A slightly more challenging question might be for you to name all the people, animals and objects found in that Christmas chestnut, 'The 12 Days of Christmas.' Go ahead, no cellphones.
'The 12 Days of Christmas' is almost like '100 Bottles of Beer in the Wall.' But instead of counting down, you count up, and with far more variety that just bottles of beer.
I'm not a Catholic, but I sure was surrounded by them growing up. No one ever postulated the carol was a code for persecuted Catholics in England. Every Christmas season I would hear that song, and still do, and still no one has ever casually tried to show off some historical religious knowledge and tell the assembled it was a code. Huh? I've obviously been hanging out with lapsed Catholics and other forms of heathens.
Through the social media of the Internet and Twitter and being linked with an Australian news reporter, I now have a link to someone's explanation of what the number in the count-up refers to.
Just like Don McLean's epic ode to rock and roll, 'American Pie' has symbolic references to Bob Dylan, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Elvis Presley and of course Buddy Holly, 'The 12 Days of Christmas' has meaning in every stanza.
The link provided should take you to ABC, the Australian Broadcasting Company's story where @justjenking now works, a public station much like our PBS/NPR stations, and their background explanation and the meaning of the "code" within the count-up.
So, just knowing how the 'The 12 Days of Christmas' goes is now no longer enough to win that round of drinks you bet. Really show off and tell them what the code is. Because we all know there's no sense keeping this knowledge in your head unless you're going to win around of drinks with it.
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