http://words.inpurespirit.com/852/why-is-it-unlucky-to-leave-the-christmas-decorations-up-after-5th-january/ A blog discussing green and ethical wisdom / ancient and paranormal insight Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:46:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://words.inpurespirit.com/852/why-is-it-unlucky-to-leave-the-christmas-decorations-up-after-5th-january/comment-page-1/#comment-381 belgazou Sun, 13 Sep 2009 03:52:37 +0000 http://words.inpurespirit.com/?p=852#comment-381 No, when I was growing up we always waited until the day AFTER Jan 6, Little Christmas, to remove Christmas decorations, so as to celebrate both the American & Latin Christmas season. We decorated the Christmas tree on Christmas Eve & kept it up for the traditional 12 days of Christmas. Louisiana doesn't celebrate Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) until the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday which doesn't occur until February. It has nothing to do with the Feast of the Epiphany (Little Christmas) which always occurs on January 6. No, when I was growing up we always waited until the day AFTER Jan 6, Little Christmas, to remove Christmas decorations, so as to celebrate both the American & Latin Christmas season. We decorated the Christmas tree on Christmas Eve & kept it up for the traditional 12 days of Christmas. Louisiana doesn't celebrate Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) until the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday which doesn't occur until February. It has nothing to do with the Feast of the Epiphany (Little Christmas) which always occurs on January 6.

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