تشير إحدى الخرافات في بعض البلدان الناطقة باللغة الإنجليزية إلى أنه من غير المحظ أن تترك زينة عيد الميلاد معلقة بعد ليلة عيد الغطاس وهذا تقليد مرتبط ارتباطًا متنوعًا بمهرجانات الشموع (2 فبرايرشباط) والجمعة العظيمةوالثلاثاء البدين و السبعينية.[5] تتضمن الطقوس الشائعة تناول كعكة عيد الغظاس ، وغناء ترانيم عيد الميلاد ، وطبشرة الباب ، وتبريك المنزل وتبادل التحيات وحضور خدمات الكنيسة.[6][7]
^Hatch، Jane M. (1978). The American Book of Days. Wilson. ISBN:9780824205935. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2022-06-05. January 5th: Twelfth Night or Epiphany Eve. Twelfth Night, the last evening of the traditional Twelve Days of Christmas, has been observed with festive celebration ever since the Middle Ages.
^Mangan، Louise؛ Wyse، Nancy؛ Farr، Lori (2001). Rediscovering the Seasons of the Christian Year. Wood Lake Publishing Inc. ص. 69. ISBN:9781551454986. Epiphany is often heralded by "Twelfth Night" celebrations (12 days after Christmas), on the evening before the Feast of Epiphany. Some Christian communities prepare Twelfth Night festivities with drama, singing, rituals - and food! ... Sometimes several congregations walk in lines from church to church, carrying candles to symbolize the light of Christ shining and spreading. Other faith communities move from house to house, blessing each home as they search for the Christ child.
^Pennick، Nigel (21 مايو 2015). Pagan Magic of the Northern Tradition: Customs, Rites, and Ceremonies. Inner Traditions – Bear & Company. ص. 176. ISBN:9781620553909. On Twelfth Night in German-speaking countries, the Sternsinger ("star singers") go around to houses carrying a paper or wooden star on a pole. They sing an Epiphany carol, then one of them writes in chalk over the door a formula consisting of the initials of the Three Wise Men in the Nativity story, Caspar, Melchior, and Balthasar, with crosses between them and the year date on either side; for example: 20 +M+B 15. This is said to protect the house and its inhabitants until the next Epiphany.
