Twelfth Night (holiday)
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Twelfth Night is a Christian festival on the last night of the Twelve Days of Christmas, marking the coming of the Epiphany. Different traditions mark the date of Twelfth Night as either 5 January or 6 January, depending on whether the counting begins on Christmas Day or 26 December. January 6 is celebrated as the feast of Epiphany, which begins the Epiphanytide season.
Mervyn Clitheroe's Twelfth Night party, by "Phiz"
A Spanish Roscón de reyes, or Kings' ring. This pastry is just one of the many types baked around the world for celebrations during the Twelve Days of Christmas and Twelfth Night.
William Shakespeare wrote the play Twelfth Night, circa 1601.
Twelve Days of Christmas
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The Twelve Days of Christmas, also known as the Twelve Days of Christmastide, are the festive Christian season celebrating the Nativity.
The Adoration of the Magi, Fresco at the Lower Church of the Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi in Assisi, Italy
Russian icon of the Theophany
Twelfth Night (The King Drinks) by David Teniers c. 1634–1640
Twelfth Night costumers in New Orleans