Two Turtle Doves
Well, yesterday was the Partridge in the Pair Tree, so… I missed it.
Do the Twelve days of Christmas start on the 14th? I did count back, but now I’m confused. Is it a religious thing? Shows you how much I know about religion. I asked my mom (because she is very religious, but she said she didn’t know.
Edit: now that I have Wikipedia‘ed it, I was wrong (such a shock, I know!):
The Twelve Days of Christmas and the associated evenings of those twelve days (Twelve-tide), are the festive days from the evening after Christmas Day (December 25) through Epiphany on (January 6). December 26 (St. Stephen’s Day) is the first day of Christmas,… and so on until January 6…. Christmas Day, December 25, is therefore not one of the twelve days of Christmas.
My fist question is, why is Christmas not day 1?
Anyway, if you are wondering why I care, it’s because I came home from school yesterday, and I had to spend 6 hours on 3 buses, and in the midst of all of that, I got really bored (another shock, I know).
In order to pass the time, I tried to remember all of the words to the song “Twelve Days of Christmas.” … continue reading: Two Turtle Doves