I'm a little embarrassed. I’m hanging my head in shame. But it’s time to come clean.
This Christmas ornament is currently sitting on our mantelpiece.
He has been happily sitting there minding his own business since early December 2011.
I know. It’s February.
And he might have remained there if I hadn’t read Him up North's post Christmas Lights.
I sat at my computer and laughed at the image on HUN’s blog of a Christmas tree still lit up in his local village.
Then I glanced to my right and noticed our snowman.
And as I’m confessing all, I should probably mention that Santa's there too.
Him Up North asks: Do you have any examples, personal or municipal, of Christmas still lingering?
Guilty as charged. My excuse Your Honour - too much time spent blogging.
You should see the state of my kitchen.
You may aswell leave him there now, you're a bit early but never mind :-)
Posted by: notsupermum | February 04, 2012 at 11:18 AM
Haha! Brilliant. Thank you for confessing. But seriously, time to put them back in the box they came from. I'll help if you like... :)
Posted by: Him Up North | February 04, 2012 at 11:35 AM
That's what I was thinking. Has to be more time-efficient to just leave them there rather than pack them away and get them out again every year.
Posted by: Rosie Scribble | February 04, 2012 at 11:37 AM
But I really quite like them there.
Okay, okay, I can see you're shaking your head .... I'll put them away in their boxes. If it is too much of an emotional strain, I'll call you over to help :)
Posted by: Rosie Scribble | February 04, 2012 at 11:38 AM
But as I never cease to bang on about, the Christmas season - as part of the church calendar - doesn't actually en until Candlemass - and that was in Thursday. Furthermore, in the Orthodox tradition (following the Julian Calendar) it's even later. You've got another two weeks if you need it. Case dismissed!
Posted by: Tim (aka Dotterel) | February 04, 2012 at 11:48 AM
This last Christmas, I got the nativity set out of the garage and discovered the baby Jesus was missing from the box.
We eventually ran him to earth... on the mantelpiece behind the photograph of my baby niece, where he had been lurking for an entire year!
Posted by: helenprev | February 04, 2012 at 11:55 AM
Brilliant. That's made me laugh at loud. It's also made me feel a whole lot better!
Posted by: Rosie Scribble | February 04, 2012 at 12:00 PM
That's exactly my line of thinking, Tim. I'm following the church calendar. So relieved my case has been thrown out of court and you have been able to provide the intelligent voice of reason. I'm not going to give in to pressure. They can stay up a while longer.
Posted by: Rosie Scribble | February 04, 2012 at 12:01 PM
Since when has Christmas had anything to do with religion? *shakes head in disbelief*
Posted by: Him Up North | February 04, 2012 at 12:06 PM
Hi, I'm Julie, publisher of the Learn Your Christmas Carols blog. I've published lyrics and videos to nearly 100 different popular, traditional, funny and obscure holiday songs and had over 25,000 visitors. I'd like to include links to recipes, decorations and crafts this year, and am wondering if you have any content you'd like to contribute? The only requirement would be a link back in your sidebar or footer.
I'm asking you because I found some good holiday content on your site that deserves a wider audience. If you're interested, please email me at juliegallaher@gmail.com or tweet me at http://twitter.com/juliegallaher.
Posted by: Julie Gallaher | July 12, 2012 at 04:00 PM