The “Twelve Days of Christmas”….How it came to be      We must all be grateful to Jaqui White for making sense of otherwise senseless words:      When most people hear “The 12 days of Christmas” they think of the song.
This song had its origins as a teaching tool to instruct young people in the meaning and content of the Christian faith. From 1558 to 1829 Roman Catholics in England were not able to practice their faith openly, so they had to find other ways to pass on their beliefs. The song “The Twelve Days of Christmas” is one example of how they did it.      The song goes, “On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me…” The “true love” represents God and the “me” who receives these presents is the Christian. The “partridge in a pear tree” was Jesus Christ who died on a tree as a gift from God. The “two turtle doves” were the Old and New Testaments-another gift from God. The “three French hens” were faith, hope and love–the three gifts of the Spirit that abide (1Corinthians 13). The “four calling birds” were the four Gospels, which sing the song of salvation through Jesus Christ. The “five golden rings” were the first five books of the Bible also called the “Book of Mose
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