Mercutio, Romeo and Juliet, 1996
Sadly, I think the 12 Days of Christmas are wasted upon ... the many ...
For what it is worth, Happy Christmas.
In mediaeval and Tudor England, the Twelfth Night marked the end of a winter festival that started on All Hallows Eve — now more commonly known as Halloween. The Lord of Misrule symbolizes the world turning upside down. On this day the King and all those who were high would become the peasants and vice versa. At the beginning of the Twelfth Night festival, a cake that contained a bean was eaten. The person who found the bean would rule the feast. Midnight signaled the end of his rule and the world would return to normal. The common theme was that the normal order of things was reversed. This Lord of Misrule tradition dates back to pre-Christian European festivals such as the Celtic festival of Samhain and the Ancient Roman festival of Saturnalia. - For more on the origins and traditions of 12th Night, go here.
Make sure that creche is down
by Monday morning.
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