The Twelve Terrifying Nights run from the night of December 24/25 to the night of January 5/6. It’s the darkest stretch of the year, when daylight is at its thinnest and the line between the living and the dead begins to blur. The otherworldly draws near, night takes precedence, and what is primal can finally exist as it is. Then it retreats again as the sun gathers strength and the familiar order returns.

