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Original poster

to think that now it's Twelfth Night, we could get rid of that annoying S and AIBU should go back to being unReasonable again?!

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flow4 · 05/01/2013 18:13

Just that, really.
The tree is coming down...
So are the other decorations...
I reckon it's time for that S to go!

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SummerRainIsADistantMemory · 05/01/2013 18:15

Erm... I hate to break it to you but it's the 6th that decs are supposed to come down!

Mutt · 05/01/2013 18:16

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Maryz · 05/01/2013 18:22

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FruOla · 05/01/2013 18:26

Maryz is correct, SummerRain. The 5th of January is Twelfth Night - the date that decorations are supposed to come down.

needtogetoffsofa · 05/01/2013 18:28

omg - thought it was tomorrow, going out now so what will befall me if I leave the up, seriously?

Lueji · 05/01/2013 18:31

According to DS we will only remove our nativity scene on the 7th because the Magi visit tomorrow.
The tree can come down tomorrow, though. :)

MadBanners · 05/01/2013 18:33

I had not even noticed it had changed! Confused

FruOla · 05/01/2013 18:35

So, yes, flow4. YANBU.

Not only should we be going back to being unReasonable, instead of unSeasonable, but all the Christmas Smileys should go too. But that's unlikely to happen until Monday now, I would have thought Xmas Grin Xmas Grin

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flow4 · 05/01/2013 18:37

Uh-oh! Have I inadvertently started an argument about whether Twelfth Night is the 5th or the 6th?! Of COURSE it's the 5th you sixy sixers! Grin

But never mind that... I want to be unSeasonable now... That S has to go!

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SauvignonBlanche · 05/01/2013 18:38

See here Summer

FruOla · 05/01/2013 18:38

No, flow4, this argument has been raging going on in Chat for the last few days Xmas Grin

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flow4 · 05/01/2013 19:07

"Unlikely to happen until Monday", Fru?! Shock
But it's bad luck to keep Christmassy things past Christmas! If MNHQ don't get rid of the S and the smileys before midnight, then Mumsnet Towers may come tumbling down! Shock

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dottyspotty2 · 05/01/2013 19:10

twelth night is the 6th aka the epithany the reason they come down today is they are meant to be down before twelth night.

diaimchlo · 05/01/2013 19:10

Tradition is that they have to come down on the 6th and has been for as long as I can remember .....

dottyspotty2 · 05/01/2013 19:13

Oh well I was misimformed all those years ago epithany is 12th day the 6th today is 12th night Blush

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FruOla · 05/01/2013 19:21

flow4. It's unlikely there's anyone in MNHQ over the weekend to take their decorations down on the website or in RL - there will just be poor Olivia on weekend duty again with her hand hovering over the Red Button to delete all the norty people Xmas Grin (see, I got another one in there Xmas Wink).

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flow4 · 05/01/2013 20:08

diaim - "Tradition is that they have to come down on the 6th" < < My tradition says they have to come down on the 5th. That's traditions for ya - sooooo fickle!

You are very, very wise Maryz... MNHQ will prolly give you a medal for saving their Tower or something... Grin

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CatherineMumsnet · 05/01/2013 20:10

We're pretty sure tech is going to remove these, but we'll check

MiaCulper · 05/01/2013 20:18

Twelfth night is the 6th of January. Epiphany. The Adoration of the Magi.

Did the three kings turn up, with their lovely gifts, to be told, "Oh, sorry, we're not doing Christmas anymore. We took the decorations down yesterday." Hmm

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flow4 · 05/01/2013 20:25

You didn't look at Sauvignon's link , did you Mia? Hmm

And, um, sorry to poop your Epiphany party, but the Magi definitely won't have been expecting Christmas decorations... That stable wasn't very glittery... And tinsel wasn't invented until 1610... Grin

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flow4 · 05/01/2013 20:27

Hello Catherine! > waves <
Hope Tech can get it done before midnight so MNHQ can avoid Bad Luck!

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JeezyOrangePips · 05/01/2013 20:32

Nope, 12th night is the evening of the 5th, and is 'epiphany-eve'.

12th day is epiphany, which is the 6th.

It might seem odd that the night comes first, but it comes from the tradition still used in Judaism that the day starts at sunset, and so the night came before the day.