Mary treasured up all these things,
and pondered them in her heart. (Luke 2:20)
Two celebrations get a “tide”: 1) Christmas Day till Epiphany (Twelve Days of Christmas) called Christmastide; and 2) Easter till Pentecost (50 days) called Eastertide. It’s as if something so big has happened that we can’t just rush to the next—we need some “tide” time to, like Mary, “treasure” and “ponder.”
Linda noticed someone had already taken down their Christmas decorations: “To soon…” she sighed. Christmas decorations should linger for a while, at least to New Years, Linda figured. We need not rush such things.
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