Tuesday December 4th:
The 12 Days of Christmas
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 song is a parable of the fundamental tenets of the Christian Faith, written to be sung and remind one of the true blessings of Christmas:
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