Twelve Days of Christmas

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Twelve Days of Christmas

noun The Twelve Days of Christmas

The season or time made up of the twelve days between Christmas and Epiphany; Christmas season, Christmas time, Christmastide, Twelvetide. The Christmas season traditionally ended with the feast of the Epiphany on January 6.
An 18th-century English Christmas carol which describes a series of successively grand gifts given on each of the twelve days of Christmas.
Similar: Christmas season, Christmastide, Christmas time, Twelvetide

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noun the season or time made up of the twelve days between Christmas and Epiphany

Español	Doce días de Natal
한국어	크리스마스의 열두 일 keuriseumaseuui yeoldu il
日本語	クリスマスの十二日間
हिन्दी	क्रिस्मस के बारह दिन krismas ke bārah din
Português	Doze dias de natal
Français	Douze jours de Noël
Deutsch	zwölf Weihnachtstage, die Zwölften
Italiano	Dodici giorni di Natale
Ελληνικά	Δώδεκα ημέρες των Χριστουγέννων Dódeka iméres ton Christougénnon
Русский	свя́тки svjátki, Рожде́ственские свя́тки Roždéstvenskije svjátki, Двена́дцать дней Рождества́ Dvenádcatʹ dnej Roždestvá, коля́ды koljády, святы́е дни svjatýje dni, святы́е svjatýje
العربية	اِثْنَا عَشَر يَوْمَا مِن عِيد الْمِيلَاد iṯnā ʕašar yawmā min ʕīd al-mīlād

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@misc{twelve_days_of_christmas_2026,
  title = {Twelve Days of Christmas},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/twelve%20days%20of%20christmas},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}