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January is known by the Maltese as ix-xahar tal-bard ('the month of the cold') 1 January: New Year's Day (L-Ewwel tas-Sena or L-Istrina) First Sunday after 1 January: Epiphany (Epifanija or It-Tre Re) 13 January: Saint Anthony the Abbot (San Anton Abbati) in Rabat; 25 January: Conversion of Saint Paul (Konverżjoni ta' San Pawl) in Mdina
Until the 1980s, January 6 was a public holiday, but today the Maltese celebrate Epiphany on the first Sunday of the year. Children and students still take January 6 as a school holiday and Christmas decorations are lit up through this day on most public streets.
The variation extends even to the issue of how to count the days. If Christmas Day is the first of the twelve days, then Twelfth Night would be on January 5, the eve of Epiphany. If December 26, the day after Christmas, is the first day, then Twelfth Night falls on January 6, the evening of Epiphany itself. [17]
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January 7. Old Rock Day. Orthodox Christmas. January 8. Bubble Bath Day. Feast of the Epiphany. World Typing Day. January 9. National Static Electricity Day. National Word Nerd Day. January 10 ...
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