January 7th is National Distaff Day! The origin of the word ‘distaff’ comes from German and it means “a bunch of flax or fibers connected with a staff.” This day, also known as St. Distaff Day, is the day after the feast of the Epiphany, which is the day after the end of the 12 days of Christmas. Distaff Day is the day spinners and spinsters, historically, returned to their spinning wheels spinning wool and flax into yarn for fabric after the holidays. For today, Jared letterpress printed severa

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January 7th is National Distaff Day! The origin of the word ‘distaff’ comes from German and it means “a bunch of flax or fibers connected with a staff.” This day, also known as St. Distaff Day, is the day after the feast of the Epiphany, which is the day after the end of the 12 days of Christmas. Distaff Day is the day spinners and spinsters, historically, returned to their spinning wheels spinning wool and flax into yarn for fabric after the holidays. With this day falling on a Sunday this year