This article is about the Christian religious practice. For the Scottish legal practice, see Chalking the door (eviction).
Epiphany season door chalking on an apartment door in GermanyA Christmas wreath adorning a home, with the top left-hand corner of the front door chalked for Epiphany-tide and the wreath hanger bearing a placard of the archangelGabriel
Chalking the door is a Christian Epiphanytide tradition used to bless one's home,[1] which originated in medieval Europe. [2]