Genie,
You should come to our church!! Yeah, there's a lot of music and celebration before the "big day" but we will continue to sing and celebrate straight through into the new year!! I agree with you that it seems like it is over as soon as the last piece of torn paper goes into the garbage and many churches stop the Christmas carols right away and that is sad. I mean, if you believe, then celebrate for all you're worth!

My wife is Lutheran and I am a Catholic and the "Contemporary Praise Choir" (as they like to call us) we sing with is at a Methodist Church! As I get older I like to cover all my bases ya know, just in case. *BG* The Saturday between Christmas and New Year's will most likely have a full slate of carols!!

Frank