JK Decorations

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Carol adds:
> > Yes. She took them down on Epiphany (January 6) like a good
> > Anglican--only she's Church of Scotland (Presbyterian), so I'm
> > confused. Or do Presbyterians celebrate the same Church seasons as
> > Anglicans, Episcopalians, and Catholics? (I notice, though, that 
> > she left her Advent calendar up after Advent.)


Annemehr again:
> I think Epiphany's Epiphany, and the end of the Christmas season, to
> everyone who pays attention to that.  It is for Catholics, anyway,
> except in my experience most *don't* pay that much attention.  They
> tend to put their decorations up very shortly after Thanksgiving 
> (last Thurs. in Nov. in the US), and then clear them all away as 
> early as Dec. 26.  Either that, or leave them up nearly to 
> Valentine's Day.
> 
> The more Evangelical or independent churches may be different; some 
> of them don't do Christmas at all (though I think there are very 
> few of those).
> 
> Just been to (Catholic) church today, and now that you mention it,
> they still had *all* the decorations up!  Somebody's asleep at the
> switch...


SSSusan:
And this Episcopalian attended church on the 9th and the decorations 
were still up there.  In fact, it's tradition for us to take the 
decorations down right after the church service on Epiphany Sunday.  
Makes sense to me.

I think you're right, Anne, that Epiphany's just Epiphany in most 
people's minds, as in *one* day.  OTOH, Epiphany is also a *season* 
in the Episcopal Church, running from the end of Christmas to Ash 
Wednesday.

Siriusly Snapey Susan (who loved Annemehr's comment about Dec. 26 or 
Valentine's Day :-))