S’more Christmas: The Fifth Day of Awesome!
I’m back! And we are talking about fifth day of the 12 days of Christmas! This my Christmastide era! Twelve months of the year = twelve blogs = twelve days of Christmas.
You see, most of us in America are totally missing out on the true joy of the holiday season that lasts far past Advent and Christmas Day. It continues all the way to Twelfth Night, aka Epiphany, aka Kings Day.
Now, I did have a customer tell me that they missed Diva Spring Fling because I didn’t do an email reminding everyone that it was coming. So, remember to check out our upcoming events page to see all the upcoming events. FYI: Das Festival and MY BIRTHDAY are just around the corner!
So, today we are delving into the history, the traditions, and the meaning of The Fifth Day of Christmas, and it actually has some relation to golden rings because it has to do with weddings.
When is the fifth day of Christmas?
If you read our first post, you know that it could be two days. Either December 29 or December 30. That is entirely up to you. If you want to know why or why that matters, you can read our First Day of Awesomeness blog.
We are calling December 30 the Fifth Day of Awesomeness – uh, I mean Christmas! And December 30 is known as the Feast of Saint Egwin!
What are we celebrating?
Honestly, I thought I would be getting bored of learning about Catholic saints by this point, but Saint Egwin is kinda cool!
Saint Egwin died on December 30th. So, that’s why he is remembered on this day. He was a bishop in medieval England, and I really like learning about medieval times.
Egwin was from Evesham (which is a really cool name for a place). When he became bishop, the locals where he served didn’t like him much because he supported things like marriage and sexual purity in the clergy. They thought he was too strict and complained to his superiors.
So, Egwin the Bishop went on a pilgrimage to the pope in Rome to ask for his support. Egwin decided to wear shackles on his legs for the whole journey. He locked chains around his ankles and through the key into a River.
Along the way, they traveled through the Alps and his fellow pilgrims got really thirsty. Some of the people traveling with him were the people who didn’t like his teachings, and they started mocking him by saying that if he was really so godly he could pray to God for water and God would provide like He did for Moses in the dessert. Egwin’s supporters stood up for him. Then, these faithful supporters asked Egwin nicely if he would pray because it really would be nice to find some water. So, Egwin laid down with his face on the ground to pray really hard for water. Then, a spring gushed out of a rock nearby in answer to his prayer!
When Egwin got to Rome, he stopped to pray at the tomb of the Apostles. While he was praying, a servant ran up to him. A girl had been fishing at the Tiber River and caught a fish. There was a key in its mouth. The key was the exact key that Egwin had thrown into the river when he left England!
So, Egwin took off his shackles and went to talk to the pope. As you can probably guess, the pope completely supported his teachings – that the clergy model purity and that it’s good to get married at church.
How to celebrate The Fifth Day of Christmas
I couldn’t find anything very specific for celebrating the Feast of Saint Egwin, and according to how you look at it, this might by the fifth or sixth day of Christmas technically. When the Christmastide holidays began, a lot of the days were celebrated by going to church, hearing the stories of the saints, prayer, songs, and Mass.
Here are my suggestions on how to celebrate:
- See if and how your church celebrates and join the occasion. Saint Egwin would have liked that.
- Tell the story of Saint Egwin and talk with your family about how hard it can be to do the right thing.
- Think about times how you react when someone (like a parent or teacher) corrects you. It’s natural to get angry or resentful, but the people who correct our behavior really want the best for us. Try to have a good attitude about it.
- Saint Egwin went on a pilgrimage from England to Rome! Consider going on your own little pilgrimage by taking a long walk to a church or park in your town where you can stop and pray.
How would you like to celebrate?
See you at my next blog where we will discover the history and traditions of the sixth and seventh days of Christmas and “Celebrate Always.” (I Thessalonians 5:16)
Merry Christmas,
S’more
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