The tree has been taken down, ornaments stored, wreaths changed out for another year. A few Christmas cookies remain to be eaten, and some lebkuchen, but with the feast of the Epiphany, Christmas has ended for another year (unless you are Orthodox Christian, in which case, Merry Christmas! Or if you follow the tradition that Christmastide lasts until Candlemas and the feast of the Purification.)
January 6th is Twelfth Night. The Three Kings visit in some places, leaving gifts for children. Or perhaps La Befana comes to call, she who was too busy to go with the kings and so trails after them, seeking the Christ Child. It ended the official feasting and parties of Christmas, and the Solemnities of Christmas as well. It was time to return to work and the long nights of winter. The days are growing longer, but also colder in many parts of the Northern Hemisphere. Winter has a way to go yet.
“Three great wonders fell on this day: a star brought kings where an infant lay/
Water made wine in Galilee, and Christ baptized in Jordan.”
Three feasts fall on January 6, only one of which do I remember noticing as a child. My current place of singing does two – Epiphany and the baptism.
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Amen!
“If writing be the food of man, read on” [but avoid any anonymous letters mysteriously appearing in the post].
Amen is right!
We’re headed to my wife’s friends’ Russian Christmas dinner tomorrow afternoon. Our kitchen smelled of the brownies my wife was baking all day.
Love the song. I found words and melody here if anyone else needs assistance turning this into an ear worm đŸ˜‰
https://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Hymns_and_Carols/now_to_conclude_our_christmas_mi.htm