Twelfth Night 2026

Twelfth Night 2026 is on Monday, January 5, 2026 (in 258 days).  Calendar for 2026

Twelfth Night 2025 has already passed: it was on Sunday, January 5, 2025 (106 days ago).  Calendar for 2025

Twelfth Night is the last day of the Twelve Days of Christmas (also called Christmastide) and is the traditional end of the Christmas seaon. It is celebrated annually on January 5 and is also known as Epiphany Eve as it is followed by Epiphany on January 6.

In many countries so-called "king cakes", named after the three biblical kings, are baked on Twelfth Night in preparation for the Epiphany festival the next day and the beginning of the Epiphany season. It is also customary for Christians in many countries to remove their Christmas decorations on Twelfth Night.

Some countries have the custom of giving gifts on Twelfth Night, either instead of giving them at Christmas or in addition to Christmas.

Further reading:

• Twelfth Night on Wikipedia
• King cake on Wikipedia

Twelfth Night 2027 is on Tuesday, January 5, 2027 (in 623 days).  Calendar for 2027

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