Epiphany (January 6) commemorates when the Magi met the infant Jesus as portrayed in the gospel of Matthew. It also celebrates the baptism of Jesus and the wedding at Cana, the sight of Jesus' first miracle.
It sometimes is treated as the end of the Christmas season. The "twelve days of Christmas" are 1/25-1/5. The event, honored by creches, often is portrayed as involving the baby Jesus.
The gospel account does not say this. It actually implies (e.g., the killing of the innocents involving children under two) that it happened later. The later portrayals are part of the attempt to combine the different accounts of Matthew and Luke into one.
Around one in eight Christians are Orthodox. They use the Julian Calendar, which led Orthodox Christians to celebrate Christmas on the same day. The day now falls on January 7th. A reason to extend the Christmas season, including taking down decorations, for one more day. 2025 will truly begin all the same.
The new Congress and certification of the electoral vote are means to dip the toes in the water. 2025 will be for real politically at noon on January 20th.
Meanwhile, one thing that people do for the new year is to have resolutions. I have not done too well with resolutions over the years. One way to go is to see what works and connect it to some tradition's new year. There are various dates there including in March (Spring) and September (Jewish).
The 9th is a national day of mourning for Jimmy Carter. Martin Luther King Jr. Day falls on 1/20.
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