Three kings from Persian lands afar

[venta]

Help. I have a dilemma. It is January 6th, Twelfth Night, and during the day (while waiting for code to compile, and so on) I have been carefully taking down the Christmas cards, holly and ivy which have been decking these halls of late. I don't, after all, want the goblins to get me.

However, does any know goblin views on poinsettia? There is a very large specimen of the genus Euphorbia pulcherrima sitting on the table, looking extremely Christmassy. Obviously I don't want to throw it away - but do I need to hide it, or disguise it, or anything ? Rebadge it as an early Easter decoration ?

To be honest, I don't think it's all that long for this world. The wretched thing has been slowly trying to die on me since dinner party guests brought it as a present shortly before Christmas. I phoned the more horticulturally-inclined parents to ask for advice on the care and feeding of a poinsettia, but the list of musts and must-nots was so long that I decided me and such a nesh plant were never going to get on very well.

Comments

[ylla.livejournal.com]

3. Superstitions about taking down decorations date back to before the calendar changed so it's a bit pointless worrying about goblins now, you're already using the wrong dates (unless we assume that goblins use the same calendar as the rest of us. It's possible).

Surely we were using the wrong dates then, and the right dates now?
So if the goblins always kept their dates right by the calendar, we're ok again, and if they're still using the Gregorian calendar, they've only just got to Christmas, so we've got a while.

Admittedly I had no idea goblins were involved at all.

What happens with the not overlapping in places where they celebrate on the evening of the 24th? cblgg1 always says it's jul once the church bells have rung, about 6pm.

[bopeepsheep.livejournal.com]

I think the local church tradition is to end Advent then, but that still gives you Jan 5th as the day to take down your decs (both by using 24th/25th as 1st night/day of Christmas/Jul/whatever, and by 'the day before Epiphany').

I don't know how the goblins feel about our having put the decorations up early, if they're still using the Gregorian calendar, but if it's anything like how I feel about people who put them up in November, they're probably pretty mad by now. :-)