I took mine down today (the 4th) because I’m back to work tomorrow and all joy must cease.
But to answer the question properly: Fuck judging people for surrounding themselves with colour and light during the darkest months of the year.
Three kings day is january 6th this year which is the latest date that I know is part of a tradition and if you nice you might give them till the end of the weekend after to get them down. So I would say once the 12th hits there is no rationalization that is left barring some personal tragedy keep them from doing it but you have to know them to know that.
I say keep them all year round
Twelfth Night is the 5th. If they still have them up on Tuesday, judge away.
I’m from the UK and middle aged. 12th night is the 6th. This 5th nonsense is a modern invention.
I am also from the UK but old. If the first night is the 25th December (hint: it is) then the 12th night is the 5th January.
No, the first night is the 26th. Always has been. Since 1600 or so. Twelfth night is the 6th.
I disagree, I’m afraid. The 6th is Epiphany, not 12th night.
It is both and has been for many centuries.
American churches may have rewritten that, but American churches also preach hate, division, monetary prosperity, and basically go against a lot of what Jesus said, so I don’t accept them as knowing what they’re talking about.
As I said, I disagree. In what illogical world is Christmas Day not the first day of Christmas? I note that Wikipedia suggests there’s a dichotomy between the 5th and the 6th, but most online sources suggest the former, including UK sources. By all means you continue to believe what you will, but so will I.
Read all the references at the end of the Wikipedia article.
You are doing the same revisionism that others who advocate for 5th have done.
Using logic to argue that a tradition should be on a different day is silly. While you’re at it, renumber the years to reflect the year historians think Jesus was born, add a year zero, have 13 months of 28 days each and one spare holiday, rename the months so that October, November and December are the 8th, 9th and 10th months, and ban carols like “see amid the winter’s snow”, “in the bleak midwinter” and “we three kings of orient are”.
