Dec 22 2008
On the eighth and ninth days of Christmas
*sigh* I was hoping I could do this blog daily without having to double up any of the days of Christmas. But yesterday I was having so much fun with my family, I just didn’t get around to it. So…
The remarkable thing concerning the eight maids a-milking, is not that there were eight of them, but that they all milked one German cow that only produced chocolate milk, which is my kind of cow! Here’s the proof: http://www.aviso.net/holidays/christmas/mf/1999/mf_0899.htm.
Oh yeah, and the eight maids a-milking also represent the eight beatitudes Jesus spoke of in Matthew 5:1-16.
The nine ladies dancing are pretty much just that… a bunch of ladies having a good time, enjoying the music of the birds and celebrating all the good stuff their true love gave to them.
However, they also represent the fruit of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control… and the kids in my youth group could tell you what kind of fruit each fruit is and why!
