Is Three Kings Day, also known as The Epiphany, and celebrated on January 6th, twelve days after Christmas?
Twelve Days of Christmas From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Question book-new.svg This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (December 2008) This article is about the religious period from Christmas to Epiphany. For the popular Christmas song, see The Twelve Days of Christmas (song). 12 Days of Christmas 12 Days of Christmas The Adoration of the Magi. Fresco in Lower Church, Basilica of San Francesco d’Assisi Observed by Christians Type Christian Date 1st day 25-Dec to 12th day 5-Jan Observances varies by culture, country Related to Christmas Day, Twelfth Night, Epiphany The Twelve Days of Christmas, and the associated evenings of those twelve days (Twelve-tide), are the festive days beginning on Christmas Day (December 25) and ending on the evening of the Twelfth Day of Christmas (January 5). Thus, the first night of Christmas
The Dutch and Flemish call this day Drie Koningen (Three Kings’ Day). In the Netherlands and Belgium, children in groups of three (symbolising the three kings) proceed in costume from house to house while singing songs typical for the occasion, and receiving a coin or some sweets at each door.[citation needed] In France, on Epiphany people eat the gâteau des Rois in Provence or the galette des Rois in the northern half of France and Belgium. This is a kind of king cake, with a trinket (usually a porcelain figurine of a king) or a bean hidden inside. The person who gets the piece of cake with the trinket becomes “king” for a day. In Greece, Cyprus and the Greek diaspora throughout the world, the feast is colloquially called the “Phōta” (Greek: Φώτα, “Lights”) and customs revolve around the Great Blessing of the Waters. It marks the end of the traditional ban on sailing, as the tumultuous winter seas are cleansed of the mischief-prone “kalikántzaroi”, the goblins that try to torment God-
Twelve Days of Christmas From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Question book-new.svg This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (December 2008) This article is about the religious period from Christmas to Epiphany. For the popular Christmas song, see The Twelve Days of Christmas (song). 12 Days of Christmas 12 Days of Christmas The Adoration of the Magi. Fresco in Lower Church, Basilica of San Francesco d’Assisi Observed by Christians Type Christian Date 1st day 25-Dec to 12th day 5-Jan Observances varies by culture, country Related to Christmas Day, Twelfth Night, Epiphany The Twelve Days of Christmas, and the associated evenings of those twelve days (Twelve-tide), are the festive days beginning on Christmas Day (December 25) and ending on the evening of the Twelfth Day of Christmas (January 5). Thus, the first night of Christmas
The Dutch and Flemish call this day Drie Koningen (Three Kings’ Day). In the Netherlands and Belgium, children in groups of three (symbolising the three kings) proceed in costume from house to house while singing songs typical for the occasion, and receiving a coin or some sweets at each door.[citation needed] In France, on Epiphany people eat the gâteau des Rois in Provence or the galette des Rois in the northern half of France and Belgium. This is a kind of king cake, with a trinket (usually a porcelain figurine of a king) or a bean hidden inside. The person who gets the piece of cake with the trinket becomes “king” for a day. In Greece, Cyprus and the Greek diaspora throughout the world, the feast is colloquially called the “Phōta” (Greek: Φώτα, “Lights”) and customs revolve around the Great Blessing of the Waters. It marks the end of the traditional ban on sailing, as the tumultuous winter seas are cleansed of the mischief-prone “kalikántzaroi”, the goblins that try to torment God-
