Ninth Day of Christmas
By Rachel. Filed in Holidays |Tags: Christmas, Christmas Carols, customs, Holidays
Today is the Ninth Day of Christmas. I remember as a kid January 2nd was often the day we returned to school after Christmas break. At least if it was at the beginning of the week–maybe not on a Friday–I can’t remember that exactly. Did any kids go back to school today?
I never liked January 2nd for this reason. But I don’t have to go back to work until Jan 4, Sunday. (Our workweek is Sunday to Thursday.) And I still feel like celebrating, so I’m going to continue this “Days of Christmas” theme until the end (Jan 6).
So here goes the latest installment:
On the Ninth Day of Christmas my true love gave to me
Nine drummers drumming
(Eight maids a-milking
Seven swans a-swimming
Six geese a-laying
Five golden rings**
Four calling birds*
Three French hens
Two turtledoves
And a partridge in a pear tree.)
* Note: Wikipedia says “calling birds” is a corruption of “colly birds” which are black birds.
** Wikipedia also assures me that golden rings does not refer to “jewelry but to ring-necked birds such as the ring-necked pheasant.”