All things relating to Christmas

The "Twelve days of Christmas"...when do they start? I always thought it was the days before Christmas, but I was wrong. Probably most of you already know this and Wiki says

""The Twelve Days of Christmas" is an English Christmas carol that enumerates in the manner of a cumulative song a series of increasingly numerous gifts given on each of the twelve days of Christmas (the twelve days that make up the Christmas season, starting with Christmas Day).[1][2] The song, published in England in 1780 without music as a chant or rhyme, is thought to be French in origin.[3] "The Twelve Days of Christmas" has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 68. The tunes of collected versions vary. The standard tune now associated with it is derived from a 1909 arrangement of a traditional folk melody by English composer Frederic Austin."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelve_Days_of_Christmas_(song)

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Let the door be open wide
And no blind be down at all,
For maybe she'd be walking
With the child within her shawl;
And how could we be bearing
The weight of shame and sin,
If she'd pass upon the roadway
With no light to guide her in?

Let the chair be readied now,
And the fire kept burning bright;
For sorely she'll be needing
The rest and warmth this night.
The rushes too be spreading
Upon the earthen floor,
To make it sweet and wholesome
Her blessed feet before.

Full oft I've heard the story
How once this night were known
To rest within a shieling
Three strangers meek and lone;
But dawn did yield no tidings
Of man, or maid, or child:
T'was Joseph's self was in it,
And Christ, and Mary mild.

So set the candles burning
Upon each window high,
And leave the door wide open
To guide their footsteps nigh:
Right warmly they'll be welcome
To share our hearth-fire bright-
For Mary's sake in heaven-
Who walk the wilds this night.
 
I love this thread. You guys are all funny, informative, enlightening and endearing.

Speaking of clothing, last year on Christmas morning, my wonderful sister wrapped herself up in Saran wrap with a big red bow on her crotch and planted herself under their Christmas tree amid the presents.

Needless to say, her husband thought that was the greatest thing ever. They will be married 60 years next July 4 and both of them are in their 80s.

No wonder they've been married so long.
 
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