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powerslave87 said:
Shouldnt it really be 12 days before christmas? :anorak:
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The Twelve Days of Christmas are probably the most misunderstood part
of the church year.
Contrary to much popular belief, these are not the twelve days before
Christmas, but are the twelve days from Christmas until the beginning of
Epiphany (January 6th; the 12 days count from December 25th until January 5th).

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The Twelve Days of Christmas are the last six days of the old year (26,
27, 28, 29, 30, 31 December ) and the first six days of the New Year (1, 2,
3, 4, 5, 6 January). The Twelve Days of Christmas did not start on
Christmas Day because Christmas Day was seen as a holy day and not
one for 'partying' on.

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Today, the Twelfth Night after Christmas means the day(!) we take down
the decorations. Twelfth Night is the evening of the 5th January and all day
of 6th January.

It was common in the olden days to start a special day at 6pm the
previous evening and to have the Night or Eve coming before the Day, as
in Christmas Eve or Night coming before Christmas Day and New Year's
Eve before New Year's Day.

The actual date for Twelfth Night has caused much confusion for years and
still does today. The fact that Twelfth Night is also part of Twelfth Day
adds to the confusion.

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Twelfth Day is the last day of Christmas. It marks the end of the Christian
festivals and is the traditional time to take down the decorations. As its
name tells us, it is the sixth of January - just twelve days after Christmas
Day.

This day is the feast of Epiphany. On this day we remember the visit of the
Wise Men to the infant Jesus.




How many days are on advent calenders??? 24 :|
This has been as long as I can remember :roll:
So in my view the Christmas period begins on 1st December :|
 
MaidenMadness said:
no word here about the death of george best :|
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For days thats all we've heard about on the news here. Last night was the full run down on his life (again :| ) and he was still here.
They have gone slightly over the top with it all
 
wicker nomad said:
For days thats all we've heard about on the news here. Last night was the full run down on his life (again :| ) and he was still here.
They have gone slightly over the top with it all
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Well. he was great.
 
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