I'm Catholic, I celebrate Advent during most of December, and Christmas from evening on December 24 until 12th night. I like to make a lot of my gifts and decorations, so I can appreciate craft stores and such starting to show winter ideas early, but if I'm going to the store to buy as sack of floour or a pair of jeans (or a bag of Halloween candy) the last thing I want to see in the middle of Autumn is a bunch of Christmas stuff. In addition to glossing over other holidays and observances, I don't want to be already sick of Christmas (and have my greens looking all tired and dried out) before the actual 12-day holiday even starts.
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