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History and Tradition of Selected Holidays: “Twelfth Night” and the Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh.
January 5, 2019 – Twelfth Night (holiday) In the Christian calendar, January 5 marks the celebration of Twelfth Night (holiday). It’s the twelfth night of Christmas, and with it comes Epiphany. As opposed to common assumption, there is more to Christmas than merely the 25th of December. Christmas is more than only the 25th of December, despite what many people believe. Those twelve days of Christmas aren’t just limited to the first day. Starting on Christmas Day (December 25) and concluding on Epiphany (January 6), these are the Twelve Days of Christmas (January 6). Twelfth Night was the culmination of twelve days of Christmas celebrations in the Middle Ages. Days…