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		Christmas cards which begin to arrive at this time can be used as effective and colorful decorations, symbols of the love that binds us to relatives and friends in a special way at this time of year.
		CHRISTMAS EVE PRAYERS "While all things were in quiet silence, and the night was in the midst of her course, Your almighty Word, O Lord, came down from heaven from Your Royal Throne" (Introit for Sunday within the Octave of Christmas).
		CHRISTMAS DAY "This Day Christ Is Born" This day Christ is born: This day the savior hath appeared: This day Angels are singing on earth, Archangels are rejoicing: This day the just are glad and say, Glory to God in high heaven, Alleluia.
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	Urban Legends Reference Pages: The Twelve Days of Christmas
		In these alternate versions the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is said to have been developed by Christians who could not openly practice their faith because they lived in societies where Christianity was forbidden.
		There is no substantive evidence to demonstrate that the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas" was created or used as a secret means of preserving tenets of the Catholic faith, or that this claim is anything but a fanciful modern day speculation, similar to the many apocryphal "hidden meanings" of various nursery rhymes.
		If "The Twelve Days of Christmas" were really a song Catholics used "as memory aids to preserve the tenets of their faith" because "to be caught with anything in writing indicating adherence to the Catholic faith could get you imprisoned," how was the essence of Catholicism passed from one generation to the next?
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	The Twelve Days of Christmas
		The Twelve Days of Christmas is probably the most misunderstood part of the church year among Christians who are not part of liturgical church traditions.
		Contrary to much popular belief, these are not the twelve days before Christmas, but in most of the Western Church are the twelve days from Christmas until the beginning of Epiphany (January 6th; the 12 days count from December 25th until January 5th).
		The origin of the Twelve Days is complicated, and is related to differences in calendars, church traditions, and ways to observe this holy day in various cultures (see Christmas).
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	Christmas
		These "Twelve Days of Christmas" are in turn part of a longer liturgical cycle that begins with Advent, continues after Christmas with Epiphany and the Sundays that follow, and ends with Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent.
		Christmas is the church's celebration of the Incarnation, the supreme mystery that the holy and almighty God took on human flesh and was born in this world of the Virgin Mary.
		This is also why Christmas extends for a period of twelve days and leads directly into the breathtaking festival of the Epiphany, the day and season the church sets aside to ponder the many ways Christ revealed Himself to the world as God Incarnate.
	www.stpaulskingsville.org /christmas.htm (1271 words)

	The 12 Days of Christmas
		Sometimes Christmas is reckoned as one of the Twelve Days, sometimes not.
		In the former case, of course, the Epiphany is the thirteenth day.
		In Greece children born at Christmas are thought likely to have this objectionable characteristic as a punishment for their mothers' sin in bearing them at a time sacred to the Mother of God.
	www.abcog.org /12days.htm (3247 words)

	Christmas Eternal - 12 Days of Christmas
		The world celebrates Christmas for twelve hours, but the Church celebrates it for twelve days because the gift of Christ is with us for twelve months of the year.
		Other than this reference, I have not been able to find historical documentation that the modern "12 Days of Christmas" began as an underground catechism; however, there is concrete historic evidence that in medieval England and France there existed a game based on the 12 days of Christmas.
		The practice of churches having Chrismon Trees is known to have begun with the Lutheran Church of the Ascension in Danville, Virginia.
	www.geocities.com /alexstevenson.geo/christmas/12days.htm (1214 words)

	The Twelve Days of Christmas (12 Days of Christmas) lyrics
		Religious symbolism of The Twelve Days of Christmas (The 12 Days of Christmas)
		The Twelve Days of Christmas (The 12 Days of Christmas) start with Christmas Day and finish with the eve of Epiphany on 5th January.
		The Twelve Days of Christmas dates back to English origins in the sixteenth century although the music is reputed to be French.
	www.carols.org.uk /the_twelve_days_of_christmas.htm (273 words)

	Twelve Days of Christmas
		TWELVE DRUMMERS DRUMMING: The Apostles' Creed is one of the earliest confessions of faith that summarize the basic teachings of Apostolic faith.
		January 6 is the day of Epiphany, the celebration of the coming of the Wise Men to worship Jesus.
		Note2: It has been brought to my attention (Christmas 2004) that there is sme question as to whether this account is correct, as to just what the origin of this interpretation actually was and whether it is actually that old.
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	WCJB - TV20 News - Your Home Team - Gainesville - Lake City - Ocala (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		For most of us, the "Twelve Days of Christmas," is simply a song that children sing during the holidays.
		The twelve days of Christmas actually refer to the 12 days after Christmas starting with December 25th, and ending today.
		The last of the twelve days is celebrated January fifth, with the sixth day of January being the Epiphany, or the day the three Wise Men arrived in Bethlehem with gifts for baby Jesus.
	www.wcjb.com /news.asp?id=13636 (212 words)

	Twelve Days of Christmas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Christmas Day, December 25, is therefore not one of the twelve days of Christmas.
		These twelve days of Christmas may have some historical relation to the twelve days of the ancient Babylonian festival of Zagmuk.
		These are the twelve days beginning on night of Christmas (December 25) and ending on the day of 6 January as Epiphany begins on (January 6).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Twelve_Days_of_Christmas (2811 words)

	Grantian Florilegium: The Twelve Days of Christmas
		Dedicated to mercy and compassion--in light of the incarnation of Heaven’s own mercy and compassion--each of those twelve days between Christmas and Epiphany is to be noted by selfless giving and tender charity.
		The eleven pipers piping are supposed to be the eleven faithful apostles and the twelve drummers drumming are either the tribes of Israel, the elders of Revelation, or the points of doctrine in the Apostle's Creed.
		The fourth day's gift, for instance, is four "colly birds," not four "calling birds" (the word "colly" literally means "fl as coal," and thus "colly birds" would be flbirds).
	www.kingsmeadow.com /2005/12/twelve-days-of-christmas.html (663 words)

	THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
		Therefore, Christmas begins at sundown on December 24th, which we very appropriately call "Christmas Eve." The Christmas Season, which begins with Christmas Eve, ends on the eve of Epiphany, which is sundown on January 5th.
		Therefore, Christmas lasts twelve days, and the period from sundown on December 24th to sundown on January 5th is called the "Twelve Days of Christmas."
		"The Twelve Days of Christmas" was written in England as one of the "catechism songs" to help young Catholics learn the tenets of their faith during that period, when to be caught with anything in "writing" indicating adherence to the Catholic faith could not only get you imprisoned but could also get you hanged.
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	The Twelve Days of Christmas Game
		Christmas should be a time of fun, intimacy and enjoyment for all.
		Twelve are to be in her size and twelve identical garments in his size.
		On Christmas Day (December 25th) when the male dresses he will wear one of the female garments he purchased under his normal male clothing.
	www.petticoated.com /christmasgame.htm (2025 words)

	Leadership Program in Discrete Mathematics
		This project is designed to be used as a warmup activity during the 12 days preceding Christmas.
		On the first day give the students a copy of the student worksheet.
		Chris Ruda LP'97: I presented the Twelve Days with a concentration on the pattern (n^2+n)/2......and Pascal's triangle.
	dimacs.rutgers.edu /~judyann/LP/lessons/12.days.html (564 words)

	PC(USA) - Ideas! For Church Leaders - The Twelve Days of Christmas?
		A few years ago, one comic strip counted down the twelve days of Christmas during the twelve days leading up to December 25.
		This series of comic strips pointed too accurately to our normal approach to Christmas: we begin the celebration long before December 25, so that by Christmas afternoon, we are ready to pack it all up and move on to New Year’s Day.
		If, however, we have made room for a fuller celebration of Advent during the weeks leading up to Christmas, we will have a better chance of celebrating the coming of Christ during the entire twelve days from December 25 to January 6, our season of Christmas.
	www.pcusa.org /ideas/2003-04winter/twelvedays.htm (669 words)

	The Twelve Days of Christmas is a catechism song-Fiction!
		The Twelve Days of Christmas is a catechism song-Fiction!
		This email says that the popular Christmas song "The 12 Days of Christmas" was actually written as a memory device for Christians to remember and recite doctrine.
		None of the doctrines said to be represented in the Twelve Days of Christmas, however, was different from the beliefs of Anglicans or even Presbyterians.
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	When are the Twelve Days of Christmas?
		Many people think that the twelve days of Christmas come before Christmas Day and lead up to it, but that is not the case.
		Therefore, Christmas begins at sundown on 24 December, which we very appropriately call ‘Christmas Eve.’ The Christmas Season, which begins with Christmas Eve, ends on the eve of Epiphany, which is sundown on 5 January.
		Therefore, Christmas lasts twelve days, and the period from sundown on 24 December to sundown on 5 January is called the Twelve Days of Christmas.
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	The Twelve Days Of Christmas
		According to this view the twelve days are actually coded references to twelve Christian doctrines.
		However, the truth of the origin of "The Twelve Days" has been questioned and may be an example (like the candy cane) of a Christian urban legend.
		The fourth day's gift is actually four "colly birds," not four "calling birds." (The word "colly" literally means "fl as coal," and thus "colly birds" would be flbirds.) The "five golden rings" refers not to five pieces of jewelry, but to five ring-necked birds (such as pheasants).
	www.new-life.net /chrtms18.htm (748 words)

	The Twelve Days of Christmas: Devotional Links
		You are invited the share the Advent and Christmas thoughts of several NazNet participants of that group.
		The twelve days of Christmas are not the twelve days before Christmas, but are instead the twelve days from Christmas until the beginning of Epiphany (January 6th; the 12 days count from December 25 until January 5), which is when the three Wise Men or Magi arrived on the scene.
		Some have suggested that the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is actually a song of instruction with hidden meanings to the basic teachings of the Faith.
	www.cresourcei.org /12days.html (1283 words)

	The Twelve Days of Christmas: Music meets math in a popular Christmas song
		By the twelfth day, the narrator is an undeniable pack rat - and maybe in violation of local zoning - after receiving 12 drummers drumming, and new copies of all the previous day's gifts.
		According to the Christmas stocking theorem, you can find the sum of those numbers by putting your finger on the last number of the twelve-78-then going to the next number in the column - 91 - and then sliding over to the next column.
		As you may have noticed, there is actually a connection to Christmas stockings: When highlighted, the string of numbers down the column resembles the shank of a Christmas stocking hanging from the tree, while the sum appears in the toe!
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	The 12 Days of Christmas
		The Twelve Days of Christmas are not the twelve days before Christmas as many people believe.
		The Christmas song “The Twelve Days of Christmas” seems to be a silly repetitious rhyming song telling of an unusual list of gifts a suitor sends to his true love during the Christmas season.
		Thus the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas” was created as a memory aid for children so that parents could teach them important elements of their faith by hiding their true meanings within the silly symbols used in the song.
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	Twelve Days of Christmas
		People often think of The Twelve Days of Christmas as the days preceding the festival.
		Actually, Christmas is a season of the Christian Year that last for twelve days beginning sundown December 24th and lasting until sundown January 5th--the Day of Epiphany when the church celebrates the revelation of Christ as the light of the world and recalls the journey of the Magi.
		Twelve drummers drumming symbolize the 12 points of belief in
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	CVC 12 Days of Christmas Page
		The twelve days of Christmas are the twelve days between Christmas and Epiphany (January 6th), which is when the three wise men supposedly arrived on the scene.
		The tradition of giving a gift on each of the twelve days is pretty much gone, at least as practiced in the USA.
		She was found beating her head against the wall to the beat of the twelve drums.
	www.cvc.org /christmas/12days.htm (1455 words)

	The Twelve Days of Christmas, a second look (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The story goes that when Catholicism was outlawed in England (during the 16th through the early 18th centuries), Catholics were not allowed to teach their children at home or in Catholic schools, but had to submit to Church of England instruction.
		I concluded that the 12 Days of Christmas was not a secret catechism, but can be used as a summary of faith, giving a contemporary meaning to the days as we did in our original article.
		In addition, the story also reminds us of how songs were often used to convey articles or truths of the faith in societies that learned more from the spoken (or sung) word than the written.
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	Amazon.com: The Twelve Days of Christmas: Books: Anne Geddes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		This updated edition of The Twelve Days of Christmas continues the tradition with its extraordinary images and refreshing design.
		The Twelve Days of Christmas by Jan Brett
		The book goes through the 12 days of Christmas-each page tells what day and what the true love gave and a picture-for example-on the fifth day the true love gave 5 gold rings--there are babies each laying on a big yellow cloth ring.
	www.amazon.com /Twelve-Days-Christmas-Anne-Geddes/dp/0768320046 (1209 words)

	Catholic Culture : Christmas : Workshop : Christmas - The 12 Days of Christmas
		The Twelve Days of Christmas are the days from Christmas until the beginning of Epiphany (January 8th; the 12 days count from December 25th until January 8th).
		We have 16 days on the tree because the Christmas season extends until the feast of the Baptism of Christ and we have decided to include them all.
		In some cultures Epiphany is observed as Three Kings Day, or simply the Day of the Kings.
	catholicculture.org /lit/overviews/seasons/christmas/Christmas_days.cfm (195 words)

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