Twelfth Day

American  

noun

1. the 12th day after Christmas, January 6, on which the festival of the Epiphany is celebrated: formerly observed as the last day of the Christmas festivities.

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Twelfth Day British  

noun

1. 1. Jan 6, the twelfth day after Christmas and the feast of the Epiphany, formerly observed as the final day of the Christmas celebrations

   2. ( as modifier )

      Twelfth-Day celebrations

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Etymology

Origin of Twelfth Day

before 900; Middle English; Old English

Example Sentences

"On the Twelfth Day of Christmas" my true love gave to me a new TV movie starring Robin Dunne and Brooke Nevin.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2015

A pleasant, 22-minute short, the Twelfth Day will get a nationwide network audience on New Year's Day as a color Spectacular over NBCTV.

From Time Magazine Archive

Business is very generally suspended during Christmas, the day following, Twelfth Day, and the twentieth day.

From Yule-Tide in Many Lands by Bridgman, L. J. (Lewis Jesse)

Yet some said Twelfth Day cut her out and out, for she came in a tiffany suit, all white and gold, like a queen on a frost-cake—all royal, glittering, and Epiphanous.

From Charles Lamb by Jerrold, Walter

On Twelfth Day the plan was carried out.

From Harper's Round Table, June 18, 1895 by Various