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First of all, let’s get one thing clear: Christmas is not over. I know that many people are starting the de-Christmasization of their homes, and my local grocery store was already tearing down the holiday items and setting up for Valentine’s Day on December 23.
Buttechnically,theChristmasseasonbeginsonDecember25,despitethetraditionamongretailersandInstagraminfluencesthatitstartsrightaftertheback-to-schoolsales.ItdoesnotenduntilEpiphany.Soleavethattreerightwhereitis,roastsomemorechestnuts,andpouryourselfanotherglassofwhateverlibationyoufavor.Westillhavecelebratingtodo.
Asanex-Episcopalian,IamfondofsayingthatifyoureallywanttodoEaster/Pascharight,youneedtobeOrthodox,butifyouwanttodoChristmasright,youneedtobeAnglican.Ofcourse,“Anglican”maybetoostrongaterm.GiventheChurchofEngland’sdeathspiralintoallthingsDEI(alongwiththegovernment),aflattireonaFebruarymorningindowntownDuluth,Minn.,isprobablymorefestivethananythingtheCOEisdoing,evenwhenitcomestoChristmas.
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