Today, Jan. 5, is the 12th Day of Christmas and hence ends Christmastide for the Anglican and Lutheran churches.
For Catholics, the season doesn’t end until Sunday, which is the first Sunday after Epiphany which is Jan. 6.
Before 1955, Catholics ended Christmas as did their closely related Protestants on Jan. 5, and this was followed by the Octave of Epiphany which were the eight days following.
So we wish you a Merry Christmas.
I celebrate through tomorrow, Three Kings or the Epiphany. The lights go out at 1:30AM Thursday.
Gotta chalk “20+C+M+B+16” on the door tonight, too.