Twelfth Night

by | Church Year, Culture

It’s the Twelfth Day of Christmas. (Yes, we aren’t done with the Christmas season just yet.) Here are some traditions associated with Twelfth Night, the climax of the Christmas season in the Middle Ages through the Tudor period.

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