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Epiphany season door chalking on an apartment door in the Midwestern US A Christmas wreath adorning a home, with the top left-hand corner of the front door chalked for Epiphany-tide and the wreath hanger bearing a placard of the archangel Gabriel. Chalking the door is a Christian Epiphanytide tradition used to bless one's home. [1]
The Adoration of the Magi by Edward Burne-Jones (1904) The Epiphanytide tradition of chalking the door involves writing C M B (representing the names of the Three Wise Men as well as the Christian prayer Christus mansionem benedicat) with the year flanking both sides on one's door, as seen here on an apartment door in the Midwestern US.
Poles though take small boxes containing chalk, a gold ring, incense and a piece of amber, in memory of the gifts of the Magi, to church to be blessed. Once at home, they inscribe "K+M+B+" and the year with the blessed chalk above every door in the house, according to tradition, to provide protection against illness and misfortune for those within.
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In case anyone finds the comments below confusing, this article was previously a conflation of the Epiphanytide practice of chalking the door with a historical Scottish legal practice. I've split out the Scottish practice into its own article to end the confusion. Bmcollier 13:04, 16 December 2021 (UTC)
Christmas, Twelfth Night, Epiphany, Christmastide, Epiphanytide Little Christmas ( Irish : Nollaig na mBan , lit. 'Women's Christmas'), also known as Old Christmas , is one of the traditional names among Irish Christians and the Amish for 6 January, which is also known more widely as the Feast of the Epiphany , celebrated after the conclusion ...