1. notleia says:

    Huh, I heard somewhere that the “Twelve Days of Christmas” song was coded Catholic symbols, invented during the English Catholic/Anglican flip-floppiness during a part where Catholics were the ones being cracked down on. /trivia of the day
    But I can’t really blame people for getting tired of Christmas, since “Christmas” lasts nearly two full months, starting the second Halloween candy goes on 50% discount. If I hear “Let It Snow” or “Winter Wonderland” one more time, my eardrums might commit suicide.

  2. I’ve never studied up on this “12 Days” thing, but I do know that in some cultures, the official Christmas is January 6. At one time that date was called Twelfth Night, the 12th day of Christmas. In the area of Ohio where I lived in for 29 years, January 6 was called Amish Christmas because that was the day the Amish celebrated it. The history of all this is a bit misty, but I think the important thing is that we who know Him celebrate Emmanuel, God with us, 365 days of the year.

  3. R. L. Copple says:

    True, Yvonne. 
    In the early church, everyone celebrated Christmas on Jan. 6 along with epiphany/theophany. At some point, the two were split and Christmas moved to Dec. 25., which incidentally is nine months after the commemoration of the annunciation to Mary the she would conceive a child.

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