Question of the Day - Wednesday, October 28th, 2025

[BigBlueHen53]

I meant the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist. Catholics celebrate it on the Sunday after Epiphany. In 2026 it's on January 11th. It marks the official end of the Christmas season which is why we take our decorations down then but there's no rule about it, that was just the tradition in our family.

Ah, thanks for explaining that, Emma. I was raised in the Catholic church in the sense that we attended Mass on Sundays and had 12 years of Catholic education, but otherwise we were pretty casual about it. Dad was not a member at alI. I left the church shortly after graduating hs.

My mom was a expert on carefully nursing a tree all through the season so it dried out as little as possible. I think if she could have got a living 8' Douglas fir tree into the house, she would have!

Lol, sounds like my mom. Too bad I did not inherit her green thumb!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Idunno what your latinx community looks like locally, Blue, but if there is a good mex place or a carniceria, you could stop in and ask them. We're spoiled for choice here, obviously, but I know that's not the case in a lot of places.

I think we do have one, I'll check. Thanks. I'm def in the minority around here.