In otherparts of the world a gift is issued on every day, following the songs verses. Some rather pagan cultures use the significance of the 12 days as an opportunity to cast away all evils from the ending year and welcome a fresh evil-free new year. There are theories that explain how the Catholic Church invented the 12 days of Christmas song so that it is easier for its children to properly understand religion. Various symbols used in the song have a religious signification such as the turtle doves stand for the old and new year, the true loves is a symbol for God, the “me” pronoun used over and over in the song refers to catholic baptized followers and so on.
12-09-2008