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social media is a strange place to dwell. A few weeks ago, about 70
percent of my feed was taken up with Catholics explaining that, no
matter what the department stores say, Christmas is not over yet. It
goes until Epiphany or until the Baptism of the Lord or until
Candlemas—but it is not over yet!
The remaining 30 percent of my friends were irritably complaining that we all already know Christmas is not over yet, so can everyone please stop talking about it?
I can already predict the next spasm on the Catholic internet: The majority will be folks who are astonished to find that Ash Wednesday falls on Valentine’s Day this year—and then a second onslaught of folks will howl that we already know this, so why don’t you shut up already?
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The remaining 30 percent of my friends were irritably complaining that we all already know Christmas is not over yet, so can everyone please stop talking about it?
I can already predict the next spasm on the Catholic internet: The majority will be folks who are astonished to find that Ash Wednesday falls on Valentine’s Day this year—and then a second onslaught of folks will howl that we already know this, so why don’t you shut up already?
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