At Grey Roots we love a good team effort, and thought for a bit of fun for the holidays, that we’d make a new version of the traditional “12 Day of Christmas” for Moreston Heritage Village. There were so many good ideas that reflect some of the different departmental perspectives in Grey Roots, that we are going to list them all! Some are similar, but with variations. Maybe we can all sing one of the versions at next year’s Moreston by Candlelight. 🙂 Do you have a favourite?
Cue the music….
The 12 Days of Moreston (Marketing remix)
There are twelve verses, each describing a visit to Moreston with “my true love” on one of the twelve days of Christmas.
…and so forth, until the last verse:
On the twelfth day of Moreston, my true love went with me and saw:
12 Home-baked cookies
11 School kids learning
10 Lamps a lighting
9 Buns of bannock
8 Horses-drawn wagons
7 Quilters tatting
6 Staff-a-stressing
5 Pioneer buildings
4 Barn Swallows
3 Heritage Hens
2 Woven Rugs
And a Pear in a Heritage Tree.
The 12 Days of Moreston (Collections remix)
There are twelve verses, each describing a visit to Moreston with “my true love” on one of the twelve days of Christmas.
…and so forth, until the last verse:
On the twelfth day of Christmas, I went to Moreston to see:
12 Quilters quilting
11 Fiddlers fiddling
10 Staff-a-humming
9 Horse drawn wagons
8 Kids-a-milking
7 Lamps-a-burning
6 Crows-a-cawing (or cows-a-bawling)
5 IRON RINGS
4 Barn swallows
3 Wyndotte Hens
2 Suffolk Lambs
And a Passenger Pigeon in a glass dome!
The 12 Days of Moreston (Archives remix)
There are twelve verses, each describing a visit to Moreston with “my true love” on one of the twelve days of Christmas.
…and so forth, until the last verse:
On the twelfth day of Moreston, my true love went with me and saw:
12 Home-baked cookies
11 Christmas carols
10 Lamps a burning
9 Buns of bannock
8 Horses-drawn wagons
7 Steaming cups of cider
6 Woven rugs
5 Pioneer buildings
4 Barn Swallows
3 Heritage Hens
2 Campfires burning
And a Pear in a Heritage Tree.
And last, but not least….
The 12 Days of Moreston (Interpretation remix)
There are twelve verses, each describing a visit to Moreston with “my true love” on one of the twelve days of Christmas. …and so forth, until the last verse:
On the twelfth day of Christmas, I went to Moreston to see:
12 staff a humming
11 fiddlers fiddling
10 hundred kids a leaping
9 Irish ladies dancing
8 kids a milking
7 Ted in the waterfall swimming
6 barn swallows a laying
5 IRON RINGS
4 Rare Blue Birds
3 Wyndotte Hens
2 Suffolk Lambs
And a Passenger Pigeon in a glass dome!
HAPPY HOLIDAYS from the staff of Grey Roots! 🙂
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