Twelve Plus One Tiger Christmas Tales: Part 14

The Twelfth Day of Christmas

Two drumsticks. That's enough!

Date: 5 January 2015

Original Gift: Twelve Drummers Drumming

South African Gift: Two drumsticks of course, for my drummer boy

Price: R180

Food: Chicken drumsticks

Saint: St. John Neumann

Scripture: Matthew 2 again (you can get a free copy of the English Standard Version Bible on Kindle)

Activity: Back to work

On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, twelve drummers drumming.

This must be my favourite of the 12 Days of Christmas (apart perhaps from Christmas Day) because of all the intrigue, traditions and literature related to it. I’ll start with the most uninteresting and work my way up though.

Twelve Plus One Tiger Christmas Tales: Part 3

The First Day of Christmas

Date: 25 December 2014

Original Gift: A Partridge in a Pear Tree.

South African Gift: My true love and I both really like Pride of India, so that’s what I got

Price: R40. Pride of India happened to be on special, but an actual young pear tree: R300

Food: Snappy Pear Salad

Saint: Jesus Christ

Scripture: Matthew 1 (you can get a free copy of the English Standard Version Bible on Kindle)

Activity: Church Service

On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me, a Partridge in a Pear Tree.

Festivities everywhere, time with family, specially selected gifts and delicious food. Unfortunately the excitement leading up to Christmas, mostly created by the retail industry, is often met by disappointed when it abruptly ends on empty pockets and overfull stomachs. For those who feel that something is amiss, it’s good to remember that this holiday which does not discriminate between sex, race, age, status, or even religion, has a little more to it, and lasts a little longer.