Comments on: Happy Yuletide! http://www.dailywritingtips.com/happy-yuletide/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:41:25 +0000 hourly 1 By: Brad K. http://www.dailywritingtips.com/happy-yuletide/comment-page-1/#comment-215991 Brad K. Fri, 25 Dec 2009 17:52:17 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=4054#comment-215991 Happy Yule! Good day, Eh? Happy Yule!

Good day, Eh?

]]> By: Tony Hearn http://www.dailywritingtips.com/happy-yuletide/comment-page-1/#comment-215985 Tony Hearn Fri, 25 Dec 2009 17:13:31 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=4054#comment-215985 12 Days of Christmas = can of worms. which twelve days? 'The 12 days count from December 25th until January 5th. In some traditions, the first day of Christmas begins on the evening of December 25th with the following day considered the First Day of Christmas (December 26th). In these traditions, the twelve days begin December 26 and include Epiphany on January 6.... The Twelfth Night is January 5th, the last day of the Christmas Season before Epiphany (January 6th). In some church traditions, January 5th is considered the eleventh Day of Christmas, while the evening of January 5th is still counted as the Twelfth Night, the beginning of the Twelfth day of Christmas the following day.' [http://www.crivoice.org/cy12days.html] Wikipedia is unequivocal: 'The Twelve Days of Christmas are the festive days beginning on Christmas Day (25 December). This period is also known as Christmastide. The Twelfth Day of Christmas is 5 January - the day before the Feast of the Epiphany on 6 January.' Bear in mind that Christianity, in common with most ancient religions, reckons the day from sunset to sunset. But the birth of Jesus is celebrated *during* the night 24th to 25th, so the first *full* could be reckoned as evening 25th to 26th.might this explain the discrepancy? 12 Days of Christmas = can of worms. which twelve days?

‘The 12 days count from December 25th until January 5th.
In some traditions, the first day of Christmas begins on the evening of December 25th with the following day considered the First Day of Christmas (December 26th). In these traditions, the twelve days begin December 26 and include Epiphany on January 6….
The Twelfth Night is January 5th, the last day of the Christmas Season before Epiphany (January 6th). In some church traditions, January 5th is considered the eleventh Day of Christmas, while the evening of January 5th is still counted as the Twelfth Night, the beginning of the Twelfth day of Christmas the following day.’ [http://www.crivoice.org/cy12days.html]

Wikipedia is unequivocal: ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas are the festive days beginning on Christmas Day (25 December). This period is also known as Christmastide. The Twelfth Day of Christmas is 5 January – the day before the Feast of the Epiphany on 6 January.’

Bear in mind that Christianity, in common with most ancient religions, reckons the day from sunset to sunset. But the birth of Jesus is celebrated *during* the night 24th to 25th, so the first *full* could be reckoned as evening 25th to 26th.might this explain the discrepancy?

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