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SIUSLAW NEWS | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2020 | 11A 12 D AYS OF C HRISTMAS On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me A partridge in a pear tree On the second day of Christmas my true love sent to me Two turtle doves On the third day of Christmas my true love sent to me Three french hens On the fourth day of Christmas my true love sent to me Four calling birds On the fifth day of Christmas my true love sent to me Five golden rings On the sixth day of Christmas my true love sent to me Six geese a-laying On the seventh day of Christmas my true love sent to me Seven swans a-swimming On the eighth day of Christmas my true love sent to me Eight maids a-milking On the ninth day of Christmas my true love sent to me Nine ladies dancing On the 10th day of Christmas my true love sent to me 10 lords a-leaping On the 11th day of Christmas my true love sent to me 11 pipers piping O ne of the most instantly recognizable holiday songs also boasts one of the most unique histories of any Christmas carol. The exact origins and author of “The 12 Days of Christmas” are unknown, but according to the Catholic News Agency, the song was written for Catholic children in England sometime after 1558. Between 1558 and 1829, Cath- olics in England were forbidden to practice their faith openly. The song “The 12 Days of Christmas” was used to teach Catholic chil- dren living under such restrictions about their faith. As a result, the song is filled with hidden meaning. People sing it as a cumulative song, meaning that each verse is built on top of the previous verses. There are twelve verses. Lyrics courtesy of Genius.com. SIUSLAW SCHOOL DISTRICT SOCKS TO A T 2111 Oak St., Florence, OR 97439 541-997-2651 1341 Bay St. Unit F 541-991-3220 To our valued readers: Help small businesses affected by coronavirus right now, including ours. Businesses of all sizes have been hit hard in this challenging new age of social distancing and self-isolation, but the blow has been catastrophic for small operations that rely on in-person transactions. There are many ways to help this holiday season, like purchasing gift certificates or memberships, and yet there are many service-type businesses that don’t have that option. As we look to a new year, we’re celebrating what connects us as a community, and what we can do to support our local businesses! THAT’S WHY WE CREATED THE SUPPORT LOCAL TOGETHER CAMPAIGN. The Support Local Together campaign will help local businesses who have to choose between promoting their business and paying the electric bill. It will also help support the Siuslaw News, who has seen a strong decrease in advertising revenue, but an increase in readership. IT DOES TWO THINGS. 1. 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Jenna Bartlett Publisher jbartlett@thesiuslawnews.com 541-902-3524 $10 $20 $50 $100 Other Amount _______ Name __________________________________________________________ Address ________________________________________________________ On the 12th day of Christmas my true love sent to me 12 drummers drumming 11 pipers piping 10 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! Why are Christmas colors red and green? Red and green have be- come the traditional colors of Christmas, just as blue and white symbolizes Cha- nukah. But how did this col- or palette come to evolve? Just like many traditions of Christmas, the red and green scheme has origins that pre-date the Christian celebration. Christmas has borrowed from many of the customs of winter solstice celebra- tions of ancient peoples. Ancient Celts revered holly plants, believing they brought beauty and good fortune in the middle of winter — a time when the landscape is normally bleak and holly plants thrive and stand out. Celts would regu- larly bring in sprigs of holly and decorate their homes with the plants, which fea- ture shiny, serrated leaves and bright, red berries, as a way to guarantee a prosper- ous new year. The custom of using red and green continued into the 14th century. Red and green also were used to paint medieval rood screens, which were parti- tions installed in churches to separate the congregation from the priest and altar. Victorians also extended the association of these col- ors as a physical boundary to another boundary: the marking of the end of the old year and the beginning of a new one at Christmas- time. The red and green con- nection was perhaps best solidified thanks to a man named Haddon Sundblom, an artist commissioned in 1931 by the Coca-Cola company to create an image of Santa Claus for the com- pany’s upcoming holiday ads. Until this point, versions of Santa were rarely consis- tent, with his clothing vac- illating between green, blue and red. He also wasn’t the plump, jolly fellow associ- ated with Christmas as we know him today, but rather thin and elf-like. Sundblom portrayed him as a chubby man wearing red robes, likely as a nod to Coca-Cola’s own red logo, even though the company denies the connection. San- ta was featured in front of a green background. The ads proved popular and Sundb- lom’s Santa became the pre- ferred depiction. Santa’s red robes per- fectly complemented the green background and oth- er green components of the holiday, such as Christ- mas trees and holly, that already had been solidi- fied as Christmas imagery. 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