Placed today after a fun day of Geocaching the day before. This is the continuation of the Krazy Kidz series started and continued by my kidz. My son and I came up with the idea of a 12 Dayz of Christmas series representing a cache for each “Day” of the famous song. We hope you enjoy the 12 Dayz of Christmas and have a GREAT holiday season!!!
“Day 12” represents the “Drummers Drumming”.
On the Twelfth Day of Christmas my True Love game to me Twelve Drummers Drumming, Eleven Pipers Piping, Ten Lords a-Leaping, nine Ladies Dancing, eight Maids a-Milking, seven Geese a-Swimming, six Geese a-Laying, FIVE Golden Rings, four Calling Birds, three French Hens, two Turtle Doves and a Partridge in a Pear Tree.
The exact origins and meaning of the song are unknown, but is highly probable that it originated from a children’s memory and forfeit game. It is possible, “The Twelve Days of Christmas” came from an English Christmas carol that enumerates in the manner of a cumulative song a series of increasingly grand gifts given on each of the twelve days of Christmas. The song, published in England in 1780 without music as a chant or rhyme, is thought to be of French origin. “The Twelve Days of Christmas” has a Roud Folk Song Index number 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, who first introduced the now familiar prolongation of the verse “five golden rings”.
***Congratulations to oldhippie73 for First To Find (FTF). Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!!***