Dec 19 2008
On the sixth day of Christmas…
If you’ve been reading this week, you may be eagerly anticipating the significant meaning of the “six geese a-laying.” Well, laying eggs is a universally recognized symbol of new life… and there are six geese to represent the six days of Creation, six days where God’s creative genius brought forth all sorts of new life. So there you have it - six geese a-laying.
I have a couple questions about the song itself… like, why are there so many birds? and why do days 6-12 follow a pattern of a subject and action? 1-5 are just the gifts, but the rest are gifts that do things… there must be something significant in that, don’t you think? Perhaps it reflects our need for something more than just things - we need to receive acts of love and kindness, and have joyful experiences. And why do the dancers - ladies and lords - come before the music - pipers and drummers? Things for you to ponder on this, the sixth day of Christmas.
