What is the first day of Christmas? Is it December 25? And when is Twelfth Night? Is it the night of the 12th day? Or is is the night before the 12th day?
And a related queerie: when are you supposed to take your Christmas tree down? 12th night or Little Christmas?
2007-01-04 06:05:54 · 8 answers · asked by Zezo Zeze Zadfrack 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
The first day of Christmas is Christmas Day, December 25th. The last day of Christmas is January 6th, known as Epiphany. (Tradition makes this the day the Magi visited Jesus.)
As to when you put your tree up or take it down; that is up to you. Most people don't really celebrate the 12 days as much anymore. The 12th night is January 6th.
2007-01-04 06:08:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A play by Shakespeare! ha!!
Twelfth Night (holiday)
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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".[1]
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.
2007-01-04 06:09:00 · answer #2 · answered by Tiff 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The first day of Christmas Is December 25th and the correct twelfth day of Christmas is January 5th.
2014-12-28 06:05:32 · answer #3 · answered by Grammy Grandma 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's the 12 days of Christmas because it's 12 more days till christmas. The 12th night of Christmas would be December 24th if counting nights.
Go to this site has good information about the 12 days of christmas . . . . http://www.cvc.org/christmas/12days.htm
Most people wait till New Years day to take down their tree. You can take it down when every you want.
2007-01-04 06:11:47 · answer #4 · answered by Jessica H 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Christmas is the first night, and St. Joseph's Day, January 6th is the end of Christmas.
2007-01-04 06:08:16 · answer #5 · answered by Geico Caveman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was taught that Twelfth Night was the 6th. January, and it was then that Christmas decorations were taken down.
2007-01-04 06:08:49 · answer #6 · answered by Tony B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.catholicculture.org/lit/overviews/seasons/christmas/Christmas_days.cfm
That's a site all about the 12 days of Christmas.
2007-01-04 06:07:41 · answer #7 · answered by Eowyn 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
12th day is the 6th of jan and your ment to keep decs up until then
2007-01-04 06:08:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋