Twelve Days of Christmas interesting Recipe

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• There is one Christmas Carol that has always baffled me. shopping list
• What in the world do leaping lords, French hens, shopping list
• swimming swans, and especially the partridge who won't come out shopping list
• of the pear tree have to do with Christmas? Today, I found out. shopping list
• From 1558 until 1829, Roman Catholics in England were shopping list
• not permitted to practice their faith openly. Someone shopping list
• during that era wrote this carol as a catechism song for young Catholics. shopping list
• 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. shopping list
• -The partridge in a pear tree was Jesus Christ. shopping list
• -Two turtle doves were the Old and New Testaments. shopping list
• -Three French hens stood for faith, hope and love. shopping list
• -The four calling birds were the four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke & John. shopping list
• -The five golden rings recalled the Torah or Law, the first five books of the Old Testament. shopping list
• -The six geese a-laying stood for the six days of creation. shopping list
• -Seven swans a-swimming represented the sevenfold gifts of the Holy Spirit--Prophesy, Serving, Teaching, shopping list
• Exhortation, Contribution, Leadership, and Mercy. shopping list
• -The eight maids a-milking were the eight beatitudes. shopping list
• -Nine ladies dancing were the nine fruits of the Holy Spirit--Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, shopping list
• Faithfulness, Gentleness, and Self Control. shopping list
• -The ten lords a-leaping were the ten commandments. shopping list
• -The eleven pipers piping stood for the eleven faithful disciples. shopping list
• -The twelve drummers drumming symbolized the twelve points of belief in the Apostles' Creed. shopping list
• So there is your history for today. This knowledge was shared with me and I found it interesting and enlightening and now I know how that strange song became a Christmas Carol shopping list