Twelve Days of Christmas

We live in an amazing world. I've always wondered what the twelve days of Christmas represented. Turns out is religiously based (who knew, it was never taught to me in church). It begins on Christmas day and ends on Jan 5th. From Wikipedia: "This period is also known as Christmastide and Twelvetide." also: "Twelfth Night is followed by the Feast of the Epiphany on 6 January."

All this through a simple search. Still drives me crazy when my family asks a search type question when they all have smart phones and could look things up themselves.