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January 6, 2005
Little Christmas
January 6th is traditionally referred to as Little Christmas by the Irish and is the last day of the Christmas holidays for children going to Catholic schools. It is commonly called the Epiphany. Orthodox Christmas is celebrated on January 6th or 7th.
This relates to the twelve days of Christmas which starts on December 25th and ends on January 6th. Some say the Magi also visited the baby jesus on the Epiphany; the day of his baptism.
Posted by photocartoonist at January 6, 2005 11:05 PM