{"id":90247,"date":"2019-12-20T14:05:10","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T18:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=90247"},"modified":"2019-09-22T16:05:15","modified_gmt":"2019-09-22T20:05:15","slug":"weekend-open-thread-christmastide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=90247","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Open Thread-Christmastide"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Images of Christmas (Ireland’s Own)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It looks like Christmas is next week. During the Thanksgiving mid-weekend open thread, I mentioned the Advent season. The season is almost over, and Christmas season is around the corner.<\/p>\n

Advent season occurs from the fourth Sunday before Christmas until Christmas Eve. For those going to church, the priests wear purple during most of the days, unless it is a memorial or feast day that would require white or red. Purple would also be a theme on garments, cloths, and drapings.<\/p>\n

Starting on Christmas Day, and running until “Baptism of the Lord” Sunday in January, garments, draping, altar cloth, etc., are gold or white. Unless it is a service that requires red.<\/p>\n

Christmas season starts on December 25. “Christmas Day” is the first day of the season. Depending on who you ask, Christmas either has 12 days or 40 days. The 12-day period runs from December 25 through January 5, inclusive. The 40-day period runs from December 25 through February 2, inclusive.<\/p>\n

However, when the church’s mass practice was revised in 1969, only the 12 days of Christmas and the eight-day “Epiphany octave” were included as the Christmas season.<\/p>\n

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Merry Christmas (Chad Madden\/@chadmadden)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So, Christmas season runs from December 25 until “Baptism of the Lord” Sunday the following January. For this year, Christmas season runs from December 25, 2019, through January 12, 2020.<\/p>\n

Sunset the day before is considered the beginning of the celebration and season. December 25 is mentioned here, but the liturgical start of the season is sunset December 24.<\/p>\n

You wouldn’t be “out of season” if you had Christmas decorations up until the evening of January 12, 2020.<\/p>\n

An “octave” is an eight-day celebration, with each day being celebrated as if it were the first day of the season. There are only two “octaves”, one for Christmas and one for Easter. Christmas octave runs from December 25 through January 1. Each of these days is celebrated as if was the first day of Christmas.<\/p>\n

Enjoy your weekend and happy gift hunting if you have not completed your Christmas shopping<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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