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The season or time made up of the twelve days between Christmas and Epiphany; Christmas season, Christmas time, Christmastide, Twelvetide. The Christmas season traditionally ended with the feast of the Epiphany on January 6.
An 18th-century English Christmas carol which describes a series of successively grand gifts given on each of the twelve days of Christmas.

the season or time made up of the twelve days between Christmas and Epiphany

Belarusian: свя́ткi f pl ‎(svjátki), каля́дныя свя́ткi f pl ‎(kaljádnyja svjátki)
German: zwölf Weihnachtstage pl, die Zwölften (de) pl
Russian: свя́тки (ru) f pl ‎(svjátki), Рожде́ственские свя́тки f pl ‎(Roždéstvenskije svjátki), Двена́дцать дней Рождества́ pl ‎(Dvenádcatʹ dnej Roždestvá), коля́ды (ru) f pl ‎(koljády) (regional), святы́е дни m pl ‎(svjatýje dni), святы́е m pl ‎(svjatýje)