Re: Tis the Season [Response Requested]

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Ooooh...I'd like to know also!

Thanks!

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Hi, do you know who the author of the " First Day of Christmas " is? I

would like to include it with my card this year ad want to make sure I

name the author.

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" Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs.

Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do

the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of

themselves. "

- Dale Carnegie

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From: [mailto: ] On

Behalf Of M. FRANK

Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2007 10:10 PM

Subject: Tis the Season

On the first day of Christmas, the good Lord gave to me: a child with a

disability.

On the second day of Christmas, the good Lord gave to me: a heart full

of love for my child with a disability.

On the third day of Christmas, the good Lord gave to me: an ache in my

heart and a heart full of love for my child with a disability.

On the fourth day of Christmas, the good Lord gave to me: a tear in my

eyes, an ache in my heart, and a heart full of love for my child with a

disability.

On the fifth day of Christmas, the good Lord gave to me: an unsuspected

strength for the tear in my eyes and the ache in my heart and my heart

full of love for my child with a disability.

On the sixth day of Christmas, the good Lord gave to me: a ray of hope,

an unsuspected strength for the tear in my eyes and the ache in my heart

and my heart full of love for my child with a disability.

On the seventh day of Christmas, the good Lord gave to me: a sense of

humor, a ray of hope, an unsuspected strength for the tear in my eyes

and the ache in my heart and my heart full of love for my child with a

disability.

On the eighth day of Christmas, the good Lord gave to me: supportive

friends, a sense of humor, a ray of hope, an unsuspected strength for

the tear in my eyes and the ache in my heart and my heart full of love

for my child with a disability.

On the ninth day of Christmas, the good Lord gave to me: remarkable

doctors, supportive friends, a sense of humor, a ray of hope, an

unsuspected strength for the tear in my eyes and the ache in my heart

and my heart full of love for my child with a disability.

On the tenth day of Christmas, the good Lord gave to me: an appreciation

of small accomplishments, remarkable doctors, supportive friends, a

sense of humor, a ray of hope, an unsuspected strength for the tear in

my eyes and the ache in my heart and my heart full of love for my child

with disability.

On the eleventh day of Christmas, the good Lord gave to me: a sense of

pride, an appreciation of small accomplishments, remarkable doctors,

supportive friends, a sense of humor, a ray of hope, an unsuspected

strength for the tear in my eyes and the ache in my heart and my heart

full of love for my child with a disability.

On the twelfth day of Christmas, the good Lord said to me: Reach out and

SHARE your sense of pride, your appreciation of small accomplishments,

your remarkable doctors, your supportive friends, your sense of humor,

your ray of hope, your unsuspected strength for the tear in your eyes

and the ache in your heart and your heart full of love for you child

with a disability.

[Guest guest]

I have no idea.. I know it's been floating around for a few years at least.

[Guest guest]

According to wikipedia.com: (the song is called the Twelve Days of Christmas)

Hope this helps.

[edit] Music origin

The date of the song's first performance is not known, though it was used in

European and Scandinavian traditions as early as the 16th century. In the early

20th century, Frederic Austin wrote an arrangement where he added his melody

from " Five golden rings " onwards (The New Oxford Book of Carols), which has

since become standard.

[edit] Lyrics origin

" The Twelve Days of Christmas " is a children's rhyme that was originally

published in a book called Mirth without Mischief in London around 1780. It was

originally a memory and forfeit game and it was played by gathering a circle of

players and each person took it in turns to say the first line of the rhyme.

When it is the first player's turn again he says the second line of the verse

and so on.

Years later the game and rhyme were adopted by Lady Gomme (an English collector

of folktales and rhymes) as a rhyme that " the whole family could have fun

singing every twelfth night before Christmas before eating mince pies and

twelfth cake "

Tis the Season

On the first day of Christmas, the good Lord gave to me: a child with a

disability.

On the second day of Christmas, the good Lord gave to me: a heart full

of love for my child with a disability.

On the third day of Christmas, the good Lord gave to me: an ache in my

heart and a heart full of love for my child with a disability.

On the fourth day of Christmas, the good Lord gave to me: a tear in my

eyes, an ache in my heart, and a heart full of love for my child with a

disability.

On the fifth day of Christmas, the good Lord gave to me: an unsuspected

strength for the tear in my eyes and the ache in my heart and my heart

full of love for my child with a disability.

On the sixth day of Christmas, the good Lord gave to me: a ray of hope,

an unsuspected strength for the tear in my eyes and the ache in my heart

and my heart full of love for my child with a disability.

On the seventh day of Christmas, the good Lord gave to me: a sense of

humor, a ray of hope, an unsuspected strength for the tear in my eyes

and the ache in my heart and my heart full of love for my child with a

disability.

On the eighth day of Christmas, the good Lord gave to me: supportive

friends, a sense of humor, a ray of hope, an unsuspected strength for

the tear in my eyes and the ache in my heart and my heart full of love

for my child with a disability.

On the ninth day of Christmas, the good Lord gave to me: remarkable

doctors, supportive friends, a sense of humor, a ray of hope, an

unsuspected strength for the tear in my eyes and the ache in my heart

and my heart full of love for my child with a disability.

On the tenth day of Christmas, the good Lord gave to me: an appreciation

of small accomplishments, remarkable doctors, supportive friends, a

sense of humor, a ray of hope, an unsuspected strength for the tear in

my eyes and the ache in my heart and my heart full of love for my child

with disability.

On the eleventh day of Christmas, the good Lord gave to me: a sense of

pride, an appreciation of small accomplishments, remarkable doctors,

supportive friends, a sense of humor, a ray of hope, an unsuspected

strength for the tear in my eyes and the ache in my heart and my heart

full of love for my child with a disability.

On the twelfth day of Christmas, the good Lord said to me: Reach out and

SHARE your sense of pride, your appreciation of small accomplishments,

your remarkable doctors, your supportive friends, your sense of humor,

your ray of hope, your unsuspected strength for the tear in your eyes

and the ache in your heart and your heart full of love for you child

with a disability.