I am not one to rant on my blog but . . .
I need to get this off my chest
and out there to anyone who will listen
to my first blog rant
to my first blog rant
It wasn't like this when I was a little girl,
I think I first noticed this happening about ten years ago.
Starting on December 13 or 14,
depending on the calendar
and how they count days I guess,
a blogger or
business will announce the
Twelve days of Christmas
um...people, people, people,
today is not the first day of anything related to Christmas.
I wasn't going to post this on my blog today.
but
When I logged onto the net and was slammed with
"Today is the First Day of Christmas"
I had to speak up.
NO IT IS NOT
and December 14 is the Feast of Saint John of the Cross
I repeat:
The First Day of Christmas is . . Christmas.
Why is this so hard for people get?
Look at it this way.....
.
Let's look at another religious holiday ....Easter.....
The First Day of Easter is not
Ash Wednesday, Palm Sunday or Good Friday.
Easter starts on . . . Easter.
So why do so many people have such a hard time
understanding that The Twelve Days of Christmas
begin on Christmas Day and run through Epiphany?
ever since I was little . . .
Epiphany was the day we take down the tree.....
which is a pagan morphed into christian tradition....
but that's another post
In our house....
we celebrate Yule and Christmas .
Right now I am preparing for both.
I will celebrate Yule on the 21st
and when December 25th rolls around
I will celebrate Christmas . . . for twelve glorious days !
Just like the Christmas celebrations that I remember.
So what about you?
What do you celebrate this time of year?
and
When do you start?
