In most cultures, the night before Epiphany is the "Twelfth Night"
The Christmas Season in the begins with the "First Sunday of Advent (see section Advent) and concludes with Epiphany.
The term "Epiphany" means "to show" or "to make known" or even "to reveal". The day remembers the coming of the wise men "Maji" bringing gifts to visit the Christ child. By doing so "reveal" Jesus to the world as Lord and King.
The colors of Epiphany are usually the colors of Christmas, white and gold. The colors representing newness, and hope. After Epiphany the church returns to Ordinary Time.
The Wise men brought gifts to the infant Jesus were the first Gentiles to acknowledge Jesus as "King" and so were the first to "show" or "reveal" Jesus to a wider world as the incarnate Christ. The act of worship by the Magi, corresponds to Simeon's blessing that this child Jesus would be "a light for revelation to the Gentiles" Luke 2:32. was one of the first indications that Jesus came for all people, of all nations, of all races, and that the work of God in the world would not be limited to only a few.
