Leaving the holiday season - for me, just before Thanksgiving with the grocery shopping, until the Feast of the Epiphany on January 6th is a big heave-ho to the previous year. Generally, not bittersweet. I'm ready to enjoy those extra few minutes of daylight and clear out the Christmas decorations. Taking down the tree is probably the only sadness. And every year I vow to get it up earlier and enjoy it longer.
We don't observe the traditional feast days, and it's a cultural void. Epiphany is a celebration, an awakening. Maybe a realization of things you already knew. A reminder to look forward: a new year, the rebirth that Spring brings the earth, anticipation and hope.
Be of good heart, be kind, be safe.
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