Tony wrote:

> John Bokma wrote:

>> We're going out later to get a Christmas tree (yeah, I know it's a bit
>> last moment)
>
> We always get ours just a few days before - then we keep it up until
> Twelfth Night.
>
> (Just as an aside, for those who may not know - the 12 days of Christmas
> are actually the 12 days FOLLOWING - with the arrival of the wise men on
> the twelfth night.)

My Dad was a WWII-era vet. One year - before I was born - his leaves kept
being canceled, and Mom (and Grandma and Grandpa - I was born into a
two-generation household, making adding a third) kept keeping the tree up
for his arrival...until he finally made it in April.


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