Hvad er sangen 12 days of christmas?
The Twelve Days of Christmas (song)
De tolv dage i sangen er de tolv dage fra juledag, eller i nogle traditioner, dagen efter jul (26. december) (Boxing Day eller St. Stephen's Day, som er den hellige Stefans protomartyrs festdag), til dagen før Epiphany, eller Epiphany-festen (6. januar, eller den tolvte dag). Twelfth Night defineres af Oxford English Dictionary som "aftenen den 5. januar, der går forud for Twelfth Day, tærsklen til Epiphany, som tidligere var den sidste dag i julefrokosten og blev holdt som en tid for glædesfest".
The Twelve Days of Christmas (song)
The twelve days in the song are the twelve days starting with Christmas Day, or in some traditions, the day after Christmas (December 26) (Boxing Day or St. Stephen's Day, as being the feast day of St. Stephen Protomartyr), to the day before Epiphany, or the Feast of the Epiphany (January 6, or the Twelfth Day). Twelfth Night is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as "the evening of the fifth of January, preceding Twelfth Day, the eve of the Epiphany, formerly the last day of the Christmas festivities and observed as a time of merrymaking."
The Twelve Days of Christmas (song)