Well I don't know about you, but I took down my Christmas tree on New Year's Day. I rallied the troops and my family and I did what we have come to call "de-Christmasing." The ornaments are removed from the tree, wrapped carefully, and placed in their boxes. The lights come off the tree and are placed under the basement stairs where they go. The angel on top of the tree, a gift from a member of my first parish, comes off last and is lovingly wrapped and placed in a box as well. Then comes the garland around the doors, the mistletoe, the Christmas cards taped all around the walls, the wreath on the door, and finally the tree itself goes out on the curb. Voila! Christmas is over! Now we can get back into our routine and move on with life. In fact, we've been moving on for a week now.

But th…