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  Annie's Epiphany Page
Epiphany, known to have been observed earlier than AD 194, is older than Christmas and has always been a festival of the highest rank.
On a Christmas Eve in 1224 he is supposed to have set up a stable in a corner of a church in his native village with real persons and animals to represent those of the first Christmas.
Epiphany is a sudden comment, incident, or symbol that can be used at any point in a story to explain the meaning of a complex event.
www.annieshomepage.com /epiphany.html   (2031 words)

  
 List of winter festivals - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Epiphany - January 6: the arrival of the Three Magi.
Hogmanay - December 31 - Scottish New Years Eve
New Years Eve - last day of the Gregorian year
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_winter_festivals   (647 words)

  
 Epiphany
Thus the actual appearance of God (as in the burning bush) or a moment of divine revelation may be called an epiphany.
Holidays: Religious and Secular, 2006 - In the United States, there are ten federal holidays set by law.
Twelfth Night - Twelfth Night, Jan. 5, the vigil or eve of Epiphany, so called because it is the 12th night from...
www.infoplease.com /ce6/society/A0817499.html   (277 words)

  
 Patron Saints Index: Saint Trasilla   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Lived as a religious sister without joining any order, taking private vows.
Received a vision of Saint Felix III, an ancestor, who encouraged her to leave this vale of tears; she died a few days later on Christmas Eve.
A few days after her death, she appeared to Emiliana with the same message; Emiliana died on Epiphany eve.
www.catholicforum.com /Saints/saintt73.htm   (73 words)

  
 The Food Timeline--Christmas food history
There are also ice cream logs, some made entirely of different flavoured ice creams and some with the inside made of parfait or a bombe mixture.
In many countries it was customary to celebrate Ephiphany with a feast on its eve, or Twelfth Night.
In France the cake was known as gateau des rois, or king's cake, in honour of the Wise Men, whose feast Epiphany is; in Louisiana it is "king cake"; in Germany it is Dreikongskuchen; it is the Black Bun in Scotland; in Portugal it is bola-rei; and in Spain it is rosca de reyes."
www.foodtimeline.org /christmasfood.html   (11912 words)

  
 Bishop Nicholas of Myra: Legends and sources
A European custom in the Middle ages was the election of a boy as Bishop on Nicholas’ feast day (Dec. 6th) who would reign until Holy Innocent’s day (Dec. 28th) when he would have to preach a sermon!
Another tradition of remembering Nicholas by giving anonymous gifts to children and the poor as gifts coming from him developed in Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands - similar to the gifts given by of the Three Kings in Spain on Epiphany Eve (Jan. 6th).
It is thought by some that this gift giving custom originally replaced a pagan yuletide celebration of Woden, coming on horseback with gifts.
www.eldrbarry.net /rabb/folk/stnick.htm   (2946 words)

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