Tenth Day of Christmas

[ursulav]

On the tenth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…

…ten tufted titmice!

Comments

[green_knight]

I cannot be the only reader who is sorry that it's only twelve days of Christmas.

But wait! The twelve days of Christmas begin *after* Christmas. Do we get another set?

[krin_o_o_]

"The Hangover After Xmas" series?

[talyxsaunt]

[Pedantry alert: Actually the first day of Christmas is Christmas. Twelfth Night is January 5th. Then we're into Epiphany on January 6th.]

[green_knight]

counterpedant: 'Christmas' isn't a day.

(If I had to pick one, it would be the 24th anyway.)

[dornbeast]

Silly pedantry:

Nobody knows what the mass of Christ was anyhow - nobody ever weighed him.

[bellinghman]

You're right. And you're wrong.

You're right that Christmas day is the first day of Christmas, but you make the assumption that Christmas day is always the 25th of December. But the Orthodox celebrate it on the 7th of January. And as for the UnOrthodox ... well, Ursula has always been unorthodox.

[talyxsaunt]

Oops. My bad.

You are, of course, correct.

[talyxsaunt]

Well, actually, it turns out I'm right. Orthodox churches also celebrate Christmas on Dec. 25th, but they're using the Julian Calendar, not the Gregorian one.