tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115875609078917723.post1436517267980283807..comments2024-02-08T17:05:51.909+00:00Comments on Solomon, I Have Surpassed Thee: Even Solomon in all his glory ..Mark Langhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05040760021187483441noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115875609078917723.post-82252804929242924882008-01-15T11:07:00.000+00:002008-01-15T11:07:00.000+00:00Christmas tide, or the season of Christmas, actual...Christmas tide, or the season of Christmas, actually continues until the feast of the Baptism of the Lord - that is why the priests continue to wear white during that time. The custom of removing decorations after Epiphany probably relates both to Twlefth Night (the twelve days of Christmas being the traditional period of Christmas celebration), and to the secular notion of 'getting back to work'.Mark Langhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05040760021187483441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115875609078917723.post-34717673783827706512008-01-14T17:52:00.000+00:002008-01-14T17:52:00.000+00:00I don't understand why you waited to today to take...I don't understand why you waited to today to take down the crib and xmas trees. Shouldn't they have come down on 6th Jan or after the ephiany?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com