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Ugh
That awful new word emerging to describe the period 25th December to 1st January (mostly occurring in Spam) :-
T W I X M A S
Not in my lexicography, thank you. ☹ ☹ ☹ ☹ ☹ ☹ ☹
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used to be christmastide apparently
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intersting essay: puritans lopped off 'mas' - christide
gives the Latin rite in case you meet a Latin churchman not in communion with the bishop of ROme - sort of jjust in case
candlemass ends it, and coincides with epiphany 6 Jan which er has its own - tide
for willie watchers we have the Feast of the Circumcision or Feast of the pesentaiton ( Jan 1st) coming up
shows the humanity of Christ ( which is why he cd be crucified and cd die - gods dont usually do that)
and then returns post resurrection as Divine
dual nature of Christ
( too much detail - this is AB)