Friday, January 06, 2006

what day of Christmas is it?

have you ever heard a song called the "12 days of Christmas"? sure you have. check out the following paragraph of this post that was taken from this link or go to the link. neat stuff.

The Twelve Days of Christmas is probably the most misunderstood part of the church year among Christians who are not part of liturgical church traditions. Contrary to much popular belief, these are not the twelve days before Christmas, but in most of the Western Church are the twelve days from Christmas until the beginning of Epiphany (January 6th; 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 but the following day is considered the First Day of Christmas (December 26th).

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