Twelfth Day of Christmas

Today marks the twelfth and final day of Christmas. Tomorrow begins the Season of Epiphany which continues six weeks until Ash Wednesday (February 22) and the start of Lent.

In celebration of Twelfth Night, join in the singing of this well-loved song (with Tennessee Ernie Ford):

On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me
Twelve Lords a-leaping
Eleven Ladies dancing
Ten Drummers drumming
Nine Pipers Piping
Eight maids a-milking
Seven swans a-swimming
Six geese a-laying
Five golden (sometimes gold) rings
Four calling birds
Three french hens
Two turtle doves
And a partridge in a pear tree