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12/31/2006 09:02:28 PM · #51 |
I just entered and it should be real close to a brown. I prediect a 4
But at least i got one in, been so busy the past couple weeks havnt had time to enter. |
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01/01/2007 12:15:46 AM · #52 |
| ARGHHHH! I need to change my computer time to match the DPC server. I was really close, but didn't get my picture uploaded in time. High speed internet would help too.$4 of wasted props. Hopefully I'll get to use my chatty birds in the future. |
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01/01/2007 07:14:39 PM · #53 |
Originally posted by vtruan:
The history of the 12 days. So entering the real meaning would be okay with me.
The 12 Days of Christmas" - the song
When most people hear of "The 12 days of Christmas" they think of the song. According to legend this song had its origins as a teaching tool to instruct young people in the meaning and content of the Christian faith.
From 1558 to 1829 Roman Catholics in England were not able to practice their faith openly so they had to find other ways to pass on their beliefs. The song "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is one example of how they did it. "The 12 Days of Christmas" is in a sense an allegory. Each of the items in the song represents something of religious significance. The hidden meaning of each gift was designed to help young Christians learn their faith.
The song goes, "On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me..." The "true love" represents God and the "me" who receives these presents is the Christian.
The "partridge in a pear tree" was Jesus Christ who died on a tree as a gift from God. (Another version of this gift is that it represents the one true God revealed in Jesus.)
The "two turtle doves" were the Old and New Testaments - another gift from God.
The "three French hens" were faith, hope and love - the three gifts of the Spirit that abide( I Corinthians 13 ).
The "four calling birds" were the four Gospels which sing the song of salvation through Jesus Christ.
The "five golden rings" were the first five books of the Bible also called the "Books of Moses."
The "six geese a-laying" were the six days of creation.
The "seven swans a swimming" were seven gifts of the Holy Spirit (the seven sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church).
The "eight maids a milking" were the eight beatitudes.
The "nine ladies dancing" were nine fruits of the Holy Spirit.( Galatians 5:22-23 )
The "ten lords a-leaping" were the Ten Commandments.
The "eleven pipers piping" were the eleven faithful disciples.
The "twelve drummers drumming" were the twelve points of the Apostles' Creed.
So the next time you hear "The 12 Days of Christmas" consider how this otherwise non-religious sounding song had its origins in the Christian faith.
(primary source of this information was an article in the Anderson Independent-Mail newspaper Anderson, SC Jan. 21, 1996 by Dr. William Hunter)
ORIGIN OF "THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS"
Father Hal Stockert (see the link above) claims to have first reported this story back in 1982. He claims to have found a reference to it in letters written by a priest in Ireland. Other than this reference, I have not been able to find historical documentation that the modern "12 Days of Christmas" began as an underground catechism; however, there is concrete historic evidence that in medieval England and France there existed a game based on the 12 days of Christmas. It was a singing game where the first player sang a stanza. Then the second player sang the second stanza and repeated the first player's stanza and so on. Documents have been found revealing many different versions of the song.
It is possible that this common game could have been adapted by Roman Catholics in the 16th century and used as an underground catechism. At least the preexistence of the game sets up that historical possibility. |
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