Songs help adquire vocabulary and improve pronunciation.The Twelve Days of Christmas is a very popular carol about counting presents and it´s usually used for learning English language.
It tells the story of a series of increasingly impressive gifts given by a man to the woman he loves, one on each day, for 12 days.
Why twelve?
The 12 days the song refers to start with the day after Christmas Day.The 26th is known as "Boxing Day" in the UK, Australia and Canada, and St. Stephen´s Day in Ireland, and is a public holiday.
The 12 days end on "Twelve Night", the evening of the 5th of January. As English cultures do not celebrate "Kings Day", Twelfth Night is considered to be the very last day of celebration.
Traditionally, all Christmas decorations including the tree have to be taken down that night, or it´s bad luck!
Source: Speak up magazine
Enjoy the carol, and try to learn the basic lyrics by heart. It will be easier and more amusing:
On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me A partridge in a pear tree. 2nd Two turtle doves 3rd Three French hens 4th Four calling birds 5th Five golden rings 6th Six geese a-laying 7th Seven swans a-swimming 8th Eight maids a-milking 9th Nine ladies dancing 10th Ten lords a-leaping 11th Eleven pipers piping 12th Twelve drummers drumming |
Tasks:
1. Watch the children´s animation and the video and become a carol singer.
2. Find out:
Why is Boxing Day called "Boxing Day"?
Does the tradition still continue today?
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