[Salvation]

For your information and discussion.

The first day of Christmas was yesterday when God gave us the "Partidge in a Pear Tree" -- Jesus Christ.

[Salvation]

The "true love" mentioned in the song doesn't refer to an earthly suitor, it refers to God Himself.

[freebilly]

Debunked at Snopes:

http://www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/12days.asp

[BibChr]

Nice story, but evidently not true.

http://answers.org/issues/twelvedb.html

Dan

[Publius6961]

It has come to our attention that this tale is made up of both fact and fiction. Hopefully it will be accepted in the spirit it was written.

Without honesty, nothing else matters..

I despise fictional cutsie tearjerker stories too.

[solitas]

Um, since pretty much all of those twelve points are coincident with the teachings of Christian Orthodoxy then WHY would English catholics make a "spy song" out of them (as a memory aid with supposedly hidden equivalencies) when they were perfectly able to find them taught in ALL the churches in England anyway?

The song has nothing Marian in it (excessive reverence to Mary is counter to Protestant teaching) nor anything Petrine (or any papal reference: another sticking-point between catholicism and Protestantism) so, why bother with a 'hidden meaning'-type of song enumerating non-controversial points of doctrine?

Nice story, cute; but it's still just a SONG.

[xzins]

During the recently passed secular celebration of Christmas, I heard an advertisement on radio for some business.

The lyrics went: on the first day "of the SEASON" my true love gave to me.....insert gift item.

"Of the SEASON" was so offensive because of the replacement of the word Christmas. "Honestly, though," the thought came to me, "What in the world do they mean by 12 days?!"

It is clear they were parroting something they knew nothing about....as they attempted to avoid the word "Christmas" they highlighted the season.

[DManA]

Obviously not Catholic. None of the images are Mary.