I hate giving up Christmas, so I assiduously celebrate all 12 days of Christmas. Today is the 8th day of Christmas. It is also New Year's Day! New years, new projects, new plans, new notebooks, new new new. I LOVE New Year's Day. Almost as much as I love Christmas.
you can pretend to be catholic and celebrate until the first sunday of the year (in the olden times, it was january 6 for the day of the three kings). so pretend and extend, my friend. :-)
My husband and I always traveled to see family and spent money on our parents and kids. So early in our marriage we agreed to shop for each other in the after Christmas sales on January’s Paycheck and gradually the three day Martin Luther King Jr. day became our end of the Christmas season.
Wishing you a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year, Francoise!
~Happy New Year, Francoise!