Then of course, there's the old calendar to contend with.... Orthodox traditions, commercialism and habit are in there too....

Saw a very depressing sight on Boxing Day... a pile of wrapping paper and a very sad Christmas tree... it had ovbiously been up a while and now, just as the season was proper to it, it had been slung out for the rubbish. All the Christmas music has finished on the radio (excpet for one DJ who still plays it), and the shops have cleared out for the Sales... in fact, one supermarket chain were asking staff to work Christmas afternoon to get the store ready for the Boxing Day sales. In London, on Christmas Eve, they were already stripping their windows of Christmas stuff.... It seems more and more that Christmas starts mid October and ends on Dec 24th.

It's STILL Christmas now!! Keep celebrating!

Compliments of the Season to you all!

LTS