the 12th day of christmas begins on 5 january in most western ecclesiastical traditions.
the 12th day of christmas begins on 5 january in most western ecclesiastical traditions.
when does the 12th day of christmas begin in most western ecclesiastical traditions?
5 january
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the twelve days of christmas, also known as twelvetide, is a festive christian season celebrating the nativity of jesus. in most western ecclesiastical traditions, "christmas day" is considered the "first day of christmas" and the twelve days are 25 december – 5 january, inclusive. for many christian denominations—for example, the anglican communion and lutheran church—the twelve days are identical to christmastide, but for others, e.g., the roman catholic church, christmastide lasts longer than the twelve days of christmas.









































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twelve days of christmas
in most western ecclesiastical traditions, christmas day is considered the "first day of christmas" and the twelve days are , inclusive, making twelfth night on , which is epiphany eve. in older customs the twelve days of christmas are counted from sundown on the evening of until the morning of , meaning that the twelfth night falls on the evening of and the twelfth day falls on . however, in some church traditions only full days are counted, so that is counted as the eleventh day, as the twelfth day, and the evening of is counted as the twelfth night. in these traditions, twelfth night is the same as epiphany and is also known as the "thirteenth day" however, some churches that fall in the latter category consider twelfth night to be the "eve" of the twelfth day (in the same way that christmas eve comes before christmas), and thus consider twelfth night to be on .
twelfth night (holiday)