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hasu424 t1_iz36bum wrote

Yup. Tried to explain this to my boss years ago, when she said she takes down her tree on Dec. 26 every year "because Christmas is over". She kept arguing with me. I said, "you know my Dad's an ordained Episcopalian minister, right?" I am not religious but won't take my tree down until Epiphany.

My old boss' head would have exploded if I told her that Jesus was actually born in the spring, and both the Dec date and Christmas trees were appropriated from Paganism.

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herp_von_derp t1_iz3jerx wrote

If you really want to upset her, tell her about how it was traditional to leave Christmas decorations up until Candlemas (February 2). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candlemas

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Spram2 t1_iz52rsg wrote

I left my Christmas tree until May last time because I was to tired/depressed to take it down.

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Cayke_Cooky t1_iz5sn8m wrote

I hope you are doing better. But if you enjoy leave it up.

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SRDeed t1_iz4yuzn wrote

>I am not religious but won't take my tree down until Epiphany.

this is pretty religious

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hasu424 t1_iz56rl3 wrote

I can see how it could appear that way from a certain perspective. The tree thing is a long-ingrained habit. I don't pray, don't go to church, and think most religions are a crock. When you grew up an active member of the church, that = "not religious".

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Cayke_Cooky t1_iz5sye8 wrote

I do the same. My Grandparents were very Catholic, the great part about the 12 days is that our family never had the fights about whose side we were going to on Xmas day. Just show up at theirs anytime in those 12 days and they were happy.

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herbw t1_iz6ulng wrote

gotta sort the wheat from the chaff. some is just plain myth, some nonsense, like the Jeshua on the Mtn. with Satan, and others. Star stoppin was too. Magi, the same. Myth to fool the idiots. If yer could believe the earth stopped rotating for a singe star, then yer'd believe anything them silly priests told yer.

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