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

[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. :-)