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At a party for one of his plays in college, Collins met a producer, who cast him in Twelfth Night in New York City's Shakespeare in the Park.—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 3 May 2026 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.—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 The official first day of the Mardi Gras season is Twelfth Night, January 6, commemorating the Epiphany.—Jenny Adams, AFAR Media, 30 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for Twelfth Night
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of Twelfth Night was
before the 12th century