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The name 'Lammas' comes from Old English hlafmæsse meaning "loaf mass". [8]Several antiquarians suggested that the name 'Lammas' came from 'lamb mass'. John Brady [9] supposed that tenants of the Cathedral of York, dedicated to St Peter in Chains, of which this is the feast, were required to bring a live lamb to the church.
17 Christmas Symbols and Their Meanings 1. Christmas Tree. ... Bible Verses About ... A ringing of a bell during the Christmas season represents the proclamation of joy and happiness for Christ ...
[40] [41] During the season of Christmastide, in many Christian households, a gift is given for each of the Twelve Days of Christmastide, while in others, gifts are only given on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day or Twelfth Night, the first and last days of the festive season, respectively. [42]
The feast falls on 2 February, which is traditionally the 40th day of and the conclusion of the Christmas–Epiphany season. [1] While it is customary for Christians in some countries to remove their Christmas decorations on Twelfth Night (Epiphany Eve), [2] those in other Christian countries historically remove them after Candlemas.
The Epiphany season, also known as Epiphanytide or the time of Sundays after Epiphany, is a liturgical period, celebrated by many Christian Churches, which immediately follows the Christmas season. It begins on Epiphany Day , and ends at various points (such as Candlemas ) as defined by those denominations.
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This (and the following episode) are the only episodes of the series to be aired out of production order. The following episode, "Silence of the Lamb" was produced before this episode, but was aired after, due to "An Echolls Family Christmas" being a Christmas-themed episode which aired as season's final episode of the year in December 2004. [3]
Numbers 29:1 calls the festival yom teru'ah ("day of blowing [the horn]"). [ 6 ] The term rosh hashanah appears once in the Bible (Ezekiel 40:1), [ 7 ] where it has a different meaning: either generally the time of the "beginning of the year", or possibly a reference to Yom Kippur , [ 8 ] or to the month of Nisan .