Christmastide

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While monks and guild actors performed dramatic retellings of biblical stories year-round, the plays were most frequent during Christmastide.

From Salon • Dec. 23, 2024

The carol is based on an ancient Christian tradition known as Twelvetide or Christmastide - where Christmas Day is the first day of Christmas and 5 January is the last.

From BBC • Dec. 23, 2022

In the medieval Christian tradition, Christmastide didn’t end until Candlemas, also known as the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Presentation of the Lord, on Feb. 2.

From Washington Post • Dec. 28, 2018

Bach’s “Christmas Oratorio” consists of six cantatas written for various days of Christmastide and not intended to be performed together, as they often are today.

From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2017

If good fortune blessed us there might be a little meat at Christmastide.

From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi