I grew up evangelical and #Epiphany wasn't part of that tradition.
I'm still slightly confused about what it's about.
Visit of the Magi, the star, the gifts, all of the above?
And the 'epiphany' is that this child, Jesus, is a bit special?
I have seen it called #LittleChristmas but it is also the last day of #ChristmasTide & #TwelfthNight.
I'll be looking at food traditions associated with Epiphany later.
#exvangelical

Almighty God, who hast poured upon us the new light of thine incarnate Word: Grant that the same light, enkindled in our hearts, may shine forth in our lives; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

#Christmastide #eveningprayer

It’s just the 9th day of Christmas, y’all. Three more to go before Epiphany. Don’t take that tree down!

#twelvedaysofchristmas #epiphany #twelvthnight #christmas #christmastide

STINCO di #AGNELLO BRASATO al PIEMONTESE
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Dinner for New Years Day 2023 is braised #lamb shank in the Piemontese style or tradition.
Here is a lamb shank drowned in red wine for two days with herbs and vegetables; whereas it’s then seasoned and browned in the pan and cooked in the wine with a bit of chocolate, tomato sauce, honey and a few other herbal notes.

#NewYearsDay #christmastide #NewYear #food

#Wine is a California vintage 2019 #Chardonnay from the Santa Cruz Mountains appellation by Thomas Fogarty.

#christmastide #newyear #newyearseve #nonna #food

CARDI FRITTI della NONNA
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Batter-fried #cardoons or #cardone are annually made in memory of my paternal grandmother’s birthday. She was born on New Year’s Eve.

Also, a platter with #salami, in memory of my grandfather, who was self-employed in the meat business, including sales of salumi (various cured pork and meat products). This brand is made with barrel-aged high whiskey by Creminelli Fine Meats.
#NewYearsEve 2022, day 11/89 of winter. #christmastide #NewYear #nonna #food

Archival 31 December 2020: NEW YEAR’S EVE dinner tradition for many years — #MOULES et FRITES, or #mussels with French fries with leek stock, saffron, minced onion, garlic, white wine, brandy, chopped parsley, green onions. #FrenchFries on the side.

#christmastide #NewYear #NewYearsEve #food

@AliPalk For some, it's whatever comes up at work today.

It's day 5 of #ChristmasTide. Tomorrow will be #FensterFreitag if you are using the Radio Times. (-:

On the fourth day of #GothicChristmas

Join me for the Tale of The Cargast Coins

Listen for FREE: https://youtu.be/ETPnCeaQv-0

Written and Performed by Me.

The fallow season is a time of rest for the living; also a time for us to put away all the things that have entertained us through the brighter months. However, for the creatures of the night and the jealous souls of the restless dead, it is a time for them roam free. The spectres and ghosts use this time to travel far and while, fore they know their time is limited and the days are slowly growing longer... Listen to hear the whole story

#Folklore #Folktales #audiobooks #audio #AngloSaxonArt #WyrdWednesday #Storytelling #paganism #pagan #histodon #histodons #history #ChristmasTide #Yule #YuleTide #FolkHorror

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@mythologybot

@pixiepippi Someone I spoke to thought that #ChristmasTide was what one used to wash clothes this season. (-:

On the third day of #GothicChristmas

Here is the tale of the Wintercearig [ ᚹᛁᚾᛏᛖᚱᚳᛖᚪᚱᛁᚷ ] (The Winter Sorrow).

Listen for FREE: https://youtu.be/rcS94juVi9Y

This story is based on an old tale that was told as child.

The Wintercearig is that feeling of despair that we feel in the darkest nights at this time of year as is also a reference to the regret of old age.

This is the story of Þori (Thori) and the Wintercearig -- Join me as I tell the story of a man in search of the perfect log for the hearth and ends up crossing paths with the supernatural.

#Folklore #Folktales #audiobooks #audio #AngloSaxonArt #FairytaleTuesday #Storytelling #paganism #pagan #histodon #histodons #history #ChristmasTide #Yule #YuleTide

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@jackieesmith Another 10 days of #ChristmasTide until #Epiphany. (-:

@sweetpeasworld Unless one is following the #RadioTimes very carefully to catch all of the movies. (-:

#ChristmasTide

@id1om It will be #ChristmasTide for some days yet.

#Soup for Santo Stefano (day after Christmas) includes a purée of roasted apples, Florence fennel, parsnips, and onion, seasoned with olive oil, salt, white pepper, fresh ginger, thyme, and tarragon. It’s later boiled in the pan with water, and puréed. After dinner… roasted chestnuts with cognac, and more cookies.

#christmastide #StStefano #SantoStefano #food

Today’s my favourite day in the #ChristmasTide — the feast of Stephen (#BoxingDay or #WrenDay as it commonly known).
But why do I like the #FeastOfStephen so much? Two reasons and it’s not really about the Saint or the day:
1. My favourite #Christmas song is #GoodKingWenceslas — it is a beautiful song, with an iconic melody; the song is set on this day “Good King #Wenceslas looked out, On the Feast of Stephen” In fact I like St Wenceslas far more than St Stephen, but that’s another story.
2. This reason is the one I like the most. There is an odd tradition in #England to give unnamed parliamentary buildings the name of “St Stephen’s (insert building here)” — why? Well let’s look at who St Stephen was (in brief).
He is considered the first #Christian #Martyr or known as “Protomartyr”. He he was a deacon in the early #Church at Jerusalem who angered members of various synagogues by his teachings. Accused of blasphemy at his trial, he made a speech denouncing the authorities and was stoned to death in 36 AD.
I was told by an officer of the Houses of Parliament the #myth is that his name is used because he stood for justice and truth, as the Mother Parliament should. An irony — even from its inception and especially today.

And there we go; happy Boxing Day / Feast of Stephen.

#Histodon #histodons #folklore #MythologyMonday @folklore @histodons @mythologymonday @mythologybot

@Welshracer Another 11 days, yet.
#Christmastide

@KatieCoo06 You wait until tomorrow, though. The British public will have gone _two whole days_ without #supermarkets. It will be chaos. (-:
#Christmastide

#Porchetta, roasted potatoes, and sautéed carrots for #Christmas dinner 2022. The recipe includes a butterflied #pork belly wrapped around a center cut loin, filled with fresh herbs such as rosemary, sage, nipitella, parsley, and garlic, plus lemon zest, raisins, pine nuts, nutmeg, salt, pepper, and olive oil.
#Food #CucinaItaliana #Christmastide
Day 5/89 of winter, 359/365 year.

"Folk say, a wizard to a northern king
At Christmas-tide such wondrous things did show,
That through one window men beheld the spring,
And through another saw the summer glow,
And through a third the fruited vines a-row, ..."

Prologue of the Earthly Paradise, William Morris, 1868

#Winter #Wizard #StainedGlass
#WilliamMorris #ChristmasTide