It’s beginning to look at lot like … time to take down all of those Christmas decorations.

Used to be Christmas trees weren’t decorated until Christmas Eve. They stay up through Twelfth Night, the official end of the Christmas season. The general belief used to be that keeping a Christmas tree decorated past Twelfth Night was considered to be bad luck.

Few people seek to worry about bad luck being a problem. Not only do some people keep their tree or trees intact they also keep their outside decorations left up as well.

I love Christmas time there is a limit to everything. Halloween pumpkins had barely been removed to front porches free less than a day before the Hallmark Channel started inundating the screen with Christmas movies fast too perfect to have an association with reality. Showtime and other cable channels were soon showing Christmas movies and some are still popping up on the screen a month later.

This year I have one admission to make. For various reasons I didn’t decorate my Christmas tree until Christmas Eve.

Finding a tree this year was a problem due to supplies and that delayed by purchase since I refused to buy an artificial one. I have to also admit my Christmas decorations and my tree still stand so I am casting a stone or two at myself.

Post- Christmas has thrown some curve balls at me from a health standpoint. I am not sure when I will take the decorations down. There are too many challenges standing in my way.

Valentine’s Day is knocking on the door. Not my favorite holiday by any means. I have always viewed it as production designed for card companies, candy and cookie and cake bakers and jewelers to make a profit.

I view St. Patrick’s Day as a similar unnecessary celebration as well. It’s an excuse for people to drink green beer and risk driving under the influence on the way home.

The next couple of months are going to dominated with health issues for me. If I had a dollar for every time I have had to recite my birthday I would be rich. This week I have had five visits with doctors in as many years. Holiday time for me will be when God gets the through these issues.

If you are able to store those Christmas decorations it is time do it. So store them until next year. It will be Christmas again before we know it.