Ninth Day of Christmas

On The Ninth Day of Christmas
My True Love Gave To Me
Nine Ladies Dancing

The nine choirs of angels (Seraphim, Cherubim, Thrones, Dominions, Virtues, Powers, Principalities, Archangels, and regular angels); or the nine fruits of the Holy Spirit (love, joy, peace, kindness, goodness, patience, gentleness, faithfulness, and self-control).

Eight Maids a Milking, Seven Swans A Swimming, Six Geese A Laying, Five Golden Rings, Four Calling Birds, Three French Hens, Two Turtle Doves, and a Partridge in A pear Tree.

Almost everyone is familiar with the song without being aware of the symbolism and legends associated with each of the days.The 12 Days of Christmas actually begin at sundown on Christmas day (December 25) and proceed evening/day until the morning of January 6 or Epiphany which marks the celebration of the arrival of the Three Kings with their gifts for the Christ Child in the Church Calendar. This is the official period of Christmastide.

By legend each of the 12 days has a liturgical meaning used to teach children, the illiterate, and those not allowed to practice their faith openly due to religious persecution.

Twelfth Night Is Almost Here

All of this biblical meanings is headed somewhere and the somewhere is Twelfth Night. A night of love, romance, marriages, dancing, music, costumes, and humor with a little American History thrown in so you don't feel guilty.

Do come in costume with stars in your eyes.



Play on the cymbal, the timbal, the lyre;
Play with appropriate passion. Fashion
Songs of delight and delicious desire
For the night of my nights.

Come where the so well beloved is waiting,
Where the rose and the jasmine mingle
While I tell her the moon is for mating
And 'tis sin to be single!

Let peacocks and monkeys in purple adornings
Show her the way to my bridal chamber,
Then get you gone 'til the morn of my mornings
After the night of my nights!

'Tis the night of my nights!
'Tis the night of my nights!

Eighth Day of Christmas

On The Eighth Day of Christmas
My True
Love Gave To Me
Eight Maids A Milking

The eight Beatitudes (Blessed are the poor in spirit, they who mourn, the meek, they who hunger and thirst for justice, the merciful, the pure of heart, the peacemakers, and they who suffer persecution for justice sake.)

Seven Swans a Swimming, Six Geese A Laying, Five Golden Rings, Four Calling Birds, Three French Hens, and a Partridge in a Pear Tree

Almost everyone is familiar with the song without being aware of the symbolism and legends associated with each of the days.The 12 Days of Christmas actually begin at sundown on Christmas day (December 25) and proceed evening/day until the morning of January 6 or Epiphany which marks the celebration of the arrival of the Three Kings with their gifts for the Christ Child in the Church Calendar. This is the official period of Christmastide.

By legend each of the 12 days has a liturgical meaning used to teach children, the illiterate, and those not allowed to practice their faith openly due to religious persecution. Thus the "first day" is Jesus the gift of salvation; Day 2 is the Old and New Testament; Day 3 Faith, Hope and Charity; Day 4 The Four Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John); Day 5 is the Torah, the first five books of the Old Testament. Day 6The six days of creation described in Genesis. The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit (wisdom, understanding, counsel, strength, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord.

Seventh Day of Christmas

On The Seventh Day of Christmas
My True
Love Gave To Me
Seven Swans A Swimming

(The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit (wisdom, understanding, counsel, strength, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord)



Six Geese A Laying






Five Golden Rings












Four Calling Birds






Three French Hens








Two Turtledoves









And A Partridge In A Pear Tree


Almost everyone is familiar with the song without being aware of the symbolism and legends associated with each of the days.The 12 Days of Christmas actually begin at sundown on Christmas day (December 25) and proceed evening/day until the morning of January 6 or Epiphany which marks the celebration of the arrival of the Three Kings with their gifts for the Christ Child in the Church Calendar. This is the official period of Christmastide.

By legend each of the 12 days has a liturgical meaning used to teach children, the illiterate, and those not allowed to practice their faith openly due to religious persecution.

Thus the "first day" is Jesus the gift of salvation; Day 2 is the Old and New Testament; Day 3 Faith, Hope and Charity; Day 4 The Four Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John); Day 5 is the Torah, the first five books of the Old Testament. Day 6The six days of creation described in Genesis

And by popular request: Hugh Jackman