{"id":132,"date":"2008-01-04T09:05:40","date_gmt":"2008-01-04T10:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/store.buttercupminiatures.co.uk\/newsblog\/?p=132"},"modified":"2018-01-15T10:31:21","modified_gmt":"2018-01-15T10:31:21","slug":"twelfth-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/store.buttercupminiatures.co.uk\/newsblog\/?p=132","title":{"rendered":"Twelfth Night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Twelfth night is now celebrated on 5th January. This was originally the last day of the 12 Days of Christmas celebrations and was commemorated by William Shakespeare in his play <em>Twelfth Night<\/em>. In ancient times this was the night for the Lord of Misrule to dominate the festivities, leading the games and activities, in more recent times it become traditional to take down all the Christmas decorations on this day. <!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14223\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14223\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14223\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/store.buttercupminiatures.co.uk\/newsblog\/?attachment_id=14223\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/store.buttercupminiatures.co.uk\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Door-wreath.jpg?fit=480%2C640\" data-orig-size=\"480,640\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DX-7&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1031413133&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Door wreath\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;\u00a9 F H Powell 2014&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/store.buttercupminiatures.co.uk\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Door-wreath.jpg?fit=480%2C640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/store.buttercupminiatures.co.uk\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Door-wreath.jpg?resize=480%2C640\" alt=\"pattern for crochet wreath\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/store.buttercupminiatures.co.uk\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Door-wreath.jpg?w=480 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/store.buttercupminiatures.co.uk\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Door-wreath.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14223\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 F H Powell 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Some places still celebrate with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk\/wass_ale.htm\">Wassailing<\/a> where the spirits are scared out of the apple trees to enable a good crop later in the year. This is mainly continued in the cider producing areas of Southern Britain today and tends to be celebrated on 17th January (which was the original date for Twelfth Night before calendar changes).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twelfth night is now celebrated on 5th January. 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