This year the Church has brought Epiphany forward a day so that we can celebrate on Sunday rather than wait until Monday.

Maybe we can say that the Wise Men, or Three Kings, have now arrived in Bethlehem.

Time to add those figures to the crib scene.

So when is Twelfth Night? For some time it has been considered to be the evening of the 6th -Feast of the Epiphany. However, if counting from Christmas Day as the First Day then it is Sunday night 5th.

But, if we are celebrating in church on Sunday 5th then maybe Saturday night 4th is Twelfth Night.

Time to cut the Twelfth Night cake. Meanwhile abroad in Spain the Three Kings were to be arriving on Sunday night, eve of the Epiphany’s proper date. However, the bad weather forecast has caused the Magi to be arriving a day early in Santiago de Compostela and other towns in Galicia.