Out of interest, does that you mean you escape the ridiculousness of how long our run up to Christmas is?  Commercially, Christmas seems to start immediately after Halloween.  We go on until 12th Night (Jan 6th). Two months+ !!

I recall visiting Brazil where it seemed more like Christmas 'started' on Christmas eve and finished on boxing day (Dec 26th).

I wonder if some planets in the Third Imperium do much more with Holiday than others.  Or less.  (Obviously very low pop worlds might not do much, but I'm thinking of larger populations).

tc

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I think I was in 7th grade (60's) when my social studies teacher commented about the start of the Christmas Season, which had traditionally been the day after Thanksgiving (US), now known as the 'Black Friday' shopping day. She stated that she had been shocked to see Christmas displays appearing in stores shortly after Halloween!

p.s. When I was growing up, it was traditional in my house to put up the tree well before Christmas & keep it up till the 'Celebration of the Arrival of the Three Kings' but other families had all sorts of differing traditions. Also, even when we were living at a remote USAF airbase out in the middle of nowhere in Morocco, we still received shipments of gen-u-ine Christmas Trees each year. Now, you couldn't find a pizza of any kind on that base. No way, No how. Not ever. But you *could* get a Christmas Tree!

p.p.s. I remember when I first heard 'Boxing Day' as a child. I couldn't understand why folks would be 'duking it out' on the day after Christmas!

 

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