Twelve Days Of Christmas – On The Third Day
Posted on Thursday, December 27th, 2012
Welcome to my Twelve Days of Christmas Giveaway!
I’m having a little fun tying a bit of my old catechism and Christmas into an introduction and a chance to win the fun book I am so happy to be a part of:
Tangerine Tango.
In this book, twelve women writers have gathered together to share stories of life, love, loss, pain, pleasure… so many moments and memories.
And, I thought, what better way to share stories from these twelve writers than with a story about another twelve stories.
“The Twelve Days of Christmas” starts liturgically on Christmas Day and ends on the Feast of the Epiphany. Symbolism has always been used, in every religion, to explain doctrine. I’m not a theologian or a Bible scholar… far from it. I just find this interesting and meaningful. Click on this link for a quick explanation of “The Twelve Days of Christmas” as a catechism lesson. According to the source, Catholic.net, the Third Day teaches:
- “Three French hens” are the Father, Son, Holy Spirit, or three gifts of the Wise Men.
As a Catholic who learned her catechism, this is all very helpful. But, it’s also a good excuse to procrastinate in my family. We rarely get all our gifts together before Christmas. Instead, we use the church’s liturgical season, the Twelve Days of Christmas, to stretch out our shopping and to drag out the season. It works for us!
So, here’s how I would like to stretch out this Christmas season. I am going to share an excerpt from the book Tangerine Tango every day for the next twelve days – The Twelve Days of Christmas. In each excerpt, I hope you’ll find something to intrigue you to want to learn more.
Oh, did I mention a chance to win?
After you read the excerpt from Tangerine Tango, be sure to comment with your thoughts. At the end of the Twelve Days, I’ll throw all the names in a hat and draw a name to win a printed copy of Tangerine Tango. Your name will be entered each time you comment, so comment often! Now, enjoy this short excerpt…
Santa in a Hurry: Christmas 1960
By
Patti Winker
WE AWOKE AND RUSHED to the stockings and the tree, only to be stopped by the sight of Dad digging around in the hallway closet. Dad was a big man and this was a small closet, so the sight alone made us laugh.
There was Dad, pulling presents out of the closet saying “Santa must have been in a hurry because he left all the presents in the closet. Here’s one for Mary Lee, and one for Annabelle, and this one is for Barbara Jean.” And so on.
We were puzzled. What had happened? Santa had never been too busy to leave the presents under the tree. And, where was Mom?
(This excerpt is from yours truly. You can read more of my stuff right here at RemarkableWrinklies.com and keep in touch on Facebook, too.)
To keep reading, please click on and order your own copy of Tangerine Tango – available both as a cute paperback or as a download. (Proceeds after expenses are donated to aid research for the cure for Huntington disease.)
And don’t forget to leave a comment below for a chance to win your very own printed copy of Tangerine Tango!
I’ll be back tomorrow with the next day’s excerpt. Until then, enjoy the Season!
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I like the way you tie the stories together… It’s been a long time since I thought about the Christian stories (vs the song) and this was very interesting! Nice work!
Thank you, Dawn. I’m glad you enjoyed the tie-in to the song. It is fun, isn’t it. Thanks again. I sure appreciate the time you took to read and comment.
Twelve Days of teasers may kill me! It will be hard to wait and see if I win the book, but I enjoyed the catechism of the song.
Thank you so much, Melinda. Sorry for the killer teaser…. 😉
Feel free to comment every day if you like. Just write your thoughts about the excerpts or share your own experiences. Whatever you like. It’s all about sharing the stories of our life, so please join in! Thanks again!