Is that a Catholic tradition? Is it American or from another country. I remember this vaguely from when I was a kid, but would like to know more details.
2006-12-08 02:49:25 · 11 answers · asked by Mama Teddy 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
I believe you're referring to the twelve days of Christmas. It is a Catholic tradition, stemming from the church year. In the church year, Christmas Day is the first day of Christmas, and there are twelve days after that in the Christmas season. Then comes Epiphany, which is the celebration of the Wise Men coming. That's why, in liturgical churches, they don't take down their trees untill late January.
2006-12-08 03:01:17 · answer #1 · answered by scriptorcarmina 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It sounds like Advent, where the (mostly) kids open a small gift each day from the beginning of the Advent season to Christmas day. It starts four weeks before Christmas; I believe it's primarily a Catholic tradition, although I also knew a Lutheran family who had the same tradition. In reference to the answerer above, I'm Jewish, and it's definitely not a Jewish tradition, as we Jews don't celebrate Christmas at all.
2006-12-08 02:54:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
As far as I'm aware, that's a Jewish tradition which is part of Hanukkah. Every Catholic (and American for that matter) I have ever known opens all gifts either on Christmas Eve or Christmas morning. However individual families have their own unique traditions.
I was raised Lutheran and no one ever gave gifts for Advent, nor did anyone ever hear of doing that.
2006-12-08 02:53:57 · answer #3 · answered by Cinnamon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds to me like Advent - You may have seen the commercial Advent Calendars in the shops where you open a window each day in the lead up to Christmas to reaveal a chocolate.
The traditional Advent Calendars I have seen have little gifts hanging from the bottom and are actually little gifts that are opened each day. It all starts at the start of Advent, which is four weeks before Christmas and represents the start of the Christian Church Year.
2006-12-08 12:52:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Traditionally, during Hanukkah children get 1 present a day for 8 days.
2006-12-08 02:53:10 · answer #5 · answered by KathyS 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-14 06:39:53 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may be talking about kwanzaa or that jewish one. I celebrate Kwanzaa and it starts the day after x-mas til the first of the year and we have to make presents give them to each other everyday among other things. This is an African-American Holiday.
2006-12-08 03:46:34 · answer #7 · answered by kesha b 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes its called Hanukkah and you open the presents before Christmas also if you need more info go to google and search different types of Christmas's and something should come up
2006-12-08 03:00:49 · answer #8 · answered by jaky 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Before Christmas. I don't think it belongs to any one religion.
2006-12-08 02:53:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is BEFORE Christmas and isn't it Jewish?
2006-12-09 06:22:15 · answer #10 · answered by grbarnaba 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋