The Twelve Days of Christmas
Religious symbolism of The Twelve Days of Christmas (The 12 Days of Christmas)
1 True Love refers to God
2 Turtle Doves refers to the Old and New Testaments
3 French Hens refers to Faith, Hope and Charity, the Theological Virtues
4 Calling Birds refers to the Four Gospels and/or the Four Evangelists
5 Golden Rings refers to the first Five Books of the Old Testament, the “Pentateuch”, which gives the history of man’s fall from grace.
6 Geese A-laying refers to the six days of creation
7 Swans A-swimming refers to the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, the seven sacraments
8 Maids A-milking refers to the eight beatitudes
9 Ladies Dancing refers to the nine Fruits of the Holy Spirit
10 Lords A-leaping refers to the ten commandments
11 Pipers Piping refers to the eleven faithful apostles
12 Drummers Drumming refers to the twelve points of doctrine in the Apostle’s Creed
And you thought it was just a song we sung at Christmas that didn’t really might any sense…well, I did, anyway. I wanted the five golden rings…………..I sang that really loud…
Well Done Dougie, I always loved the 12 days of Christmas and just looked up the lyrics and found the meaning behind it. I just thought it was some rich guy buying all this strange stuff for his true love. I saw a cartoon with the Lords a leapin and all……and a big ole dinner with the geese a laying and geese eggs…
Partridge in a Palm tree…Baby Jesus being born in Bethlahem, a starry night under a palm tree, the oasis in the desert…..The star of the East is a supernova which comes every 500 years, or so they said…
On the first day of Christmas,
My true love gave to me,
One really cool tipi.
On the second day of Christmas,
My true love gave to me,
Some pemmicin, wasna, and stew!
On the third day of Christmas,
My true love gave to me,
A sweat lodge to have an Inipi………..
On the 365th day of Christmas,
My true love gave to me,
Nothing. She ran out of stuff to give.
May we all have a better year this year. I think mine will be a doozy!
Be well,
December 20th, 2009 at 6:49 pm
The Twelve Days of Christmas
Religious symbolism of The Twelve Days of Christmas (The 12 Days of Christmas)
1 True Love refers to God
2 Turtle Doves refers to the Old and New Testaments
3 French Hens refers to Faith, Hope and Charity, the Theological Virtues
4 Calling Birds refers to the Four Gospels and/or the Four Evangelists
5 Golden Rings refers to the first Five Books of the Old Testament, the “Pentateuch”, which gives the history of man’s fall from grace.
6 Geese A-laying refers to the six days of creation
7 Swans A-swimming refers to the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, the seven sacraments
8 Maids A-milking refers to the eight beatitudes
9 Ladies Dancing refers to the nine Fruits of the Holy Spirit
10 Lords A-leaping refers to the ten commandments
11 Pipers Piping refers to the eleven faithful apostles
12 Drummers Drumming refers to the twelve points of doctrine in the Apostle’s Creed
And you thought it was just a song we sung at Christmas that didn’t really might any sense…well, I did, anyway. I wanted the five golden rings…………..I sang that really loud…
December 20th, 2009 at 10:17 pm
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December 21st, 2009 at 10:45 am
Well Done Dougie, I always loved the 12 days of Christmas and just looked up the lyrics and found the meaning behind it. I just thought it was some rich guy buying all this strange stuff for his true love. I saw a cartoon with the Lords a leapin and all……and a big ole dinner with the geese a laying and geese eggs…
Partridge in a Palm tree…Baby Jesus being born in Bethlahem, a starry night under a palm tree, the oasis in the desert…..The star of the East is a supernova which comes every 500 years, or so they said…
December 21st, 2009 at 12:38 pm
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December 22nd, 2009 at 7:02 pm
On the first day of Christmas,
My true love gave to me,
One really cool tipi.
On the second day of Christmas,
My true love gave to me,
Some pemmicin, wasna, and stew!
On the third day of Christmas,
My true love gave to me,
A sweat lodge to have an Inipi………..
On the 365th day of Christmas,
My true love gave to me,
Nothing. She ran out of stuff to give.
May we all have a better year this year. I think mine will be a doozy!
Be well,
December 22nd, 2009 at 9:05 pm
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