When is Twelfth Night?
And when should we take down the Christmas decorations?
Twelfth Night has just been included in a Diary Days & Dates newsletter (Typing, Twelfth Night – and hypnotism, sent on Monday 7 July).
Whether Twelfth Night is 5 or 6 January seems to be a matter of opinion. It depends on when you believe the 12 days of Christmas start.
Hundreds of years ago, the consensus was that Christmas started at sunset on 24 Decem…
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