On the 6th day of Christmas...Six Geese a Laying

"On the sixth day of Christmas my true love gave to me

six geese a laying,

five gold rings,

four calling birds,

three french hens,

two turtle doves,

and a partridge in a pear tree."

Geese in the Snow Six Original Watercolor Christmas Cards, $39.95 for a set of 6 by "6 Cats Art"

Now on the sixth day Aussie-style we'd be enjoying 6 brolgas dancing.  Um, yeah - no - I don't know what the are either!  I googled it:

And found this beautiful painting by Bob Abrahams

So, still birds!  (You know what? The 5 golden rings were actually originally birds too, ring necked pheasants.  If my hubby gave me that many birds, I'm not sure they would be the only ones with wrung necks!  But, I digress - back to day 6!)  Yup, in France we'd have six partridges with cabbage (eew - my hubby loves cabbage, it just stinks!), still birds!  Scotland?  Three goldspinks (whatever they are - I googled 5 pages deep and got absolutely nothing!)

Down Louisianna way, we'd be collecting Cyprus knees:

Like these?  They're for sale at the Tupelo Gum Wood and Cypress Knees Company

Being in Louisanna you'd also be dangerously close to the Redneck gift of 6 cans of SPAM!  OK, I confess, I cannot, for the life of me, think of an elegant segue into Biblical lessons from SPAM!

In "The New Dial" the lesson teaches:

"Which are they which are but six?

Six days to labor is not wrong,

For God himself did work so long."

I'm not sure exactly how long Angelique of Six in One Hand...Madness in the Other took to make today's giveaway, but it sure was worth it!  Enjoy...

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I have been given the pleasure and great joy

of being asked by Noel to guest blog today

for the sixth day of Christmas.

(I'm new to this whole guest blogging thing...so bear with me.)

I never cared for the sixth day of Christmas when I was a child.

I mean.....really?

Who wants some ugly birds laying eggs all day?

I love omelets like the next girl but c'mon.

I would have much rather had

ten lords a leaping around me

or even better.....

some golden rings to add to my fingers.

(I was quite literal as a child.)

When asked to represent the sixth day

(as it was the natural choice...six in one hand...and all)

I decided to do some research.

I discovered that the twelve days of Christmas

can represent different aspect of the Christian faith.

The six geese a laying represents

the six days of creation.

Cool, huh??

That's what I said.

I decided to represent

creation in a giveaway.

What better way than with

the creation of life...

This handmade bird's nest denotes

the creation of the world

with the eggs representing mankind.

Each egg is delicately painted and glittered

to represent how beautiful each of us are.

The nest is composed of moss and straw

gently cradling each egg

like our Heavenly Father

cares for us.

This lovely tag is hand dyed and stamped

and is blank on the other side

for gift giving

as God gave the ultimate

gift by giving us

Jesus Christ.

I hope that you will enjoy my labor of love.

(I have glued fingers and glitter everywhere to prove it.)

Here's wishing everyone a wonderful Christmas

and many holiday blessings.

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Also, don't forget about our gift certificate giveaway - with a drawing, from ALL the comments on all the days!

To register for both the Six in One Hand giveaway and the gift certificate giveaway:

• Post a comment (1 per day – so after you check out the next day’s blog, come back here and enter again – just like the song builds every day, so do your chances!
• If you haven't already, post the button (then a comment letting me know)
• Blog, Tweet or Facebook about this giveaway with the link (then a comment letting me know)
• Follow me (then a comment letting me know)
• BONUS entry! Follow Six in One Hand then leave me a comment letting me know (I know you'll just love it!)

The fine print:

• You must leave a SEPARATE comment for each entry – this is the only way to keep it fair and straight (and keep me from having to kill a tree printing them out and cutting them apart!)
• All giveaways will be held on December 13th
• A random number generator will be used to determine the winner(s)
• If your e-mail address is not publicly listed on your profile, please include it with your comment(s)
• We reserve the right to re-draw if the first winner does not respond within 48 hours (please don’t let this happen – that would just be sad!)