It is so cold outside.  I sent out a text asking people what the first day of Christmas really is.  I got a variety of answers.  So I thought I would google search 'the twelve days of Christmas". This is just a small portion of what I got.  I hope everyone is enjoying the count down to the First day of Christmas!  

The Twelve Days of Christmas is probably the most misunderstood part of the church year among Christians who are not part of liturgical church traditions. Contrary to much popular belief, these are not the twelve days beforeChristmas, but in most of the Western Church are the twelve days from Christmas until the beginning of Epiphany  (January 6th; the 12 days count from December 25th until January 5th). In some traditions, the first day of Christmas begins on the evening of December 25th with the following day considered the First Day of Christmas (December 26th). In these traditions, the twelve days begin December 26 and include Epiphany on January 6.

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