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A 1931 edition of the Soviet magazine Bezbozhnik, published by the League of Militant Atheists, depicting an Orthodox Christian priest being forbidden to take home a tree for the celebration of Christmastide, which was banned under the Marxist-Leninist doctrine of state atheism.
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New Year's Eve, Christmastide, New Year's Day, Feast of the Naming and Circumcision of Jesus, Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God Saint Sylvester's Day , also known as Silvester or the Feast of Saint Sylvester , is the day of the feast of Pope Sylvester I , a saint who served as Pope from 314 to 335.
The Twelve Days of Christmas, also known as the Twelve Days of Christmastide, are the festive Christian season celebrating the Nativity. Christmas Day is the First Day. The Twelve Days are 25 December to 5 January, counting first and last.
The U.S. Fire Administration [29] defines the "winter holiday season" as the period from December 1 to January 7. According to Chen et al., [30] in China, the Christmas and holiday season "is generally considered to begin with the winter solstice and end after the Lantern Festival".
The modern English noun Yule descends from Old English ġēol, earlier geoh(h)ol, geh(h)ol, and geóla, sometimes plural. [1] The Old English ġēol or ġēohol and ġēola or ġēoli indicate the 12-day festival of "Yule" (later: "Christmastide"), the latter indicating the month of "Yule", whereby ǣrra ġēola referred to the period before the Yule festival (December) and æftera ġēola ...
Until the suppression of the Octave of the Epiphany in the 1960 reforms, January 13 was the Octave day of the Epiphany, providing the date for the end of the season. Traditionally, the end of Christmastide was February 2, or the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, also known as Candlemas. This feast recounts the 40 days of rest Mary took ...
Boxing Day (concurrent), Christmastide, Wren Day Saint Stephen's Day , also called the Feast of Saint Stephen , is a Christian saint's day to commemorate Saint Stephen , the first Christian martyr or protomartyr , celebrated on 26 December in Western Christianity and 27 December in Eastern Christianity .