December 25
The Nativity
“Unto you is born a Saviour.” — Luke 2
The long Advent ends in a stable. The Word through whom all things were made is laid in a manger — and the glory of God breaks over the fields of the poor.
Pray · the NativityThe Word made flesh
The Light has come, and the waiting turns to wonder.
Bethlehem, the star, the shepherds keeping watch by night — and a child laid in a manger. Christmas is no single morning but a whole season of joy, drawn out from the Nativity to the Baptism of the Lord. Solua keeps the feast with you, day by unhurried day.
Christmas begins at the Vigil, December 24 — and runs through the Baptism of the Lord.
Verbum caro factum est — and the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us.
Nativity · Epiphany · Baptism
Three feasts that hold the season.
Christmas is not a day but an arc — the Light is born, revealed to the nations, and goes down into the waters of the Jordan. Three great feasts mark its rising, its shining, and its sending.
January 6
The Epiphany
“We saw his star, and have come.” — Matthew 2
Wise men follow a star out of the East and kneel before a child — and the Light born for Israel is shown to be the hope of all the nations.
Pray · the MagiThe season's close
The Baptism
“This is my beloved Son.” — Matthew 3
At the Jordan the heavens open and the Spirit descends. The hidden years end, the season closes, and the Light steps out to begin His work.
Pray · the Baptism of the LordDecember 25 – January 5
The twelve days of Christmas.
Not a countdown but a feast kept open — twelve days from the Nativity to the eve of the Epiphany, each one carrying its own saint or solemnity. The Church does not hurry past Christmas; she dwells in it.
- Dec 25
The Nativity of the Lord
The Word is made flesh — Christmas Day itself.
- Dec 26
Saint Stephen, first martyr
The first to die for the Child just born.
- Dec 27
Saint John, Apostle & Evangelist
The beloved disciple, who saw and believed.
- Dec 28
The Holy Innocents
The children of Bethlehem, taken in his place.
- Dec 29
Saint Thomas Becket
A shepherd who gave his life for the flock.
- Dec 30
The Holy Family
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph — a household at Nazareth.
- Dec 31
Saint Sylvester
The year's last night, kept in thanksgiving.
- Jan 1
Mary, the Holy Mother of God
The Octave Day — the new year begins in her.
- Jan 2
Saints Basil & Gregory
Two great teachers of the early Church.
- Jan 3
The Most Holy Name of Jesus
The name at which every knee shall bend.
- Jan 4
A day of Christmas
Still within the feast, still keeping the joy.
- Jan 5
The eve of the Epiphany
Twelfth Night — the star draws near at last.
- Jan 6
The Epiphany of the Lord — the Light shown to the nations
The Magi arrive, and Christmas opens onto the world.
Christmas, day by day
How Solua keeps the
feast with you.
Not a single morning that's over by noon — a companion that carries the joy of the Nativity all the way to the Jordan.
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The day's readings & a reflection
Each morning, the Christmas Mass readings and a short reflection — the season's wonder, carried gently into your day.
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Keep all twelve days
Mark each day from the Nativity to the Epiphany — so Christmas stays a season for the whole household, not a single morning.
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The Joyful Mysteries, daily
From the manger to the finding in the Temple — the Rosary's Joyful Mysteries keep your prayer in the light of the Nativity.
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The Te Deum & the great feasts
The Mother of God, the Holy Name, the Epiphany — the high feasts of Christmastide arrive in turn, so none slips quietly past.
Keep a glad Christmas.
Twelve days of joy, from the manger in Bethlehem to the star over the nations.
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Jan 6
Epiphany
We used to take the tree down on the 26th. Now the children know Christmas has twelve whole days — and we keep every one of them.
Maria & Tom L.
Parents of three · Minnesota
Keep the whole feast
this Christmas.
Free to begin. Let Solua hold the joy of the season for you — from the manger of Bethlehem to the star of the Epiphany.
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