Christmastide is the Christmas season extending through the Twelve Days of Christmas (December 25 through January 5) and ending at Epiphany on January 6 in Western Christian tradition. The older Christian liturgical calendar celebrates Christmas as a multi-day feast rather than a single day; Anglican, Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox traditions retain this extended observance. Major feasts fall within the season (Saint Stephen on December 26; the Holy Innocents on December 28; Mary, Mother of God or the Feast of the Holy Name on January 1; Epiphany on January 6).