12 Days of Christmas Day 10

“On the tenth day of Christmas

My true love gave to me-

10 lords a’leaping…”

Ray Kampf, Neatorama

Well, probably not those kind of 

Leaping Lords…

Since this children’s rhyming game was popular around 1780, the Lords probably looked more like this -

Dribble, Pinterest

If you want to use this game (put to music in 1906) as something to help you remember Biblical events, places and people, then the 10 Lords stand for the 10 Commandments,

given to Moses by God and told in the Old Testament part of the Bible.

Lori Siebert - Courtney Davis

Just please don’t perpetuate the myth that this was the true meaning of the rhymes, as it clearly is not.

That would be like taking the 

‘Do re me’ song from The Sound of Music 

and giving each sound a religious 

meaning!

Personally, I have always liked frogs as representing the 10 Lords leaping.

By fabulous author and artist Sandra Boynton

Lords leaping brings such fun images to my imagination!

This one reminds me of the chimney sweeps in 

‘Mary Poppins’

Jane Ray, gillianmcclure.blogspot.com

I think 3 of them have fallen off the roof…

No, wait, they are just hiding on the next page!

         Let’s have some crafty fun with these fancy dancing fellows.

Suncatcher Studio

This is a great pattern to cut from paper and make ornaments for your tree, or package decorations.

Tip:

Use a small hole punch in the small areas.

You can then fit the tip of your small scissors inside the hole and snip out the area.

Let’s learn how to draw a frog!

pilllpat (agence eureka), Flickr

Next I have a great coloring page,

and a simple line drawing you can fill in with doodles (Zentangles) -

Edupics

Mom Junction

Here are a couple of beaded frogs -

Attica, Pinterest

Tiffani Cartier

I found many free beaded frog patterns on Pinterest if you would like to make a whole army of frogs!

(No, not military. Army is what a group of frogs are called).

Webshots; ScreenSavers

Here is one version of how to make an origami frog. There are a couple out there and depending on how you fold your frog, you can make it jump!

sweet trees, uploaded on Pinterest by Julie Samplawska

Frogs not your thing?

That’s okay! Here is a Leaping Lord coloring page for you -

S. John Davey, 1993

Oops!

12 leaping lords?!?

Yep. There are a few versions of 12 days of Christmas. Here in America we usually stick with the 1906 musical version (and order) that Frederic Austin wrote (published 1909). So, I’m sticking with 10 Lords a’leaping.

Stampscoinsnotes.com

Here are some charming beaded people that could easily be lords -

By curious, Pinterest

Again, I found several versions on Pinterest.

Well, that concludes our tenth day of presents.

Next up -

11 Pipers piping!

Til next time,

inkspired

Angie McLane Crossin