Over the last twenty-nine years, Sharon and I have lived into a rhythm of decorating the house. Beginning Labor Day, Sharon starts to decorate the house with fall decorations. Orginally, this was driven by the fall dinner party, but it has taken on a life of its own.
At Thanksgiving, we switch the house to Christmas decorations. We have an enormous amount of Christmas decorations.
In recent years, Sharon has started to accumulate more Valentines Day decorations that she puts up after we take down the Christmas decorations. After Valentines Day, the house transitions to Easter.
After we take the Easter decorations down, we have started calling it "Ordinary Time." This lasts about four months from Easter to Labor Day. In truth, Sharon has start to accumulate more and more summer decorations.
Faced with an unusually hectic September and October, I started pulling the fall boxes out of the storage shed this morning. The fall dinner party is currently scheduled for October 25.
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