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I took a bit of a break from Substack over the holidays, but I'm back to work now. Come visit me there for my most recent post.
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Such a horrifying, tired manifestation of the racism and xenophobia (& just stubborn ignorance) that too much of our history is tainted by. Endlessly grateful for your voice, your work, and your heart. ♡
I just heard this trope from a relative a few days ago. Grievous.
Interesting-had not heard this line of thinking yet.
Let’s talk about the 1986 decision instead. Furthermore, let’s talk about vaccine courts, the pitiful compensation fund for injuries, and the Prep act.
OK, fess up: whose tree is still up?
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5 days ago
It is my living room night light.
Mine is. It was either use the time to take it down and put everything away or pack to go to Florida. Guess which won?
Always up at least until Epiphany, will take down in a week or so after my wife’s Ma’ Jong group meets.
Took ours down last weekend. Kids:”why are we taking it down so early???”
Yup. I may just take off the Christmas ornaments and put hearts on it for Valentines. Lord knows we could all use some joy and whimsy right about now.
If it's still sucking up water....
Just took ours down on Monday because I needed to get it to the curb for free pick up by the city. But I have to do it when everyone else is out of the house. They protest every year, and when they get home on tree removal day, they all say, “Awwww! Christmas is over!” Haha
And will stay till Candlemas
Ours will be up until Super Bowl weekend!! It’s beautiful. We take off the ornaments & star after Christmas. It’s a winter tree!
All twelve of ours are still up. But as a Catholic there’s a liturgical argument to be made that leaving it up until Candlemas is acceptable. My goal is to get them down next week. We’ll see
Of course mine is... I like to keep it up through Candlemas!
Not sure if this counts as up or down. One got taken outside. The others are waiting patiently for their turn. In my dining room. Not in the way at all. 😂🤦🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️
Ours! I was going to take it down on Epiphany, but my kids said to leave it up until spring break because they didn't want the hassle of putting stuff away that week. I agreed b/c I always would rather have extra sparkly lights to cheer the winter months.
My tree is down because it was DEAD, but my other decorations are still up.
Coming down today! Christmas just ended for Catholics this past Sunday ;).
I took down everything except my fake trees. The real one had to go. My fake ones will stay up until…March.
Just put our Christmas stuff away yesterday. No judgment here!
I’m taking ours down this weekend while my spouse is out of town. Otherwise, she’d leave it up until Lent.
I moved my fresh tree to my porch with just white lights and red wood bead garland soon after Christmas (after removing the ornaments) and it’s still there along with cedar garland and white lights along our porch railing.
We always keep our 3 trees up throughout gloomy January on purpose. 🎄🎄🎄
We leave our tree up until MLK weekend, sometimes later. We love to keep Christmas decor up as long as possible, but we also live in New England where it still feels quite chilly and Christmassy.
Mine is always up until at least the first week of January. During the pandemic it was up months later (it’s artificial). It makes me happy, it’s comforting. Do what makes you happy. My oldest is headed back to school (nine hours away) next week and the goodbyes are always hard, so I don’t even consider taking it down anymore until after she leaves. Having it up a bit longer helps my mood.
I had help the Sunday before epiphany. So, it went down then. No judgment either way! (I still have a string of colored lights up from last year, because they make my brain happy!)
Shhhhhh.... We got sick after Christmas, and then had a whirlwind of activities and work. So today we leave for our cruise, and the undressed tree is still up. Oh well! Maybe when I get back, I will leave it up with Valentine's things on it. 😂
Mine are down along with the Christmas decorations, but that is because somebody else did it! 😆
Just a few updates, here in the middle of the week. I'll be keynoting in Charleston, WV at the end of the month, talking about education, parenting, and classical schooling generally. On February 20, I'll be presenting at my alma mater, the College of William and Mary: "How Sickness Shapes Us Book Talk with Susan Wise Bauer." That's 3:30-5 PM in the MacKenzie Theatre at Swem, so if you're nearby, come say hello.
And the audiobook version of THE GREAT SHADOW is now an Audible "Most Anticipated in 2026" selection, so please go check that out!
events.wm.edu/event/view/libraries/370511
www.audible.com/pd/The-Great-Shadow-Audiobook/B0F6GB7ZWF
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5 days ago
So excited to listen to you speak in Charleston!
We are excited to have you in Charleston!!!

