The Twelve Days of Christmas and a joke

Still on a Christmas theme . . .

This is my 6th Christmas online, and for everyone of those years, one old chestnut has made the rounds. It’s that email claiming that the song, the 12 days of Christmas was originally written by Catholics forced to hide their religion after the Anglicanisation of England. The story goes, Catholics, now forced to worship in private, came up with this ditty to help children learn important tenets of faith. Interesting little tale isn’t it? And that’s all it is, a tale. It’s completely untrue. So this year, do me a favour, don’t pass this on to me, if it happens to come your way, do us all a favour, and pass the following link on to the sender.

http://www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/12days.asp

And now for a joke. I was going to tell you the one about why Father Christmas doesn’t have any children, but in case any small children happen by this blog, I’ll stick with something suitable for a general audience. If you want to read that one you’ll have to email me and ask. OK here goes:

What do you call Father Christmas when he is wearing ear muffs?

Anything you like, he can’t hear you.

Oh yes, it’s an old un but a good un. OK it’s not that good but it made me laugh