Definition

1. Proper noun:
   • A Christian festival: Twelfth Night is the evening of January 5th, the eve of the Feast of the Epiphany (Twelfth Day) on January 6th. It traditionally marks the end of the Christmas season and is associated with festive celebrations, merrymaking, and the removal of Christmas decorations.

Examples of Usage

• Proper noun:
  • We always take down our Christmas tree on Twelfth Night.
  • The community held a Twelfth Night party with music and a special cake.

Advanced Usage

• "Twelfth Night celebrations": Refers to the parties, feasts, or theatrical performances historically associated with the evening.
  • The palace's Twelfth Night celebrations were famously elaborate.

Variants and Related Words

• Twelfth Day (noun): The Christian feast day of the Epiphany, celebrated on January 6th.
  • Twelfth Day commemorates the visit of the Magi to the infant Jesus.

Synonyms

• Epiphany Eve: A less common term for the same evening.

Related Phrases

• Twelfth Night cake: A type of cake traditionally eaten as part of the celebration, often containing a bean or trinket to select a "king" or "queen" for the festivities.
  • Whoever finds the bean in the Twelfth Night cake gets to be king for the evening.

Noun

1. eve of Twelfth day; evening of January 5