MrBobaFett
MrBobaFett t1_iz4nuwu wrote
Reply to comment by Medic7002 in TIL "The Twelve Days of Christmas" STARTS on Christmas Day, and ends of January 5th (Three Kings Day). by HauntedHippie
Esoteric religious rules that force themselves on society? Wut?
MrBobaFett t1_iz4i7aa wrote
Reply to TIL "The Twelve Days of Christmas" STARTS on Christmas Day, and ends of January 5th (Three Kings Day). by HauntedHippie
It blows my mind that so many people don't know this, especially other Christians. But Christmas is such a big holiday, how do people miss this? It's Advent, then Christmastide, then Epiphany.
MrBobaFett t1_it3vcyl wrote
Reply to comment by pitshands in New Toilet Installed - Can I do anything about all the poop streaks? by WeezerMike
Do they really want to have to brush it after every use tho?
MrBobaFett t1_iz6mssz wrote
Reply to comment by Crayshack in TIL "The Twelve Days of Christmas" STARTS on Christmas Day, and ends of January 5th (Three Kings Day). by HauntedHippie
>Not everyone celebrates Christmas.
Thus "especially other Christians." I mean it's also a major religion so... I'm not Muslim, Jewish, or Hindu, but I'm aware of their major holidays and tenets.
Advent comes from Latin for arrival, it's the season of preparation for the arrival of Christ.
Tide is a suffix that means time of or season of used for many holy festivals, thus Yuletide, Christmastide, Eastertide, Epiphanytide, etc. Christmastide is Dec 25th-Jan 5th.
Epiphany (also called Three Kings Day) comes from Greek to reveal or to appear. This holiday commemorates the arrival of the Three Magi or in the Eastern Church the bastism of Jesus. Either way, the revealing of the Christ to the world. Epiphanytide then runs to Feb 2nd, ending with Candlemas.