us from all iniquity and to purify himself a peoples of his own who are zealous for good deeds” (Titus 2:13–14, RSV). Christmas worship is not confined to a single day but extends for twelve days. The origin for these twelve days of festivity lies in the early church. The early Christians of the East celebrated the birth of Christ on January 6 (they converted a pagan celebration of the birth of a god on this date into the birth of Jesus since the birth date of Jesus is not known). In the West, Christians