<P> Many American Christians still celebrate the traditional liturgical seasons of Advent and Christmas, especially Amish, Anglo - Catholics, Episcopalians, Lutherans, Mennonites, Methodists, Moravians, Orthodox Christians, Presbyterians, and Roman Catholics . In Anglicanism, the designation of the "Twelve Days of Christmas" is used liturgically in the Episcopal Church in the US, having its own invitatory antiphon in the Book of Common Prayer for Matins . </P> <P> Christians who celebrate the Twelve Days may give gifts on each of them, with each of the Twelve Days representing a wish for a corresponding month of the new year . They may feast on traditional foods and otherwise celebrate the entire time through the morning of the Solemnity of Epiphany . Contemporary traditions include lighting a candle for each day, singing the verse of the corresponding day from the famous The Twelve Days of Christmas, and lighting a yule log on Christmas Eve and letting it burn some more on each of the twelve nights . For some, the Twelfth Night remains the night of the most festive parties and exchanges of gifts . Some households exchange gifts on the first (25 December) and last (5 January) days of the Twelve Days . As in former times, the Twelfth Night to the morning of Epiphany is the traditional time during which Christmas trees and decorations are deposed . </P>

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