Monday, December 18, 2023

The 12 Days of Christmas of 2023 - Day 6

On the sixth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: six geese a-laying!
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree!

The six geese allude to the six days of creation, to the gift of new life, although what God would call a day is not exactly 24 hours by our standards.

My fantasy version:

On the sixth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: six flying horses!
Five magic rings,
Four mountain trolls,
Three phoenixes,
Two forest fauns,
And a unicorn as white as the snow!

A flying horse, better known as a Pegasus, is a creature blessed with the gift of flight. With relative ease, they can travel to certain places that very few other creatures could possibly reach.

So, a Pegasus alludes to freedom, the endless opportunities spread out before us.

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