This song refers to a real 12-day celebration and may have a hidden code. However, the actual "twelve days of Christmas" refer to a period of time starting on Christmas Day and ending on January 5.

Sunday, Dec. 27, is the feast of the Holy Family. Friday, Jan. 1, is the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, a holy day of obligation. Sunday, Jan. 3, is the Solemnity of the Epiphany in the United ...

Few Christmas songs can be as taxing as “Twelve Days of Christmas.” If caroling is not your thing, by the time you start singing about five golden rings you’re likely begging for the song to be over.

Love it or hate it, “The 12 Days of Christmas” is a staple tune of, well, Christmas. Singing it over and over again, or perhaps yucking it up to a popular parody, is one of many favorite Christmas ...

“The Twelve Days of Christmas,” that begin on Christmas Day, offer us two distinctive stories: one religious and one very musical. Most often through the holiday season we hear the song “The Twelve ...

In almost every medium and in many eras and places, creative individuals have taken up the story of the Nativity and the infant Jesus as well as the holiday and the spirit it evokes. From the archives ...