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The Catholic calendar has several ways to divide the Christmas season. The Church’s Western liturgical tradition sees Christmas as an octave, an eight-day celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ.
The octave of Christmas begins on Christmas itself, the feast of the Nativity of the Lord. It ends on the solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, on Jan. 1, which this season falls on a Wednesday in the new year of 2025.
The drama of this time of the Catholic liturgical calendar even includes changes to the liturgical vestments of the clergy.
Continued below.
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The octave of Christmas begins on Christmas itself, the feast of the Nativity of the Lord. It ends on the solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, on Jan. 1, which this season falls on a Wednesday in the new year of 2025.
The drama of this time of the Catholic liturgical calendar even includes changes to the liturgical vestments of the clergy.
Continued below.
The 8 days of Christmas? A look at the Christmas octave
The Church’s Western liturgical tradition sees Christmas as an octave, an eight-day celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ.
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