Sifjan Stevens, "In This Temple, As In the Hearts of Man for Whom He Saved the Earth" from Sufjan Stevens Invites You to: Come On, Feel the Illinoise (A.K.A. Illinois) (Saint Mike Papa Whiskey)
Commentary: There is a certain sense in which the Christmastide lasts until Candlemas—the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord/the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary—the logic being that the Christmastide (forty days from the Nativity to the Presentation) ought to be longer than Advent (which varies from twenty-two to twenty-eight days) in the same way that the Eastertide (fifty days from the Resurrection to Pentecost) is longer than Lent ("forty" days). Of course, the Baptism of the Lord (the Sunday after Epiphany),is also described as the First Sunday of Ordinary Time. Whether you think Christmas ends on the Epiphany, the Baptism, or Candlemas, today is definitely the last day of Christmas until 25 December '25.
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