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The Twelve Days of Christmas Before Epiphany
The Twelve Days of Christmas 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 [...]
ARCHIVE: The Nativity Decoded
Thursday 25th December 7.30pm Channel 4
A recent survey found that only 12 per cent of adults could answer four simple questions about the Christmas Story, while a quarter of Church of England clergy have admitted that they don’t believe in the virgin birth. Many believers, including theologian Robert Beckford, find the Nativity perplexing. Who were [...]
Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh
Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”…
…And going into the house [...]