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I am reading one story per night.

I am glad that the group chose a Christmastime item to reinforce for me aspects of the season other than what stores are doing.

Well, I think I'm taking a short trip to the UK for this one. Now, I wonder if there are any spare coupons around?

ETA: My quick trip to the UK is finished, and I have a new book to show for it. I look forward to starting it tonight.

I've started on this now.

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Originally Posted by HarryT (Post 3217646)

Of course. When else would it begin?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelfth_Night_(holiday))

I would have thought that 1448 years would be a sufficient length of time to get the message across :).

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Originally Posted by GA Russell (Post 3218062)

Harry, I strongly suspect that if you asked most Americans, they would guess that Dec. 25 is the last of the twelve days of Christmas. Stores and radio stations behave as if the Christmas season is over Dec. 26.

Apropos, there is a single-panel comic "strip" in our local paper each day called Argyle Sweater. The Christmas Day comic has a woman returning her Christmas presents to the store (the birds a-laying) "On the 13th Day of Christmas." !!!

http://www.theargylesweater.com/