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The popular day of 25th december was not christmas day before the gregorian calender was adopted.
Why is it called old christmas day. The old christmas day. Before the calendar was reformed england celebrated christmas on the equivalent of the 6th of january by our modern gregorian reckoning. The season of christmas ends on old christmas day january 6 th also known as twelfth day the name old christmas stems from a piece of legislation introduced before the parliament in london england called the calendar act of 1751 that came into effect in 1752. That is why in some parts of great britain people still call the 6th of january old christmas day.
Centuries ago the christmas celebration used to be held on the 6th of january. Many called january 5 old christmas day or christmas day old style correspondingly december 25 was known as christmas day new style by the nineteenth century old christmas day had crept a day further away from the gregorian calendar falling on january 6 epiphany. As the julian calendar continued to drift away from the gregorian. Old christmas day or twelfth day or epiphany.
