How many days is Christmas? When should you finally take those lights off the porch, or remove the tree? Could you read on for arguments for and against commonly agreed-upon end dates for Christmas?

Christmas is 12 days.

We’ve all heard the Christmas carol “Twelve Days of Christmas.” While it’s unclear as to why someone would give someone 23 separate birds, a pear tree, and the services of 50 people over 12 days, there actually is a liturgical precedent for claiming that Christmas is 12 days long.