Continuing our series of I Didn’t Know That, we take a look at the common symbolism attributed to that famous Christmas song; The Twelve Days of Christmas. Be aware, the song was not written as a mnemonic device to memorize Christian symbolism, but we can still have fun learning.

The fifth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: Five Golden Rings

This has been given the symbolism of:

First five books of the Bible

Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy (known as; the Pentateuch)

Stayed tuned for the next episode where we’ll look at the Sixth Day of Christmas.