Christmastide

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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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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

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Christmas liturgicalSeason Christmastide
King's College Chapel knownFor Christmastide
this entity surface form: Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
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
Three Kings Day partOf Christmastide
this entity surface form: Christmas season
Christmas Eve partOf Christmastide
this entity surface form: Christmas season
Capodanno (Italian) relatedTo Christmastide
subject surface form: Capodanno
this entity surface form: Natale
Feast of the Holy Family occursDuring Christmastide
this entity surface form: Octave of Christmas
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God followsImmediatelyAfter Christmastide
this entity surface form: Octave of Christmas
Feast of the Holy Innocents partOf Christmastide
Twelfth Night titleReference Christmastide
this entity surface form: Twelfth Night (Christian festival)
Roman Rite liturgical calendar includesSeason Christmastide
this entity surface form: Christmas Season
song "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" isFrequentlyPlayedDuring Christmastide
subject surface form: Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
this entity surface form: Christmas season
Yule associatedWith Christmastide
Sunday after the Nativity partOfSeason Christmastide
this entity surface form: Nativity season
Second Day of Christmas partOf Christmastide
Third Day of Christmas hasSeason Christmastide
Cantata V associatedLiturgicalSeason Christmastide
Childermas liturgicalSeason Christmastide
“Festum Sanctorum Innocentium” (Latin) liturgicalSeason Christmastide
subject surface form: Festum Sanctorum Innocentium