http://orthodoxhistory.org/2010/01/07/old-calendar-christmas/ The Society for Orthodox Christian History in the Americas Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:16:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://orthodoxhistory.org/2010/01/07/old-calendar-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-536 orrologion Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:21:25 +0000 http://orthodoxhistory.org/?p=1786#comment-536 At my Greek parish, I have often been told that it is St. Basil (January 1) who delivers presents at Christmas and not St. Nicholas. This is seen also in the Vasilopita tradition on St. Basil’s Day, which is reminiscent of the American King Bread tradition on Epiphany. So, it would make sense that the gift giving of the Nativity season would wait until the “Eighth Day of Christmas”.

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