from Religion Media Centre
Christmas is only just beginning for a branch of Eastern Orthodox Christians who follow a different church calendar. For them, Christmas Day is 6 January, not 25 December, and the discrepancy is explained in our factsheet here.
The current tradition is for the Christmas season to end on 6 January, marking Twelfth Night, the Epiphany, celebrated in western tradition as the arrival of the wise men.
Five years ago, during a Covid lockdown, Dr Michael Carter from English Heritage suggested that Christmas decorations should be kept up until Candlemas on 2 February, because in the Middle Ages, Christmas continued until Candlemas, the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary when candles were blessed in churches. He said that after an especially tough year, keeping bright decorations for longer would bring some cheer into the coming dark winter months.