It's 12th Night & Christmas Is At An End & freebie

The Christmas Season is ending tonight with Little Christmas, as some call it. In some traditions there will be small gifts, or waisail and cake tonight. Tomorrow begins the season of Ephiphany, celebrating (depending upon your particular Christian tradition) the visit of the Magi proclaiming the divine nature of the Christ child, or the baptism of Jesus (in eastern Orthodox churches). The word "epiphany" means "making God manifest" and marks the manifestation of Jesus to the Gentiles. For those of us in the Episcopal church, the color of the Ephiphany season is green, symbolizing "the green things of God's earth." It refers to "the growth of the spirit of God within us in response to His coming at Christmas tide." In my home, I usually put aside a small gift to be opened not on 12th night but on Ephiphany when we take down the tree and other decorations. Taking down the tree is a bit of a downer. A small gift and cocoa and leftover Christmas cookies serves both to cheer us and reward for the hard work of undecorating. I'm running late putting this up but I have a little freebie for you tonight- a Christmas border to go with Holiday Treat.

http://www.4shared.com/zip/E-tXPaz7ba/ws_010515_freebie.html? Happy New Year!