{"id":20954,"date":"2024-11-28T21:04:27","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T21:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=20954"},"modified":"2026-10-26T14:17:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T14:17:07","slug":"christmastide-meaning-duration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/christmastide-meaning-duration\/","title":{"rendered":"\u30af\u30ea\u30b9\u30de\u30b9\u30fb\u30bf\u30a4\u30c9\u3068\u306f\u4f55\u304b\uff1f12\u65e5\u9593\u306e\u30af\u30ea\u30b9\u30de\u30b9\u3001\u3042\u308b\u3044\u306f\u30ad\u30e3\u30f3\u30c9\u30eb\u30de\u30b9\u307e\u3067"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Christmastide is the Christmas season, the weeks the Church keeps after Christ&#039;s birth. In the Catholic calendar it runs from Christmas Eve to the Baptism of the Lord, on Sunday 10 January 2027. Other churches end it with the Epiphany on 6 January, or keep it for forty days, to Candlemas on 2 February. The birth of Christ is too great a joy for one day, so the Church gives it a season. The rules of the Roman calendar, approved\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christmastide is the Christmas season: to the Epiphany, 6 January, for many; to 10 January 2027 for Catholics; to Candlemas for some.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[210],"series":[209],"class_list":["post-20954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bible-study","tag-christmas-series","series-christmas"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20929,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/12-days-of-christmas-start-end\/","url_meta":{"origin":20954,"position":0},"title":"When Are the 12 Days of Christmas? 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