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Well, this is interesting…

January 5th, 2007 by Atomictumor

Wikipedia taught me that today is the Twelfth Night celebration.

In Tudor England, the Twelfth Night marked the end of a winter festival that started on All Hallows Eve — which some now celebrate as Halloween. A King or Lord of Misrule would be appointed to run the Christmas festivities, and the Twelfth Night was the end of his period of rule.

So, it started on Halloween, and ends today, huh…?

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6 Responses to “Well, this is interesting…”



  1. The Bosphorus Says:

    January 5th, 2007 at 7:44 pm

    Today, or tomorrow evidently. Tomorrow makes more sense. Twelve days after Xmas and all.

  2. Karen Says:

    January 5th, 2007 at 9:11 pm

    And tomorrow is Epiphany…also 12 days after Christmas.

  3. The Bosphorus Says:

    January 5th, 2007 at 10:20 pm

    Info about the season of Epiphany:

    http://www.cresourcei.org/cyepiph.html

  4. Allisone Says:

    January 5th, 2007 at 11:00 pm

    Guess that means I should take down my tree now.

  5. Stormare Mackee Says:

    January 6th, 2007 at 11:58 am

    There’s also another story about this.

  6. Susan Says:

    January 7th, 2007 at 12:43 am

    Yes, it’s the 6th (today), Saturday. Also, the day one traditionally purchases and eats the first “King Cake” of the season. It’s a festive Louisiana/French tradition. Me, I like the doughnut king cakes.