Christmas at St. Pancras

While the US gears up for this year's Thanksgiving, here in the UK Christmas baubles sparkle from every commercial surface. The Kings Cross and St. Pancras complex is the overland gateway to Europe and the best known stopover in London.

holiday preparations

'Tis the season to plan parties! Everyone is getting ready for holiday celebrations and pre-holiday celebrations. People are planning flights and get-togethers, practicing their special dishes and holiday 'looks'. Cafés replaced the pumpkin spice lattes of autumn with their 'Christmas menu' and it's a joy for wonder | wander | women to discover who puts the most marshmallows in their hot chocolate.

We vote for Benugo.

back to Ordinary Time

Epiphany or the 12th day of Christmas falls on January 6 and marks the official end to the festivities that mark the Christmas holidays or Christmastide. 

Adoration of the Magi - Leonardo da Vinci (about 1481)

According to western church traditions Christmas Time runs from First Vespers 

(Evening Prayer) of the Nativity of the Lord up to and including the Sunday after 

Epiphany or after January 6 and Ordinary Time begins on the Monday which 

follows the Sunday occurring after January 6.