Just some good old second-wave feminism, from 1974 
I posted Dory Previn because it’s her song. But I’ve always liked this rendition by Rosy’s Bar and Grill, having owned the album when it was new in 1979. The words are a bit clearer, I think.
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Happy New Year Foula
Foula remained on the Julian calendar when the rest of the UK adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1752. As a result, Foula is now one day ahead of the Julian calendar and 12 days behind the Gregorian, observing Christmas Day on 6 January and New Year on 13 January.
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I’m still not taking down my Christmas tree, though.
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That’s certainly one way to do carpentry.
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The only time D & I have had a tree, he didn’t take it down until fucking March. He spread a tree tarp under it, and took it to pieces, figuring had he dragged it out, even w/the tarp, the needles’d’ve gone everywhere.
The scent was enchanting, and kept growing stronger as he cut bits off it. It went right up the front stairs, and ran all the way down the hall to the back bedrooms.
The fragrance hung around for more than two weeks.
edited for grammar/tense - /rolleyes
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Is he from western or upstate NY, or from VT, NH? We took our vacation a few years ago and people in this region still had their Christmas decorations up at least past Valentine’s Day in these states. It was an interesting cultural difference that we enjoyed! (It’s been hard to find significant cultural differences among/between the US states since the proliferation of chain stores/restaurants in the mid-1980s.)
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I’m not sure about cultural differences (I’m sure there are), but having grown up in Western New York, I can tell you that there’s too much snow for folks to get up on the roof and take down their lights and plastic Santa and reindeer any sooner. Light ‘em if you got ‘em!
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The only time there’s too much snow to get on a roof is when the roof is collapsing from the weight. You need to shovel that stuff!
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Yeah, in California the decorations go down Christmas day, maybe the day after. 
Growing up, our family kept the tree up until the Epiphany, and people in Central California thought we were nuts.
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A couple of years ago, our next door neighbor didn’t take down his 12 ft tall Halloween skeleton till Christmas. I’m not sure what others in the neighborhood thought about it but we thought it was fun.
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Or the ground is too frozen to un-stake the inflatable grinch…
The surest sign of spring around here is the day I take down my XMas lights… 
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There’s a guy here that keeps the skeleton out through the holidays, but just adapts it for the holiday. There’s a dinner spread for thanksgiving, the skeleton has a santa hat for XMas.
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Great ideas! I have to suggest it to him.
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Nope, he’s from Michigan, too. I think he was simply loath to get rid of it. It still made the house smell so good, even after it was all dried out. 
Love this ever so much!
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Tip: vacuum up all those loose needles and don’t change the bag/empty the canister for the whole holiday season. Their smell will permeate the vacuum so thoroughly that the vacuum exhaust will smell like pine/fir/spruce needles for most of the following year.
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Love this, too!!! Thanks!
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I love how appropriately frightened the turkey looks.
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