The formal end of the winter holiday season is the feast day of Epiphany on January 6, at least for people familiar with a liturgical calendar. The day marks the day of Jesus’ physical manifestation to the people outside the Jewish community. The following scene depicts the visit of the magi:

Why are there twelve nights of Christmas? Is it not sufficient to have the holiday shopping season open the day after Halloween? Do we need another extension of the most wasteful and profitable period of consumer spending?
The twelve nights of Christmas seem to have been observed long before the Christmas season got corrupted. Continue reading “The twelfth day of Christmas”








