The song goes on to celebrate the twelve days of Christmas, ushered in by the Feast of the Incarnation (December 25th) and culminating in the Feast of the Epiphany (January 6th). Nowadays, few churches even bother with Twelfth Night. However, “In Shakespeare’s England, Twelfth Night was such a big day that special entertainments were composed just for that occasion.”718 (Think of the Shakespeare comedy of the same name.) Traditionally, Epiphany celebrated the cluster of events that revealed Christ’s glory, including his baptism, the visit of the Magi, and the miraculous wine at the Wedding of
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