Twelve Days of Christmas
The Twelve Days of Christmas are (depending on differing authorities and sources) either the days from December 26 to January 6, (January 6 being the Epiphany), or the days from Christmas through the eve January 5 of Epiphany. Arguing in favor of the latter is that it coincides more closely with the liturgical Christmas season. However, no less an authority than the 19th century folklorist Sir James George Frazer, favors the December 26 - January 6 interpretation: The last of the mystic twelve days is Epiphany or Twelfth Night ... (The Golden Bough, 1922)
External links
- Complete lyrics
- An example of the symbolic interpretation and the related story at The Christian Resource Intstitute
- An examination of the secret meaning story at Snopes.com
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| ► | Symbolic interpretation |
| ► | Variations |
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