What can you tell me about these
12 Days Of Christmas?
Which day is the first, and which the last?
And why?
2006-12-23 09:27:24 · 12 answers · asked by *woody* 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
It starts the day fter Halloween and ends on Xmas Eve at midnight when the stores close and there is no possibility of going out to buy a partridge in a pear tree, two turle doves, 3 french hens, 4 calling birds, 5 gold rings, 6 geese a laying, 7 swans a swimming, 8 maids a milking, 9 drummers drumming, 10 pipers piping, 11 ladies dancing, 12 lords a leaping one PS3 and a Wii.
2006-12-23 09:55:48 · answer #1 · answered by Gone fishin' 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
25th was the first and the 5th of January was that last day. Hence all the Christmas decorations have to be down by the 6th January. The first day of Christmas has to be the 25th because it is Christmas Day. The 5th January is the 12th day. Not sure what else you want.
2006-12-23 09:33:49 · answer #2 · answered by patsy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
from Wikipedia :
"These are the twelve days beginning on night of the 25th of December and ending on January 5th, the eve of the Feast of the Epiphany. In the Middle Ages this period was one of continuous feasting and merrymaking, which climaxed on Twelfth Night, the traditional end of the Christmas season."
2006-12-23 09:33:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Twelfth night is 6 January.
It's the 12 days between Christmas and 12th night which celebrates Epiphany when the 3 wise men brought gifts for Jesus (allegedly)
2006-12-23 09:30:33 · answer #4 · answered by SteveT 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First: u are excited(u are buying gifts, meeting family, looking forward to meet new love, new friends, new year etc); in the very end u are tied and realise that the New Year isn't different from the year before, u have to go back to work, school etc. The most important in the end is hope (maybe) for the all the best. Are you writing a n article or??
2006-12-23 09:43:51 · answer #5 · answered by sonya10 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the Middle Ages this period of time was one of continuous eating and happiness, which climaxed on Twelfth Night, which was the end of the Christmas season.
2006-12-23 10:19:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
12 days of xmas mean nothing to me,my home was burgalled while we were sleeping on the 13th december,2 yrs ago,this year,on the 13th december, my mum found out she'd got breast cancer.unlucky 13 or unlucky 12days before christmas? i dont know but i'll dread that day for the rest of my life.
2006-12-23 11:54:33 · answer #7 · answered by stokies 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Simple rule of Thumb, decorations go up on 24th of December and come down on the 6th of January, or bad luck will ensue
2006-12-23 10:19:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, 2 days, christmas eve and christmas! Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!
2006-12-23 10:06:51 · answer #9 · answered by FP 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It starts in july with the shops and ends in the january sales!
2006-12-23 09:37:01 · answer #10 · answered by AZRAEL è 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋