{"id":110192,"date":"2026-01-05T08:49:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T16:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=110192"},"modified":"2026-01-05T08:49:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T16:49:47","slug":"the-twelfth-day-of-christmas-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/the-twelfth-day-of-christmas-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"The Twelfth Day of Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

H<\/span>appy twelfth day of Christmas! This evening is called Twelfth Night, traditionally the vigil of the Epiphany. In my Monastic Diurnal<\/a><\/em>, Epiphany begins with tonight’s Vespers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was traditionally a time of feasting<\/a> and festivity (all of which seem to include various varieties of enormous <\/a>pastries<\/a>), marking the end of Christmastide and the beginning of Epiphanytide<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Epiphanytide was originally the Octave of Epiphany, running to 13 January. After various reforms, this vanished as an official (sub)season, but this last week of Christmas still has a different character than the previous twelve-ish days. I see no reason that one couldn’t refer to the time between the Epiphany and the Baptism of the Lord as Epiphanytide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least unofficially.<\/p>\n\n\n

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These days, of course, the calendar has been moved around a bit, and the Christmas Season ends … well, when exactly does the Christmas Season end? I’ll post about that perhaps next week, but for now, there’s no reason not to have the pastries!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Happy twelfth day of Christmas! This evening is called Twelfth Night, traditionally the vigil of the Epiphany. In my Monastic Diurnal, Epiphany begins with tonight’s Vespers. This was traditionally a time of feasting and festivity (all of which seem to include various varieties of enormous pastries), marking the end of Christmastide and the beginning of Epiphanytide. 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