Ah, blunty, would that all it took to get my way would be to say "I can't stand it". I don't call him the Ogre because he's tall and green. We do compromise - We'll put the tree up probably Dec 12th this year. BUT I do get my way with keeping it up through Epiphany. On that, I am adamant.
I will say, and I bet skimom2 would concur, converts are often more "hardcore" Catholics than cradle Catholics. We learned all the things as adults. My husband couldn't tell you exactly what Epiphany is. He just followed the rules. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
On another note: yesterday while we were doing house stuff, I complained about how he had moved my reading recliner out of our bedroom and into the living room, and put the living room chair and ottoman in our daughter's bedroom and moved the ugly blue chair from our daughter's room into our room. It's been that way for months and I've found that my reading time suffers. So while I cooked dinner, he moved them all back to where they should be. Upon noting my surprise,
he said to me "I'm not fighting you on these things anymore". Hmmm....I've got myself a trump card, then. I'll carry it in my pocket forever.