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December 2026

December 29 — Fifth Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord

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Fifth Day of Christmas · Christmas

  • December 29 — Fifth Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord
  • Saint Thomas Becket, bishop and martyr
    Optional Memorial

Readings 1 Jn 2:3-11 · Ps 95, 1-2a. 2b-3. 5b-6 (R.: 11a) · Lk 2:22-35

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The 1962 calendar

Fifth Day of Christmas

Diei V infra Octavam Nativitatis

Duplex II classis

Commemoratio ad Laudes tantum: S. Thomæ Cantuariensis Episcopi et Martyris

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