By Dan and Elana Hunter

Come, ye Faithful, in joy and triumph, to Bethlehem, and gaze on the new-born King of Angels! Come, let us adore the Lord!

Don’t Stop Celebrating Christmas! But do leave your tree up at least for the Epiphany. Oh and we can leave our Nativity Scenes up until Candlemas on February 2nd.

As we celebrate Epiphanytide and we encourage our readers to learn how to keep the embers of the Christmas season burning for the next few weeks by reading this excellent 2019 article by Dr. Peter Kwasniewski.

OnePeterFive has an helpful article on the lost customs of the Octave of Christian Unity. Forgotten Customs of the Octave of Christian Unity. January 18 was the ancient feast of St. Peter’s Chair in Rome and the beginning of the Church Unity Octave, a time where the Church prayers that all separate sects will unite with Rome and become Catholic. The octave concludes on January 25, the feast of the conversion of St. Paul the Apostle. OnePeterFive has an helpful article on the lost customs of this 8-day period of prayer: 

Merry Christmastide!!!!

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