Seem odd to still be talking about Christmas? It shouldn't. Today marks the venerated twelfth day of Christmas. The holiday did not end on December 25th, it began. You'd never know it. On the 26th people immediately ceased singing "Joy to the World" and talking about Immanuel, God with us. It seemed unseasonable to talk about Jesus' birth even 24 hours after His birthday. Christmas cards and greetings looked "out of place." Yet in ancient church times, people sang carols for a full twelve days after Christmas, at which time, on Epiphany Sunday, the celebration culminated with the appearance of the wise men from the east.
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Sunday, 6 January 2013
Epiphany
"After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, 'Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him.'" Matthew 2:1-2
Seem odd to still be talking about Christmas? It shouldn't. Today marks the venerated twelfth day of Christmas. The holiday did not end on December 25th, it began. You'd never know it. On the 26th people immediately ceased singing "Joy to the World" and talking about Immanuel, God with us. It seemed unseasonable to talk about Jesus' birth even 24 hours after His birthday. Christmas cards and greetings looked "out of place." Yet in ancient church times, people sang carols for a full twelve days after Christmas, at which time, on Epiphany Sunday, the celebration culminated with the appearance of the wise men from the east.
Seem odd to still be talking about Christmas? It shouldn't. Today marks the venerated twelfth day of Christmas. The holiday did not end on December 25th, it began. You'd never know it. On the 26th people immediately ceased singing "Joy to the World" and talking about Immanuel, God with us. It seemed unseasonable to talk about Jesus' birth even 24 hours after His birthday. Christmas cards and greetings looked "out of place." Yet in ancient church times, people sang carols for a full twelve days after Christmas, at which time, on Epiphany Sunday, the celebration culminated with the appearance of the wise men from the east.
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