today is january 6th. twelfth night. epiphany. or is it?
this is what wikipedia has to say about it:
Twelfth Night is a festival in some branches of Christianity marking the coming of the Epiphany and concluding the Twelve Days of Christmas.
It is defined by the Shorter 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] However, there is currently some confusion as to which night is Twelfth Night:[2] some count the night of Epiphany itself (sixth of January) to be Twelfth Night.[2] One source of this confusion is the Medieval custom of starting each new day at sunset, so that Twelfth Night precedes Twelfth Day.
we always wait until the 6th to take down the trees. (and now i read that it *may be bad luck* to leave up decorations after the sixth.....i'm sunk, if that's the case) january seems so bleak without the glow of miniature lights twinkling inside and out. now, i'm thinking that i'll rush through this chore tonight....getting it all cleared up and halued to the basement before midnight. i may turn into a pumpkin. oh....wrong story. but, it does feel a little cinderella-y all this tidying and sweeping. :)
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deborah
I don't think I've heard of that before...thank goodness my tree is down. I won't be turning into a pumpkin :)
ReplyDeleteAwh, no such thing as luck. Good or bad. We make choices. Your house is cleanup. Mine too. Took it all down Wednesday and today, the lights are coming down. But, to make the mood of a long cold month go by, I light candles all the time. It helps!
ReplyDeletehahahaha, i don't believe in luck either!!!! candles are a staple around here--all year long:)
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