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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Working until Xmas Eve? Ordered personalized cards and delivery delayed? Spending weekends visiting Auntie in assisted living and shopping for her whims? I can think of so many reasons. But perhaps they shouldn't send you one at all if you are so particular. [/quote]

OP I get all of that. I am talking 30 years in a row one person and another 25 years in a row. We actually only mailed our two weeks ago. We literally went on CVS Website on a Sunday, ordered on line and picked up two hours later and mailed. I had years with issues and went out later. But these folks every year. Single, newlyweds, with kids. Empty nesters.

I like the cards. But I literally am taking down Xmas tree when they come. Why not just send Happy New Years cards? [/quote]

Some people believe in the traditional [b]12 days of Christmas, which only begins on Dec. 25th and run through the Feast of the Epiphany on Jan. 6th.[/b]  Christmas Day is the observed day that celebrates Jesus’ birth.  The Epiphany is the day the Three Kings/Wise Men arrived at the stable in Bethlehem, bringing their gifts for the new baby.  In some cultures, gifts are only given on the Feast of the Epiphany.   And Russian Orthodox Christmas is even later, celebrated on January 7th every year.

Commercial Christmas begins earlier and earlier every year because retailers want people feeling festive and doing their Christmas shopping as soon as possible.  It used to start the day after Thanksgiving back when I was a kid, but nowadays the Christmas decorations go up and sales start as soon as September, right after Labor Day.  July, if you’re in a Hallmark store.

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