Christmastide

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Christian feast Christian holy season liturgical season

Christmastide is the Christian liturgical season that celebrates the birth of Jesus and extends from Christmas through the days that follow, traditionally up to Epiphany or the Baptism of the Lord.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
Christmas season	3
Octave of Christmas	2
Christmas Season	1
Christmas Time	1
Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols	1
Natale	1
Twelve Days of Christmas	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian feast ⓘ Christian holy season ⓘ liturgical season ⓘ
associatedWith	Christmas carols ⓘ Christmas liturgy ⓘ Nativity of Christ ⓘ surface form: Nativity of Jesus church services ⓘ family gatherings ⓘ gift-giving customs ⓘ
beginsOn	25 December ⓘ Christmas ⓘ surface form: Christmas Day
calendarType	moveable in length but fixed in starting date ⓘ
celebrates	Incarnation of the Son of God ⓘ birth of Jesus Christ ⓘ
endsOn	Feast of the Baptism of the Lord ⓘ surface form: Baptism of the Lord Epiphany ⓘ
follows	Advent ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Christmastide ⓘ surface form: Christmas Time Christmastide ⓘ surface form: Christmas season Christmastide ⓘ surface form: Twelve Days of Christmas
hasCustom	Nativity plays ⓘ blessing of homes ⓘ keeping Christmas decorations up through Epiphany ⓘ
hasDuration	twelve days in many Western traditions ⓘ
hasLiturgicalColor	gold ⓘ white ⓘ
hasMajorFeast	Feast of the Baptism of the Lord ⓘ surface form: Baptism of the Lord Christmas ⓘ surface form: Christmas Day Epiphany ⓘ Feast of the Holy Family ⓘ Feast of the Holy Innocents ⓘ Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God ⓘ
observedBy	Christianity ⓘ surface form: Christians
observedIn	Eastern Christianity ⓘ Western Christianity ⓘ
partOf	Christian liturgical year ⓘ
precedes	Ordinary Time ⓘ Time after Epiphany ⓘ
relatedTo	Advent ⓘ Epiphany ⓘ surface form: Epiphanytide
theologyFocus	Incarnation ⓘ revelation of Christ to the nations ⓘ
usedIn	Anglican Communion ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Lutheranism ⓘ surface form: Lutheran churches Methodist churches ⓘ Reformed churches ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God → followsImmediatelyAfter → Christmastide ⓘ

this entity surface form: Octave of Christmas

Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols → followsLiturgicalSeason → Christmastide ⓘ

Christmastide → hasAlternativeName → Christmastide ⓘ

this entity surface form: Christmas season

Christmastide → hasAlternativeName → Christmastide ⓘ

this entity surface form: Christmas Time

Christmastide → hasAlternativeName → Christmastide ⓘ

this entity surface form: Twelve Days of Christmas

General Roman Calendar → hasComponent → Christmastide ⓘ

this entity surface form: Christmas Season

King's College Chapel → knownFor → Christmastide ⓘ

this entity surface form: Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols

Christmas → liturgicalSeason → Christmastide ⓘ

Christmas Day church service at St Mary Magdalene → liturgicalSeason → Christmastide ⓘ

Feast of the Holy Family → occursDuring → Christmastide ⓘ

this entity surface form: Octave of Christmas

Christmas Eve → partOf → Christmastide ⓘ

this entity surface form: Christmas season

Feast of the Holy Innocents → partOf → Christmastide ⓘ

Three Kings Day → partOf → Christmastide ⓘ

this entity surface form: Christmas season

Capodanno (Italian) → relatedTo → Christmastide ⓘ

subject surface form: Capodanno

this entity surface form: Natale