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- From: michael@albert.bu.edu (Michael Chaplin)
- Newsgroups: alt.pagan
- Subject: Re: pagan origin of Christmas customs?
- Message-ID: <MICHAEL.92Dec23230054@albert.bu.edu>
- Date: 24 Dec 92 04:00:54 GMT
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- In-reply-to: idfraser@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca's message of 23 Dec 92 06:04:16 GMT
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- idfraser@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Ian Fraser) writes:
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- =michael@marcel.bu.edu writes:
-
- =- Actually the song "The 12 days of Christmas" has to do
- =- with the span of days from Chistmas to the Epiphany, i.e., from
- =- the birth to the arrival of the Magi. The *span* of twelve days,
- =- though, could certainly have been adopted from the ancient Yule
-
- =I was under the impression that the reason that "Five Golden Rings" was always
- =sung so differently was because the fifth day of Yule was Christmas. The
- =Epiphany explanation was grafted on later.
-
- =Bright Blessings to you and yours!
- =Hawk
- =Circle of Ashtoreth,
- =Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
-
- It's an interesting possibility, but I'd wonder first if
- were somehow essential to the song's structure.
-
- Chaplin, who prefers: "FIIIIVE GOLLLLLDENNNNN TOUUUUUUUUKS!!!!!"
- <"and a Beer... in a tree.">
-
- Enjoy the noise, enjoy the quiet. Enjoy the Holidays, folks.
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