Epiphany has begun! Traditionally this is the celebration of the arrival of the Three Wise Men from the East. Though just 13 days after the ChristMass, the celebration of the birth of Jesus, they more likely showed up a year or two later. This is witnessed by the Slaughter of the Innocents, the First Christian Martyrs, as when Herod ordered the slaughter, it was not just for the infants and young babies, but for any male child two years old and younger:
Matthew 2:16 - Then Herod perceiving that he was deluded by the wise men, was exceeding angry; and sending killed all the male children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
This is actually a period of dual seasons, as Christmastide runs through Candlemas, the celebration of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple. Epiphany takes us all the way to Lent.
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