Daily AncestorOld Christmas
Old Christmas is January 6, the Feast of the Epiphany, also called Little Christmas, a name used by Irish Christians and the Amish.
Old Christmas is another name for January 6, the Feast of the Epiphany, also called Little Christmas. It falls at the end of the twelve days of Christmas.
Where the name was in use, a diary or letter that mentions Old Christmas means January 6, not December 25. Twelfth Night, the evening before, is a related date.
As seen in a recordEntry in a 19th century diary
went to Father's on Old Christmas
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