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On the first day of Christmas

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My true love gave to ‘me

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partridge in a pear tree
On the second day of Christ mas
My

true love gave to me

Two turtle doves and a.
partridge in-a pear tree

Third day:

Fifth day: five golden rings
‘Sixth day: six geese a-laying
Seventh day: seven swans —

a-swimming

Eighth day: eight maids

| Ninth day: nine ladies waiting
Tenth day: ten lords a-leaping

-. a-milking

Eleventh day: eleven bibers,

On the twelfth day:
of Christmas ~~ |
My true love gave tome’...
Twelve drummers drumming,
Eleven pipers piping, Ten lords
a-leaping, Nine ladies waiting,
Bight maids a-milking, Seven.
swans a-swimming, Six geese

piping

_ a-laying, Five golden rings, —
Four mockhingbirds, Three

- French bens, Two turtle doves,
. And. a partridge i in a pear tree! ;

: three French bens
Fourth day: four mockingbirds

OF CHRISTMAS ~

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Amidst the: many: lovely
Christmas decorations that _
might be-seen: this season,
perhaps the most unusual is

a ‘many-pointed star, shin-
_ ing either on the porch ofa

home or within a church.
This : is the Moravian

star, unuspal in that it'can.
have as many as°24 ‘or 26

points. The. star. ig a tra-
dition’ of the Moravian
church, founded here in
America by settlers from
Germany i in 1741,

It is not known who in-
vented the Moravian star
but it is believed that the
first many-pointed star orig-

inated in Germany during

the 1800s. -

The stars, preserved year
after year by Moravians,
are rich. in symbolism. Be-
‘side. being a reminder of
the star followed by the

three: wise’ men, it recalls -
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Moravian Star
~ Marks Back to
~ Old Tradition -

the scripture passage, “A

- star shall come out of ©

Jacob,” and ‘the words of
Jesus, “I am the root and
offspring of David, and the
bright ‘and: morning : star.”

The beautiful : ‘stars are
often’ placed in’ homes on
the first Sunday of Advent

- and usually remain there
- until the feast of the Epiph-

any in January.

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In Bethlehem, Pennsyl- —
--vania, the. sizeable. Mor-.
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avian coriuntinity. will tele:
brate Christmas with this.

many- -pointed ‘star, as well Oa
as ‘other old traditions.

Among these customs is the
making and decorating of
beeswax: candles, and the -
community putz.

The putz is an elaborate

. presentation of the Christ-

mas - story, lovingly deco-

rated and staged by fam-..

ilies .of the community. _
Each year thousands of vis-
itors come to Bethlehem to. —

view the tableaux, depict-
ing the birth of Christ.

Families can also have.
a putz at home, and these.
manger scenes may in-

clude some- treasared heir- wees .

looms... -

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in community services, the
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