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The Carnival season, which includes Mardi Gras, began on Jan. 6, also known as the Twelfth Night or Epiphany, and ends the day before Ash Wednesday.
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Elissa Jorgensen, Dallas Morning News, 14 Jan. 2026
On the Twelfth Night of Christmas, La Befana, an old woman, flies on a broom around the country to deliver candies to good children and coal to bad children.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 5 Jan. 2026
According to Good Housekeeping, since the fourth century, many Christians have observed Twelfth Night — also referred to as the Eve of the Epiphany — as the formal end of the Christmas season.
—Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE, 1 Jan. 2026
Some Christians have different opinions on the right date, but the Twelfth Night of Christmas is traditionally when decorations come down.
—Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 25 Dec. 2025
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Elissa Jorgensen, Dallas Morning News, 14 Jan. 2026
On the Twelfth Night of Christmas, La Befana, an old woman, flies on a broom around the country to deliver candies to good children and coal to bad children.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 5 Jan. 2026
According to Good Housekeeping, since the fourth century, many Christians have observed Twelfth Night — also referred to as the Eve of the Epiphany — as the formal end of the Christmas season.
—Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE, 1 Jan. 2026
Some Christians have different opinions on the right date, but the Twelfth Night of Christmas is traditionally when decorations come down.
—Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 25 Dec. 2025
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“Twelfth Night.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Twelfth%20Night. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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