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Who celebrates christmas on january 6th. Known by many names including the epiphany three kings day little christmas or the 12th day of christmas january 6th was first celebrated as a feast day in the 4th century. Arnobius wrote after ad 297. Children and students still take january 6 as a school holiday and christmas decorations are lit up through this day on most public streets. In the east the birth of jesus was celebrated in connection with the epiphany on january 6.
It also celebrates epiphany on this day. Most people in the greek orthodox church celebrate christmas on december 25th. The chronography of 354 records that a christmas celebration took place in rome in 336. Lebanese celebrate christmas on december 25 except for armenian lebanese who celebrate christmas on january 6 which is also an official holiday in lebanon.
Some countries such as armenia observe christmas day on january 6. Some greek catholics also celebrate on january 7th. In armenia the apostolic church celebrates christmas on january 6th. April 6 is of course exactly nine months before january 6 the eastern date for christmas.
Everyone knows that christmas is celebrated on december 25th but 12 days later on january 6th many christians around the world enjoy a second christmas celebration. Lebanese families come together and butcher a sheep for a christmas eve feast in honor of the birth of the shepherd jesus christ. Why do we observe christmas on january 6. Christmas celebrates the birth of jesus christ who many christians believe is the son of god.
The celebrations in orthodox countries began midnight on christmas eve by which we mean january 6. Christmas is an official holiday in lebanon. The reason is not in the difference between the old and the new calendar. The reason these dates vary so much from what we know as christmas is down to a difference in.
Thus we have christians in two parts of the world calculating jesus birth on the basis that his death and conception took place on the same day march 25 or april 6 and coming up with two close but different results december 25 and january 6. Origen and arnobius both fault the pagans for celebrating birthdays which suggests that christmas was not celebrated in their time. But some still use the julian calendar and so celebrate christmas on 7th january. Until the 1980s january 6 was a public holiday but today the maltese celebrate epiphany on the first sunday of the year.
