Sunday 30 December 2012

Now Christmas is over when the the Colley Birds sing


I’m aware times change and traditions evolve but I find it rather sad to hear of friends taking their trees down just days after Christmas.  We tend to be fairly traditional, leaving our tree decorating to Christmas Eve and although we don’t have Colley Birds or Maids a’ Milking, we resolutely keep to Epiphany before we pack everything away for another year.   I suspect the practice of artificial trees going up towards the beginning of December, with no falling pine needles to litter carpets, followed by the huge anti-climax of the day itself is irrevocably changing the shape of Christmas 

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