Showing posts with label Twelve Days of Christmas. Show all posts
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Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Twelve Days of Christmas

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Twelve Days of Christmas

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This article is about the religious period. For the Christmas song, see The Twelve Days of Christmas (song). For the Ross O'Carroll-Kelly album, see The Twelve Days of Christmas (album).
12 Days of Christmas
Observed by
Christians
Type
Christian
Observances
varies by church, culture, country
Date
25/26 December – 5/6 January
Frequency
Related to
The Twelve Days of Christmas, also known as Twelvetide, is a festive Christian season to celebrate the nativity of Jesus. In most Western Church traditions Christmas Day is the First Day of Christmas and the Twelve Days are 25 December – 5 January.[1] For many Christian denominations, such as the Anglican Church and Lutheran Church, the Twelve Days period is the same as Christmastide;[2][3][4] for others, such as the Catholic Church, Christmastide lasts a little longer;[5] the Twelve Days are different from the Octave of Christmas, which is the eight-day period from Christmas Day until 1 January. In Anglicanism, the term "Twelve Days of Christmas" is used liturgically in the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, having its own responsory in the Book of Common Prayer for Matins.[3]

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·         1Eastern Christianity
·         2Western Christianity
o    2.2England
·         3Modern Western customs

·         4References