so when does the 12 days of Christmas actually start?

Question

so when does the 12 days of Christmas actually start?

Answer 1

The twelve days of Christmas are not the twelve days before Christmas, but are instead the twelve days from Christmas until the beginning of Epiphany (January 6th; the 12 days count from December 25 until January 5), which is when the three Wise Men or Magi arrived on the scene.

Answer 2

The Twelve Days of Christmas are (depending on differing authorities and sources) either the days from December 26 to January 6, (January 6 being the Epiphany), or the days from Christmas through the eve January 5 of Epiphany. Arguing in favor of the latter is that it coincides more closely with the liturgical Christmas season. However, the 19th century folklorist Sir James George Frazer, favors the December 26 - January 6 interpretation: The last of the mystic twelve days is Epiphany or Twelfth Night

Answer 3

In my family, the 12 days of Christmas starts on December 13th.

Answer 4

I consider 12 days a religious teaching rather than an event counting each day. It is a song created by the catholic in England when it was against the law to be catholic. Secret code meaning for each verse in the song. A partridge in a pear tree being the first day of Christmas is precisely that, First christmas was when Christ was born, therefore, Jesus Christ is the meaning of the code Partridge in a Pear tree. and so on.

Answer 5

Yep, codesecrets got it right