Christmastide

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Liturgical year
Western
Advent Christmastide Epiphany Lent Easter Triduum Easter season Feast of the Ascension Pentecost Ordinary Time
Eastern
Feast of Cross Nativity Fast Nativity Theophany Great Lent Pascha Pentecost Apostles' Fast Great Feasts Transfiguration Dormition Protection

Christmastide (also Christmas or the Christmas season) is one of the seasons of the liturgical year of most Christian churches. It tends to be defined (with slight variations) as the period from Christmas Day to the evening of 5 January, the day before the start of the octave of Epiphany.^[1][2] This period is also commonly known as the Twelve Days of Christmas, as referred to in the Christmas carol of the same name, or Yuletide, as in "Deck the Halls". During the season various festivities are traditionally enjoyed and buildings decorated. In some countries, by superstition it is bad luck to leave the decorations up after Twelfth Night.

[edit] References

1. ^ Christmastide. Holy Trinity (German) Catholic Church.
2. ^ The Schema of Christmastide. Holy Trinity (German) Catholic Church.

[edit] See also

• Christmas season
• Advent

[edit] External links

• Weeks of Advent
• A Biblical Reflection on the 12 Day Church Season of Christmas at the Bible Resource Center