MrBobaFett t1_iz4i7aa wrote
It blows my mind that so many people don't know this, especially other Christians. But Christmas is such a big holiday, how do people miss this? It's Advent, then Christmastide, then Epiphany.
Tweegyjambo t1_iz57v8o wrote
I'm not Christian but when the fuck else would it start other than Christmas day?!
herbw t1_iz6r2ll wrote
X-mas Eventide when Jeshua ben Ioseph was born by tradition, not facts.
Medic7002 t1_iz4nob4 wrote
Im not Christian and wasn’t raised that way. No way of knowing this until TIL. Not big into esoteric religious rules that force themselves on society either.
MrBobaFett t1_iz4nuwu wrote
Esoteric religious rules that force themselves on society? Wut?
Crayshack t1_iz6i559 wrote
Not everyone celebrates Christmas. I'm not Christian, so I've only vaguely heard the term "12 Days of Christmas" and "Advent" before. Never with enough context for me to know anything about it other than them vaguely being associated with Christmas I've never heard the term "Christmastide" before your comment and the term "Epiphany" just sort of vaguely means "having a sudden idea". I've never heard it used in a religious context before.
MrBobaFett t1_iz6mssz wrote
>Not everyone celebrates Christmas.
Thus "especially other Christians." I mean it's also a major religion so... I'm not Muslim, Jewish, or Hindu, but I'm aware of their major holidays and tenets.
Advent comes from Latin for arrival, it's the season of preparation for the arrival of Christ.
Tide is a suffix that means time of or season of used for many holy festivals, thus Yuletide, Christmastide, Eastertide, Epiphanytide, etc. Christmastide is Dec 25th-Jan 5th.
Epiphany (also called Three Kings Day) comes from Greek to reveal or to appear. This holiday commemorates the arrival of the Three Magi or in the Eastern Church the bastism of Jesus. Either way, the revealing of the Christ to the world. Epiphanytide then runs to Feb 2nd, ending with Candlemas.
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