Christmas is over. Oh no it isn’t! As December draws to a close and we look forward to 2022, we reach Twelfth Night or the eve of Epiphany.
In earlier times, the days after Christmas were often a time of celebration as opposed to the more solemn period of Advent – something which is hard to imagine now, when ‘Christmas’ seems to start in shops and TV adverts as soon as we hit November!
Having recently been teaching Shakespeare’s play of the same name, I have been thinking about Twelfth Night celebrations and in particular their links with pantomime and what both of these might have to say to Christians as we begin a new year.
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