While many of your neighbors may have taken their
Christmas decorations down and their Christmas
cheer may be done and gone, Christmas isn’t quite
over yet. There are 12 days of Christmastide, and
today is the 9th day of those twelve. So there’s more to
come!
Christmas traditionally culminates in a Twelfth Night festival, which, while marking the end of the Christmas feast, also marks the coming of Epiphany.
The twelve days of Christmas were first proclaimed in 567 as a festive season. And for some, Twelfth Night can often be an opportunity for even more feasting, food, and drink. As believers, we have every reason to celebrate and make merry. Christ the Savior is born! While many don’t carry on the feast past the 26th of December, for us, one day is just not enough to celebrate the incarnation of Christ the savior!
So if you’re able, keep right on celebrating our Lord! Look through the liturgy today as we continue to offer our praise to God in Christmas carols and Christmas hymns. Sing joyfully as we proclaim the Lord has come!