2007-01-03 21:21:15 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Singles & Dating
Twelfth Night is a holiday in some branches of Christianity marking the coming of the Epiphany, concluding the Twelve Days of Christmas, and is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as "the evening of the fifth of January, preceding Twelfth Day, the eve of the Epiphany, formerly the last day of the Christmas festivities and observed as a time of merrymaking".
In some traditions it is taken to mean the evening of the Twelfth Day itself, the sixth of January. This apparent difference has arisen probably due to the old custom of treating sunset as the beginning of the following day. Therefore Twelfth Night would have been considered as occurring on the twelfth day, though in present day custom it is the previous day.
The celebration of Epiphany, the adoration of the Magi, is marked in some cultures by the exchange of gifts, and Twelfth Night, as the eve of Epiphany, takes on a similar significance to Christmas Eve.
2007-01-03 21:25:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
6th January.
2007-01-04 05:24:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Night after the 11th of course!
2007-01-04 05:27:31 · answer #3 · answered by crazeeladee no more 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
5th January
2007-01-04 06:08:01 · answer #4 · answered by janbee 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
6th january
2007-01-04 07:56:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anthony 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
6th of january
2007-01-04 05:47:39 · answer #6 · answered by woodall44@btinternet.com 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
6th of Jan.
2007-01-04 05:24:11 · answer #7 · answered by Rich T 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well of coruse its the 6th of jan
2007-01-04 05:38:44 · answer #8 · answered by joshua t 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋