Twelfth Night
"Twelfth Night (also known as Epiphany Eve) is a festival in some branches of Christianity that takes place on the last night of the Twelve Days of Christmas, marking the coming of the Epiphany.Different traditions mark the date of Twelfth Night on either 5 January or 6 January, depending on which day one considers to be the first of the Twelve Days: 25 or 26 December.
A superstition, in some English-speaking countries, is that it is unlucky to leave Christmas decorations hanging after Twelfth Night.* Other popular Twelfth Night customs include singing Christmas carols, chalking the door, having one's house blessed, merrymaking, as well as attending church services.
The main event for this holiday was to have a cake in the center of a table. Everyone would take a piece of this cake and two pieces had a dried pea and bean. Whoever had this in their slice would be royalty for one day no matter their position."
*Here in the Compound decorations put up by the decorating committee were whisked away befor New Years. Most home owners who decorated likewise had all decorations down by Jan 1. I find it amusing that so many people here have their trees up by Thanksgiving but can't seem to keep then up until Epiphany.
Twelfth Night
"Twelfth Night (also known as Epiphany Eve) is a festival in some branches of Christianity that takes place on the last night of the Twelve Days of Christmas, marking the coming of the Epiphany.Different traditions mark the date of Twelfth Night on either 5 January or 6 January, depending on which day one considers to be the first of the Twelve Days: 25 or 26 December.
A superstition, in some English-speaking countries, is that it is unlucky to leave Christmas decorations hanging after Twelfth Night.* Other popular Twelfth Night customs include singing Christmas carols, chalking the door, having one's house blessed, merrymaking, as well as attending church services.
The main event for this holiday was to have a cake in the center of a table. Everyone would take a piece of this cake and two pieces had a dried pea and bean. Whoever had this in their slice would be royalty for one day no matter their position."
*Here in the Compound decorations put up by the decorating committee were whisked away befor New Years. Most home owners who decorated likewise had all decorations down by Jan 1. I find it amusing that so many people here have their trees up by Thanksgiving but can't seem to keep then up until Epiphany.