Does it have to do with the time it took for the shepherds to find the Christ child, or is there some other reason?
2006-10-25 03:33:13 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
To get back to the original Christmas date--that we lost when calender was updated....
diff countries had diff methods of dating.. romans put most of those countries into using one calender.
those days were dropped to all on same date...
other words those 12 days were just wiped out...
so many add 12 days to 25 dec to get 6 jan.. their old Christmas date.
2006-10-25 04:07:10 · answer #1 · answered by cork 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The 12 days originated from the song "The twelve days of Christmas". It's actually a way of evangelizing when the early christians were persecuted. Each day means something different, like 1 mean God the Father, 3 signifies the Holy Trinity - God the Father, Jesus and the Holy Spirit.
But actually, there're only 8 days. The octave of christmas.
2006-10-26 03:01:29 · answer #2 · answered by stelrar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actual 12 days of Christmas..is start of Epiplany..3 kings days the actual count starts on 25 December to Jan.5 day of celebration is Jan.6
2006-10-25 10:38:36 · answer #3 · answered by babo1dm 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Christmas season ends with the feast of Jesus' presentation in the temple. (12 days after the birth of Jesus in the church calendar)
2006-10-25 10:45:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
What i can tell you my friend is to ask your self if you know where Christmas came from first of all, if you dont know because you have to be honest with yourself, visit this web site and it will tell you why crhistmas have 12 days and more.
If you want to do your own homework go to your favorit interner broser such as Yahoo search, google seach or Ask.com and tipe some questions like thes:
Where did christmas came from?
Where did hallween came from?
where did (tipe some selebration that you want to know about) came from? etc.
2006-10-25 10:41:31 · answer #5 · answered by javierporras1983 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Thirteen would be unlucky. :-) It actually has to do with the days between Christmas and the Epiphany.
2006-10-25 10:36:53 · answer #6 · answered by Spirit Walker 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Because it would be overwhelming to get all that stuff in one day!
Actually, I don't think that song has anything to do with the Christian side of Christmas.
2006-10-25 10:37:49 · answer #7 · answered by Momma Jo 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
It's actually based on the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.
2006-10-25 10:38:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
because 14 would be 2 weeks!(duh)
2006-10-25 10:40:35 · answer #9 · answered by b 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋