Today is the 12th Day of Christmas. I NEVER take decorations down until after ALL of Christmas is complete. IMO we have WAY too much commercialism before and way too LITTLE true HOLY DAY season celebrated. By the way, for those who do not like the phrase "Happy Holidays," the origin of the word holiday is "holy day." If you want a great response to "Happy Holidays," try "And happy Holy Days to you, too!"
Advent begins 4 weeks before Christmas and ends on Christmas Eve.
Christmas BEGINS on Christmas Day and ends with Epiphany's beginning on January 6th.
As much as I can in my own little way, I've decided that next year I will use whatever influence I have to spread the celebration of Christmas over the entire Christmas Season: December 25th through January 5th.