Christmastide
noun

- the period just before and after Christmas day

(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)

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Christmastide (also Christmas or the Christmas season) is one of the seasons of the liturgical year of most Christian churches. It tends to be defined (with slight variations) as the period from Christmas Eve to the evening of 5 January, the day before Epiphany. This period is also commonly known as the Twelve Days of Christmas, as referred to in the Christmas carol of the same name.

The song refers to a symbolic gift that is given on each of the twelve days. Each of the gifts has a religious significance.

On the first day of Christmas my true love (God) gave to me:

A Partidge in a Pear Tree (The Partridge refers to Jesus)
Two Turtle Doves (The Old and New Testaments)
Three French Hens (Faith, Hope and Charity, the Theological Virtues)
Four Calling Birds (The Four Gospels and/or the Four Evangelists)
Five Golden Rings (The first five books of the Old Testament)
Six Geese A-laying (The six days of creation)
Seven Swans A-swimming (The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, the seven sacraments)
Eight Maids A-milking (The eight beatitudes)
Nine Ladies Dancing (The nine Fruits of the Holy Spirit)
Ten Lords A-leaping (The Ten Commandments)
Eleven Pipers Piping (The eleven faithful apostles)
Twelve Drummers Drumming (The twelve points of doctrine in the Apostle's Creed)

and a Partidge in a Pear Tree

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Practice OWAD in a conversation

"CHRISTMASTIDE is a time to relax and enjoy the company of friends and family."