally,

Br. JR, FFV

If the baby under the tree were really a prophet, he would know what kind of cat it was that was touching him

-Tim-

 

[Aeden]

I didn’t know there was a time when you should take down by a certain date. I always just waited until around Thanksgiving. I just googled it and it looks like the twelfth night is when you should remove it…a little bit earlier than my families tradition of mid February.