Twelve Days of Christmas

The secular holiday known as Christmas ends on December 25. The celebration of the Nativity of our Lord begins on that day. Today, December 30, the Sixth Day of Christmas marks the middle of the Twelve Days. Twelfth Night, sunset on January 5 marks the end of the liturgical Christmas Season. These twelve days are often among my favorite days of the year. As the world is moving on toward and into the celebration of a new calendar year, I get to enjoy the continuing celebration in my heart. For twelve days I rejoice in the birth of the One I love most as a human being, not all that different from me. Blessed be His Name!