Bishop Tobin on Post-Christmas Appreciation of the Season

"'Twas the Day after Christmas, and all through the land, some people were happy,' cause Christmas was bland.

"I'm certainly not the first one to pen a piece called 'Twas the Day after Christmas.' Google the words and you'll find lots of variations on the theme. Nonetheless, it seems to me that the phrase captures a certain ambivalence in our culture about the coming and going of Christmas.

"I suspect that the majority of folks would agree that it's unfortunate that we spend months and months getting ready for Christmas, starting even before Halloween, and then discard it so quickly when it's over. Don't we realize that Christmas is more than a day, that it's a season? When did the 12 Days of Christmas become nothing more than a cute little Christmas sing-a-long?"

In a recent commentary, Bishop Thomas J. Tobin, of the Diocese of Providence (RI), reflected on the importance of celebrating the full Christmas season.

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Without A Doubt: Twas the Day After Christmas (24 DEC 15)