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The Twelve Days of Christmas, also known as the Twelve Days of Christmastide, are the festive Christian season celebrating the Nativity. Christmas Day is the First Day. The Twelve Days are 25 December to 5 January, counting first and last.
- Day one, as you would expect, is celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ and it is Christmas Day, the first day of Twelvetide.
- In the UK, we celebrate Boxing Day also known as St Stephen’s Day and for those non-UK countries, it marks the day of St Stephen, a Christian martyr.
- The third day celebrates St John the Apostle who is the patron saint of royalty, authors and friendships and St John wrote the Book of Revelation.
- This is the feast of the Holy Innocents to remember the baby boys killed by King Herod when he was searching for the baby Jesus.
With Kelsey Grammer, Spencer Grammer, Mitch Poulos, Uschi Umscheid. When successful businessman Brian Conway gets into a car accident on Christmas Eve, Santa gives him 12 chances to re-do the day and repair the relationships in his life to find the true meaning of Christmas.
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- Comedy
- Dustin Rikert
- The Preparation
- The First Day of Christmas
- The Second Day of Christmas
- The Fourth Day of Christmas
- The Seventh Day of Christmas
- The Eighth Day of Christmas
- Twelfth Night
- Epiphany
Preparation for the 12 days of Christmas started four weeks ahead of the event. Whether you were in the court of Henry Tudor or a working-class family living in the middle of nowhere - a four-week fast was a way to prepare spiritually and mentally for the holy days that were to come. Families would start to decorate their houses with plants like ho...
The first day of Christmas, December 25, started with a midnight mass, which everyone was expected to attend dressed in their very best clothes. After another church service in the morning, people would break their fast with a Christmas feast. While nowadays we might tuck into our favourite sweets and chocolates on Christmas morning ahead of a larg...
While today we celebrate Boxing Dayon December 26th, the Tudors would have celebrated St. Stephen’s Day. Known for his charity and kindness, St Stephen was honoured with a day of charity. The upper classes would often open their doors and host dinners and entertainment for their poorer neighbours, who otherwise wouldn’t have had access to Christmas...
Childermas, AKA The Feast of the Holy Innocents, was a celebration dedicated to remembering the children who were slaughtered by King Herod in Bethlehem. The day, although dedicated to honouring children, started with a bizarre tradition. Children were whipped in the morning by their parents to make them empathise with the suffering of the children...
New Year’s Eve was a day dedicated to playing gamesand sports with friends and family. Thanks to a law by Henry VIII that stated that working men could only play certain games during Christmas, most working people had to make the most of the short time given to them. As typical Tudor families worked hard throughout the year and didn’t have time for...
New Year’s Day was traditionally the day when people exchanged gifts. In the Tudor court, it was expected that everyone would offer gifts to the king which included money, food, gold cups, and paintings. One year he was even gifted a pet marmoset!
All the celebrations had been leading up to this important final night - the last night of celebration before the feast of the Epiphany on the 6th of January. Signalling the end of Christmas and the return to normality, the Twelfth Night was typically celebrated with more feasting, drinking, and merriment. The most exciting part of any Twelfth Nigh...
The feast of Epiphany would mark the official end of the Christmas season. Starting much like the first day of Christmas, the Epiphany festivities would begin with a church visit for the Epiphany service. Families would then return home to a feast of roast lamb and an Epiphany tart - a star-shaped tart filled with a fruit jam. They’d also take down...
Here are twelve things to know about a Christmas classic. It first appeared in print in 1780. According to the Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes cited on Wikipedia, the earliest printed version...
The 12 Days of Christmas is a Christian holiday tradition that starts on Christmas Day and continues until January 5th, also known as Twelfth Night. The song itself dates back to the 16th century and has become a popular way to celebrate the holiday season.
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Nov 28, 2023 · Christmas wouldn’t be the same if we didn’t hear The 12 Days of Christmas being sung by choirs, carol singers, and family and friends. This popular song, written by Frederic Austin in 1780, can often be heard throughout the festive season. But what dates are the days of Christmas on? And how much do you know about the meaning behind the lyrics?
