• Twelve Days of Christmas

  • General Knowledge
  • By: iMinds
  • Narrated by: Jude Beaumont
  • Length: 5 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (71 ratings)

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Twelve Days of Christmas

By: iMinds
Narrated by: Jude Beaumont
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Many families keep their Christmas celebrations relegated to one day. For others, however, it’s a period of several days or weeks of celebration. In this audiobook from iMinds JNR, listeners will learn the history of the Twelve Days of Christmas and all about the traditions and celebrations that take place during this extended holiday. Told in an easy-to-follow and engaging format by veteran performer Jude Beaumont, this concise audiobook is a great addition to any family or child’s collection.

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Learn about the Twelve Days of Christmas with iMindsJNR audio learning series for younger minds. For many, Christmas is not just a time of year but a whole period of festivities. You may have heard someone say that there are twelve days of Christmas. But did you know that they refer to the days after Christmas and not the days leading up to it?

The first day of Christmas is 25 December. It is when the major Christmas celebrations take place and the birth of Jesus is officially celebrated. The day after Christmas is also a public holiday in many countries. In the UK, Australia, Canada and many other places it is known as Boxing Day.

Perfect to engage, entertain and broaden young thinkers.. iMindsJNR brings knowledge to your MP3 with 5 minute information segments for growing minds.

Make your MP3 smarter with iMindsJNR MindTracks, intersperse with music and enjoy learning a little about a lot.. knowledge to help shape young minds.

©2009 iMinds Pty Ltd (P)2009 iMinds Pty Ltd

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"I'm learning all sorts of stuff about stuff I didn't even know I didn't know. And it sticks. In a nutshell: wonderful." (Jonathon Margolis, Financial Times)

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Christmas

I really like the audio of this. It was very informative information about Christmas and explained about here in the United States and in other Counties.

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Learned a Lot in Five Minutes!

This is one of the best iMinds shorts I've listened to. I had no idea that December 25 was the FIRST day of Christmas, or that December 26, Boxing Day dated back to the Middle Ages and refers to the tradition of giving boxes of food and gifts to the needy or placing items in the Alms Boxes of the churches for those in need. In my mind, it had to do with the sport of boxing. Very interesting short listen!

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General yet new knowledge

Thought twelve days of Christmas were until the day of Christmas and didn't know twelve days of Christmas actually start on the day of Christmas and continued until the day before of Epiphany. Interesting and nice to know some of the significance of few of those twelve days.

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Short and Informative

Quick and easy listen for anyone unfamiliar with the twelve days of Christmas history. Only thing that could have made it better would have been to expand in the history from pre-Christian celebrations to present day traditions

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Not what expected.

Weird not at all what I expected. Not a fairy tale or Xmas story as I expected

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