Winners: TedDeBear & Droppin’; Dish & the Driver
With two weeks to go in the fall team competition, the Driver got lucky and drew Dish as his partner. The Dish is a former champ and always a solid player. She carried Driver all night, straight to a first place tie with Ted & Droppin’.
Next week, the last game of the fall championship season will decide the winner. It could not be any closer. Driver started the night trailing Pluto by 2 points and finished tied with him. With an undisclosed “really big prize” at stake, vegas oddsmakers have made Driver the heavy favorite. There is no way he doesn’t scheme some way to win the FREE prize!
Pluto, on the other hand, seemed to fold under the pressure. On two separate questions he ignored his partner Rosebud’s advice and picked the wrong answer. Had he just listened to her he would still be leading, a point she made repeatedly to him all evening. Can this marriage be saved ?
Don’t Forget: Wednesday night is Christmas Carols sing-a-long at MainStreetCafe, the highlight of the social season.
Good Question: In the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas”, my true love brought to me nine … what?
Choices: Drummers Drumming; Ladies Dancing; Pipers Piping; Lords a Leaping
Answer: Ladies Dancing
What are the 12 days of Christmas?
On the twelfth day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Twelve drummers drumming,
Eleven pipers piping,
Ten lords a-leaping,
Nine ladies dancing,
Eight maids a-milking,
Seven swans a-swimming,
Six geese a-laying,
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree!
Here is a version that’s not bad, but really needs Ellen to sing “Five Golden Rings”:
The carol has its roots in 18th-century England, as a memory-and-forfeit game sung by British children. In the game, players had to remember all of the previous verses and add a new verse at the end. Those unable to remember a verse paid a forfeit, in the form of a kiss or a piece of candy to the others.
One theory, however, connects the carol to the era when Catholicism was outlawed in England, from 1558 and 1829. The carol, it is said, was a catechism song for Catholics to learn “the tenets of their faith,” as they could not openly practice in Anglican society. While many still hold the idea of a coded hymn to be true, there’s no substantive evidence that this was the case, nor is there any evidence that the verses contain anything uniquely Catholic.
Here are the verses of the song, along with their supposed symbolism:
• A Partridge in a Pear Tree – Jesus Christ
• Two Turtle Doves – The Old and New Testaments
• Three French Hens – The three virtues of Faith, Hope and Charity
• Four Calling/Collie Birds – Four gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
• Five Golden Rings – First five books of the Old Testament
• Six Geese-a-Laying – Six days of creation before God’s rest on the seventh day
• Seven Swans-a-Swimming – Seven gifts of the Holy Spirit
• Eight Maids-a-Milking – Eight Beatitudes
• Nine Ladies Dancing – Nine fruits of the Holy Spirit
• Ten Lords-a-Leaping – Ten Commandments
• Eleven Pipers Piping – Eleven faithful disciples
• Twelve Drummers Drumming –Twelve points of belief in the Apostles’ Creed
While these verses are what most of us associate with the “Twelve Days of Christmas,” the phrase refers to an actual 12-day period. The 12 days of Christmas, in fact, are the days from Dec. 25, celebrated as the birth of Jesus Christ, to the Epiphany, celebrated on Jan. 6 as the day when the manifestation of Christ’s glory was realized.
While sects of Christianity celebrate the 12 days of Christmas differently, certain ones, such as the Eastern Orthodox Church, consider the Epiphany to be the most important day of the Christmas season. Some exchange gifts on each of the 12 days instead of only on Christmas day.
sources: tlc.howstuffworks.com, .carols.org.uk
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