The Secret Meaning of 

The Twelve Days of Christmas


Terry Sellers
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> > From: "Shirley Altman" <shirleyta@windstream.net>
> > Date: 2006/12/16 Sat PM 02:07:21 EST
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> >        There is one Christmas Carol that has always baffled me. What in
the World do leaping lords, french hens, swimming swans, and especially the
partridge that won't come out of the pear tree have to do with Christmas?
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> >       > TODAY, I FOUND OUT!!!!!!!!!!
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> >       > From 1558 until 1829, Roman Catholics in England were not
permitted to practice their faith openly. Someone during that era wrote this
carol as a catechism song for young Catholics. It has two levels of meaning:
the surface meaning plus a hidden meaning known only to members of their
church. Each element in the carol has a code word for a religious reality,
which the children could remember.
> >       >
> >       > The partridge in a pear tree was Jesus Christ.
> >       >
> >       > Two Turtledoves were the Old and New Testaments.
> >       >
> >       > Three French Hens stood for Faith, Hope and Love.
> >       >
> >       > The four calling birds were the four gospels of Matthew, Mark,
Luke and John.
> >       >
> >       > The five golden rings recalled the Torah or Law, the first five
books of the Old Testament.
> >       >
> >       > The Six Geese-A-Laying, stood for the six days of creation.
> >       >
> >       > Seven Swans- A-Swimming represented the sevenfold gifts of the
Holy Spirit, leadership and Mercy.
> >       >
> >       > The Eight Maids-A-Milking were the eight beatitudes
> >       >
> >       > Nine Ladies Dancing were the nine fruits of the Holy Spirit:
Love, Joy,Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness and
Self control.
> >       >
> >       > The Ten Lords- A-Leaping were the Ten Commandments.
> >       >
> >       > The Eleven Pipers piping stood for the eleven faithful
disciples.
> >       >
> >       > The Twelve Drummers drumming symbolized the twelve points of
belief in the Apostle's Creed.
> >       >
> >       >
> >       > So there is your History lesson for today,  I found it
interesting and enlightening and now I know how that strange song became a
Christmas Carol..... MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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Another Internet Hoax!!

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. . . . and, how about this proposed theory about "The 12 Days of Christmas?"

12 Days of Christmas Sex

A British author claims the 12 Days of Christmas lyrics were originally a pagan sexual song changed by the Catholic Church:

Ray believes the five gold rings represent sexual union and the conception of the baby is represented by the six geese laying eggs.

He added the seven swimming swans were metaphors for the fetus swimming in its mother’s womb.

‘In medieval times, people only believed that you became human when you were born, that’s why the animal metaphors are used, ‘’ he explained.

‘The maids milking is about breastfeeding and the ‘drummers drumming’ represents the heartbeat of the baby as it grows.'’

The pipers are the voices of the gods awakening the young person to a sexual life, which leads to the 11 ladies dancing in an attempt to seduce the male.

 

I guess you have all kinds of folks out there with their own agenda for historical revisionism!

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