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\u201cKeep that tree up until Epiphany!\u201d they keep saying. \u201cIt\u2019s still Christmas, you know! Don\u2019t take down that tree yet!\u201d they keep saying. They are imagining something like this: O, Holy Night! Whereas what\u00a0hulks in our living room is more along these lines: Oh, holy crap. Epiphany, you\u2019re on your own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1533,"featured_media":14385,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[44,969,968,220],"class_list":["post-14383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-christmas","tag-domestic-church","tag-epiphany","tag-the-stupids"],"yoast_head":"\n
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