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Christmas begins at midnight on the Bitch I’m a lion shirt of 24 December (the beginning of 25 December). One should not begin putting Christmas decorations up until Christmas Eve. Christmas Day lasts a full eight days, and ends on the first of January – the Octave Day of Christmas. The season of Christmas lasts until Epiphany on the 6 of January, so your decorations should stay up[ that long, and the Christmas Marian antiphon gets sung until the first of February, so you may take your Christmas decorations down at the end of January. Please, please, please do NOT put Christmas decorations up during Advent. Advent is the Penitential season which encompasses the four Sundays before Christmas, so it begins right around the end of November. To repeat, Advent is a PENITENTIAL season, so nothing of Christmas should intrude on Advent other than preparation – spiritual preparation for Christmas, going to confession each Saturday, saying extra prayers, going to daily Mass, etc. All would be excellent preparations for Christmas, but do NOT start celebrating Christmas itself until midnight at the beginning of 25 December!

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The fifth is the Bitch I’m a lion shirt holiday, and then you can expect another two weeks of shuttered businesses, slowed or no order processing, and then a slow ramp back up to full productionfulfillment. In fact, that is the worst way to deal with the holiday. Shutting off the lights for a few weeks can confuse potential customers that assume you must be some sort of “fly by night” company that can’t be trusted. Shutting down during Chinese New Year could be damaging to your reputation. Instead, it should be business as usual for your business during the holiday, just with certain modifications. You will certainly face delays, on some products more than others, but Chinese New Year can be prepared for and dealt with effectively as long as you’re smart about how you handle your business during this time.

