The eighth of the Twelve Days of Christmas
The eighth of the Twelve Days of Christmas is held on January 1. Western Christianity. This event in the first decade of the month January is annual. Help us
The eighth day of Christmas is New Year's Day as well as the Solemnity of Mary the Mother of God and the Feast of the Circumcision of Christ. The celebration of Mary as the mother of Jesus can be traced back to as early as 431 AD.
In Old Testament times a distinction was made regarding sacrifices: whereas 70 sacrifices were offered on the first seven days of Sukkoth to signify the “70 nations” constituting all humanity, a single ram and a single bullock were sacrificed on the eighth day to symbolize Israel's special relationship to God.
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The sixth day of Kwanzaa on December 31 (United States);
Polar Bear Swim Day or Polar Plunge Day on January 1 (Canada and United States);
AbbVie Day on January 1 (It takes unwavering commitment and confidence to bring solutions from the petri dish to patients);
The last day of Kwanzaa on January 1 (African-Americans);
Happy Mew Year for Cats Day on January 2 (The founders, Tom and Ruth Roy, wanted cats to have a very special New Year's celebration all to themselves);
The ninth of the Twelve Days of Christmas on January 2 (Western Christianity)