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Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. It begins December 25 and lasts twelve days, culminating at the Eve of Epiphany (or Twelfth Night) on January 5.

Christmastide is a season to celebrate the gift of God’s presence and to commemorate early events in Jesus’s life.

Holy Innocents’ Day (December 28), which recognizes the children executed by Herod the Great at Bethlehem according to the Gospel of Matthew.

The feast of the Holy Name of Jesus recalls when Jesus’s parents named him at Jerusalem, according to the Gospel of Luke.

Daily Office Lectionary Readings for Christmas (Year One)
🗓️ Day🌞 Morning
🎶 Psalm		1️⃣ First2️⃣ Second🗞️ Gospel🌛 Evening
🎶 Psalm
Christmas Day
(Friday)

BibleGateway		2, 85Zech 2:10–131 John 4:7–16John 3:31–36110:1–5(6–7), 132
St. Stephen
(Saturday)

BibleGateway		28, 302 Chr 24:17–22
Wis 4:7–15		Acts 6:1–7
Acts 7:59–8:8		118
First Sunday after Christmas

BibleGateway		93, 96Isa 62:6–7, 10–12Heb 2:10–18Matt 1:18–2536
Holy Innocents
(Monday)

BibleGateway		2, 26Isa 49:13–23
Isa 54:1–13		Matt 18:1–14
Mark 10:13–16		19, 126
Tuesday

BibleGateway		18:1–20Isa 12:1–6Rev 1:1–8John 7:37–5218:21–50
Wednesday

BibleGateway		20, 21:1–7(8–13)Isa 25:1–9Rev 1:9–20John 7:53–8:1123, 27
Eve of Holy Name
(Thursday)

BibleGateway		46, 48Isa 26:1–9
Isa 65:15b–25		2 Cor 5:16–6:2
Rev 21:1–6		John 8:12–1990
Holy Name
(Friday)

BibleGateway		103Gen 17:1–12a, 15–16Col 2:6–12John 16:23b–30148
Saturday

BibleGateway		34Gen 12:1–7Heb 11:1–12John 6:35–41, 48–5133
Second Sunday after Christmas

BibleGateway		66, 67Sir 3:3–9, 14–171 John 2:12–17John 6:41–47145
Monday

BibleGateway		85, 87Exod 3:1–12Heb 11:23–31John 14:6–1489:1–29
Eve of Epiphany
(Tuesday)

BibleGateway		2, 110:1–5(6–7)Josh 1:1–9
Isa 66:18–23		Heb 11:32–12:2
Rom 15:7–13		John 15:1–1629, 98
Note: References follow abbreviations from the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL).