{"id":32926,"date":"2022-06-24T00:01:49","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T06:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/?p=32926"},"modified":"2022-06-23T22:04:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T04:04:00","slug":"leon-day-gateway-to-christmas-in-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/leon-day-gateway-to-christmas-in-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Leon Day: Gateway to Christmas in July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today marks the halfway point to <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> &#8211; a kind of merry hump day known as <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/history-of-leon-day\/\">Leon Day<\/a><\/strong>. &#8220;Leon&#8221; is Noel spelled backwards, a clever little moniker first noted in the <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> community online way back in the 1990s.<\/p>\n<p>Leon Day is also the gateway to Christmas-in-July &#8211; a month-long celebration of <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> to bring in the masses to begin the season. There are <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> activities and plans aplenty in the weeks ahead:<\/p>\n<h3>~ On MyMerryChristmas.com ~<\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/home\/christmas-events\/annual-christmas-card-exchange\/\">Merry Forums<\/a> of MyMerryChristmas.com is a hub of holiday activity that dates back decades now. Here is just some of what you can anticipate:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>FREE Kringle <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/a-glimpse-of-christmas-100-years-ago\/\">Radio<\/a> during the month of July<\/li>\n<li>Make-a-Merry Member: get a free 3-month premiere membership of MMC so you can enjoy all the best we have to offer after Christmas-in-July is over<\/li>\n<li>Join the Annual <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> Card Exchange<\/li>\n<li>Join our Annual Ornament Exchange<\/li>\n<li>Join in forum events and chats &#8211; such as the annual QVC Christmas-in-July Watch-a-thon<\/li>\n<li>Enjoy the <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/a-glimpse-of-christmas-100-years-ago\/\">radio<\/a> replay of Tracking <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Santa<\/a> Around the World!<\/li>\n<li>Become an <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/northpole-7\/\">elf<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Participate in Santa&#8217;s Sleigh and Operation <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> Cheer<\/li>\n<li>Free News &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> Features for the season ahead<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>~ Stuff that&#8217;s Out There ~<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Join the fun at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christmasexpo.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christmas Expo<\/a><\/strong> 2022 in Biloxi, Mississippi &#8211; July 11th-16th<\/li>\n<li>Get your merry on with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hallmarkchannel.com\/christmas-in-july\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hallmark&#8217;s Christmas in July<\/a><\/strong> movie madness<\/li>\n<li>Find the Best of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/christmaspodcasts.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christmas Podcasts<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/about-the-best-of-christmas-podcasts\/best-of-christmas-podcasts-nomination\/\">nominate your favorite<\/a><\/strong>!<\/li>\n<li>Get the latest news from the <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/northpole-7\/\">North Pole<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/elfhq.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Become an elf<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/santatrackers.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Track Santa for Santa<\/a><\/strong> this year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please check back often during July for other events, social media gatherings and news of <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> online everywhere. 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