About those 12 days of Christmas....

"After Christmas" is not after Christmas. If it were, it would fall on January 6th instead of the commercial December 26th. One reason it is important to celebrate Christmastide as a season is that celebrations and festivities can be spacedout over nearly 2 week rather than crammed into 1 day. Celebrate Christmas as a season. Read all the fascinating details here: http://www.whychristmas.com/customs/12daysofchristmas.shtml