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This is the Conversation Forum for The Twelve Days of Christmas << The receiving VP intercepted correspondence... >> Subject: "12Days" NOT religious in origin Posted Nov 26, 1999 by Zach Garland   Posting 1 "The differences that divided the Roman Catholic Church and the Protestant Anglican Church were largely ones of emphasis and form, not differences of belief in the scripture." - www.snopes.com It's explained at http://snopes.com/holidays/xmas/12days.htm that this is one of many urban legends or hoaxes spread over the Internet. It's simply not true that 12 Days was a "secret code" song used to worship Christianity. Why would Anglicans keep Catholics from studying the Bible and learning about Jesus, or vice versa? They're both on the same side. They're just different denominations. Furthermore such interpretations of the numerological significance of the song is vague and unimpressive. I could do the same thing with any general subject matter. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: "12Days" NOT religious in origin Posted Nov 26, 1999 by Zach Garland This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 2 Okay I misspoke. The above is true, in that it wasn't secretive. But of course it's a Christmas song. It's about a religious time. I meant to say it's not some subversive remnant of the past due to discrimination and chastisement of one group of Christians by another. It's just about the twelve days of Christmas. Subject: "12Days" NOT religious in origin Posted Nov 27, 1999 by Cheerful Dragon This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 3 As I said in the other conversation on 'origin', most Christmas carols, unless specifically written for the Christian church, had their origin as folk songs. These songs were, in some cases, Christianised. It may be that 'Twelve Days of Christmas' escaped this form of religious Bowdlerisation. As to what it means, 'Who cares?' Conversation list Most of the content on h2g2 is created by h2g2's Researchers, who are members of the public. The views expressed are theirs and unless specifically stated are not those of the BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of any external sites referenced. In the event that you consider anything on this page to be in breach of the site's House Rules, please click on the relevant button to alert our Moderation Team. Conversation list

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