Twelve (12) Days of Christmas

Do you know that Christmas is not a one-day celebration? Christmas is celebrated on a 12 days season. It begins on December 25 and lasted up to the 5th of January. January 5 is the eve of the Epiphany of our Lord. The 12 Days of Christmas are part of the liturgical cycle, begins from Advent. It goes to Christmas, then Epiphany and the Sundays that follow. It ends on the first day of Lent, Ash Wednesday.