# The 12 Days of Christmas

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-12-days-of-christmas/564401>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 16, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-12-days-of-christmas/564401 "2010-12-16T19:18:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-12-days-of-christmas/564401/1 "2010-12-16T19:18:33Z")

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Too mild for the Pit, but for goodness’ sake, _[Tennessean](http://blogs.tennessean.com/tunein/2010/12/16/12-days-of-nashville-christmas-music-day-3/)_, does it really need to be pointed out to you that “the 12 Days of Christmas” did not start on 12/14? This might be a shock, but the 12 days refer to the Christmas season that starts 12/25 and runs through 1/5, culminating in Epiphany.

I know this might be a little esoteric for you, but being the largest newspaper in the buckle of the Bible belt, a city with thousands of churches and several denomination headquarters, you might want to get some basic facts about Christmas right.

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**Author:** ![perfectparanoia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a5b964/32.png) [@perfectparanoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/perfectparanoia)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-12-days-of-christmas/564401/2 "2010-12-16T19:21:13Z")

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There was something someone said to me the other day.

Think of the average person. 50% of people are even stupider than that.

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**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-12-days-of-christmas/564401/3 "2010-12-16T19:22:21Z")

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> [@perfectparanoia](#):
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> There was something someone said to me the other day.
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> Think of the average person. 50% of people are even stupider than that.

Weeps…

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**Author:** ![Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fried_Dough_Ho)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-12-days-of-christmas/564401/4 "2010-12-16T19:23:43Z")

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Yes, the concept of Twelfth Night (as referred to by Shakespeare and others) is something that occurs in January.

Most Brits know this…

I used to always throw a Twelfth Night party but my friends thought it was too weird and too many of them were dieting at that point so my decadently heavy food often went un-touched.