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Twelve Days of Shell

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256 points zoidb | 1 comments | 08 Dec 25 10:13 UTC | HN request time: 0.338s | source
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throw0101d ◴[08 Dec 25 13:11 UTC] No.46191793[source]▶
Meta: the first day of the Twelve Days of Christmas is Christmas Day (December 25) itself:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_Days_of_Christmas

The days before the 25th are part of the season of Advent:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advent

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xnorswap ◴[08 Dec 25 13:17 UTC] No.46191862[source]▶
Too many people I know spend their boxing day packing up their tree. Christmas is over before it's barely begun!

But that's kind of understandable when Christmas begins in September if you believe the retailers.

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1. throw0101d ◴[08 Dec 25 15:03 UTC] No.46193007[source]▶
> boxing day

Ah, a fellow Commonwealther (I'm Canadian):

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing_Day

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations