BETWEEN Christmas Day and Epiphany on Jan. 6 compose the well-known "Twelve Days of Christmas." As Christians believe, these dozen days refer to the days said to have taken the three kings to find ...
Most people are familiar with the "12 Days of Christmas" song but may not know the song is rooted in religion. The weeks leading up to Christmas is a period called Advent, when Christians ...
The English carol "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is a cumulative song, in which each verse builds upon the last, detailing the increasingly elaborate gifts that a "true love" has given to the singer.