I had forgotten that tomac.  Thanks for reminding me.  I guess in my post, I should have been more specific and said "Catholics" and not "Christians." 

Orthodox Christianity also celebrate Easter the Sunday after Catholics (and most other Christian demoninations) as well.

In any case, I don´t usually take down my Christmas decorations until January 6th...Do you think I should leave them up for an extra day in honor of Othodox Christmas? 

I once left a Christmas Tree up till after Valentine´s Day (February 14).  I´m not sure why..... I think I took the decorations off of it in January however. 

 I am all for leaving it up all year....you could just put different decorations for the different holidays during the year!  Hearts with red lights for Valentines....shamrocks and green lights for St. Paddy´s Day...etc...

I have considered that!  hehehe.....A different theme each month!  But I think I´d leave the tree "natural" for June.

On a side note, my parents could never do this as their 2 cats enjoy sleeping IN their tree when nobody is looking--about half way up the tree.  My pets could care less.  Thank God lol.

Yes, I noticed that, too. Many people in Turkey think that Christmas Day is December 31. Most of those people don´t really know about the "background story" but they like the motives (Christmas tree, the color red, bells etc) so they use them as decoration on New Year´s Eve. Very interesting.

 Orthodox Christmas is in the same day like Chatolic ( 25 December) not

after 1 week. Just Easter its not all the time in same day ( depends on the moon).

Orthodox Christmas this year will be celebrated on Friday, January 7, 2011.

http://www.worldtravelguide.net/moscow/russian-orthodox-christmas

http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/orthodox-christmas-day

Not all, but MOST of Orthodox Christian churches (Russian, Ukrainian, Serbian, Macedonian, Montenegrian) celebrate Christmas Day on January 7, using the Gregorian calendar, which is the date works to be December 25 in the Julian calendar. However, some Orthodox Christians, such as the churches of Greece,  Finland,  Orthodox Church in America, and I suppose Romania (according to Zeytinne´s post), among others, accepted Julian calendar for celebrating their holidays, so they celebrate Christmass Day on the same day as Catholic Christians.

On the other hand, Easter is a moveable feast, and it doesn´t fall on a fixed date in the Gregorian nor Julian calendars, since they both follow the cycle of the Sun/Moon. In  Christianity using the Gregorian calendar, Easter always falls on a Sunday between March 22 and April 25, and in Eastern Orthodox churches — which use the Julian calendar for religious dating — Easter also falls on a Sunday, but  between April 4 and May 8. Sometimes happens that Western and Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter  on the same day, but usually it is a different date.

I´m not sure, but I think that Greek Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmass with Catholics, and Easter with Orthodox Christians. I wish if someone informed me if I´m right.

Just dropped by to say HI!

Sorry guys, but from now on I won´t be able to post exercises. I have just started an intermediate Turkish course and it seems that I am going to be very busy in the next couple of months. Maybe I´ll come back from time to time to bitch and cry for (mercy?) help.

Today was the first day and one of my classmates decided to showcase her goods. Let´s just say, I saw waaaaay more boobs today than I was expecting. Still recovering from the visual shock... 

I am advanced in Turkish Language and I still dont get to see anything so spectacular Must change my course.

What kind of language school are you in where you are seeing other women´s boobs?  Is this a nudist Turkish school?  (By chance, is your teachers name, thehandsom? )