JANUARY 6TH (OLD CHRISTMAS)

[kentuck]

January 6

January 6 is the day traditionally known as Old Christmas. It's a relic of the Julian Calendar, developed 2,000 years ago. In the late 1500s, Pope Gregory XIII changed the calendar to match the solar cycle more closely. To do so, the Julian Calendar had to be reduced from 376 to 365 days, eliminating 11 full days.

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[catbyte]

1. Thanks for that. If Ossoff and Warnock win tonight, it will be better than Christmas.

Nothing would make me happier than to call McConnell the "Former Senate Majority Leader."

[bdamomma]

2. The Armenians

call it "little Christmas". Merry Little Christmas

[Dem2]

10. Indeed it is

[LeftInTX]

11. It used to be big Christmas til..

America

[Drahthaardogs]

3. Little Christmas - the Epiphany

We celebrate as my parents were 1st generation Italian. Many other immigrant families did as well growing up. Presents and a feast.

[OnDoutside]

16. Known as Women's Little Christmas here in Ireland, although some wags call it

Little Women's Christmas. It's a night (not this year obviously) where women go out together, so we men get a quiet night in

[Polybius]

4. NYer here

I've only know it as Little Christmas.

[kentuck]

5. MERRY CHRISTMAS!

[kentuck]

7. It should be a national holiday.

[LeftInTX]

9. It is in Armenia!

[Cetacea]

13. Agreed!

[BlueInPhilly]

8. 12th Day of Christmas

Also birthday of St. Joan of Arc.

[Cetacea]

14. Thanks!

[bdamomma]

15. I never knew that

about Joan. Always learn something new on DU.