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

[ruanae.livejournal.com]

I was always a little confused by this as its bad luck if you take your decorations down after the 6th. But what happens if you dont take them down at all? And how much has to be up to count as decoration, we always seem to end up with a bit of tinsel stuck to the picture rail bit that stays there for months. does that count?

As for the poinsetta, I'd personally say take it outside and burn it, but thats more to my intense dislike of them as I used to help prepare my parents church for Christmas every year so would end up moving around 400 - 500 of them around until the display looked "right". So i may be slightly biased against them...