It's Still Christmas

Yesterday, at the 8:10, but not the 10:50 service, I explained that for the church's liturgical calendar, the twelve days of Christmas is more than just a song. According to the liturgical year, Christmas begins December 25 and continues for twelve days ending with Epiphany on January 6. (Easter lasts for fifty days, the basic understanding is that some events are too important to confine their celebration to only one day.) If you have unsent Christmas letters you still have time. More importantly with Christmas being over according to the secular calendar, we have time to celebrate the true meaning of the season.