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90Boxing Day
Boxing Day is a holiday celebrated in England and Commonwealth countries (Canada, Australia and New Zealand). It officially falls on December 26th, the day after Christmas, or the first weekday following...
8 comments91We Three Kings of Orient Are – A Carol for Epiphany
As everyone knows, Christmas is both a religious and secular holiday and, while Christmas itself is officially celebrated on a single day - December 25th (or January 7 in churches and communities that still...
4 comments100St Nicholas and the Two Thieves
In life Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, an area in modern Turkey, had a reputation for caring for and protecting his flock. Even before he became a Bishop at a very young age, he used the wealth he had inherited...
8 comments91On the Fifth Day of Christmas
Unlike the four collie birds in the previous stanza who just had their name changed to a different, and non-existent, species of bird, the five rings in this stanza have, in singers' and illustrators' minds,...
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87On the Second Day of Christmas
Doves are a common symbol for love and peace, two Christmas themes. Turtle doves are a common species of dove found in France and England and they were often kept in cages as pets during the Middle Ages and...
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85On the Tenth Day of Christmas
The ten lords a-leaping most likely refers to leaping dancers (called morris dancers) who performed leaping dances between courses at feasts. This type of wild and strenuous dancing probably evolved from...
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83On the Fourth Day of Christmas
In the discussion dealing with the Partridge in a Pear Tree in the first stanza of the song it was pointed out that the gift of a partridge in a pear tree may have come about because of a mix-up between...
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84The Twelve Days of Christmas
The Twelve Days of Christmas is a popular carol that dates back to the Middle Ages. Being much older than other popular Christmas carols, this one appears to have evolved rather than being composed and...
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82On the Third Day of Christmas
The three French Hens probably refer to a variety of chicken from France. There are many varieties of chicken and in the period during which this carol developed there were three main varieties of chickens...
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93Christmas in a War Zone - From a World War I Soldier's Diary
The request was for a Hub dealing with Christmas in a war zone. Patty Inglish has already provided an excellent Hub on this topic with her article about the 1914 Christmas Truce during World War I. ...
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