http://www.cornellsociety.org/2005/12/keep-that-christmas-tree-up/ Unity in charity, diversity in truth Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:38:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.cornellsociety.org/2005/12/keep-that-christmas-tree-up/#comment-811 annunciata49 Mon, 27 Feb 2006 19:05:00 +0000 http://www.cornellsociety.org/2005/12/keep-that-christmas-tree-up/#comment-811 I discovered the "40 days" of Christmas a couple of years ago and have kept up my Xmas decorations until after the feast of the Purification. Hopeing in my small way to show that Xmas is only the beginning of a celebration and not the end of a hectic and terminal illness. I discovered the “40 days” of Christmas a couple of years ago and have kept up my Xmas decorations until after the feast of the Purification. Hopeing in my small way to show that Xmas is only the beginning of a celebration and not the end of a hectic and terminal illness.

]]> http://www.cornellsociety.org/2005/12/keep-that-christmas-tree-up/#comment-812 Hieronymus Fri, 30 Dec 2005 07:43:00 +0000 http://www.cornellsociety.org/2005/12/keep-that-christmas-tree-up/#comment-812 The Alma Redemptoris Mater is traditionally used to end compline for the whole of this season. <BR/>Observing the forty days of Christmas helps to give greater shape to the liturgical year--no need to anticipate in Advent and the flow from Christmas to Lent is smoother--a few weeks (or even a single day) of transition rather than a miniature "ordinary time." The Alma Redemptoris Mater is traditionally used to end compline for the whole of this season.
Observing the forty days of Christmas helps to give greater shape to the liturgical year–no need to anticipate in Advent and the flow from Christmas to Lent is smoother–a few weeks (or even a single day) of transition rather than a miniature “ordinary time.”

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