By Jewish law, every baby boy was circumcised and named on the eighth day of life, so on the eighth day of Christmas the church celebrates this event in Jesus' life. The keeping of the covenant as well as Jesus' name are signs of God's salvation given to us through him.
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Earlier Event: December 31
New Year's Eve
Later Event: January 2
Johann Konrad Wilhelm Loehe, renewer of the church, died 1872
