Twelve Days of Christmas: A Celebration and History
- ISBN-10
- 0788167030
- ISBN-13
- 9780788167034
- Series
- Twelve Days of Christmas
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999-09
- Author
- Leigh Grant
Description
Few Christmas songs are as well known, well loved, or more often sung than The 12 Days of Christmas. We know all the verses, but we don't know the origins of meanings of these 12 seemingly simple rhymes. Grant has traced the history of the Christmas celebrations evoked in the song all the way back to their ancient and medieval roots. Accompanying her charming full-color paintings are brief riddle-rhymes that hint at the other meanings of the verses and the scenes depicted. Following are delightful texts that explain the old traditions of year-end celebrations, some of them dating back to Greek and Roman times.
