Adult Christian Education Program

“The Twelve Days of Christmas: The Mystery and the Meaning”

By Professor Thomas L. Bernard

Sunday December Dec 22, 2013

At 11:15 to 12:15 in the Chapel

The Twelve Days of Christmas is a popular Christmas song which people generally sing with great gusto – but with almost no understanding. Tom Bernard, a long-time member of Center Church and a former Mount Holyoke College Professor will explain the logic to the twelve sequences. Dr. Thomas L. Bernard was born and raised in Scotland, and received his education in Wales, and in the USA where he earned a doctorate from the University of Massachusetts and a postgraduate certificate from Harvard University. His professional career as an educator, professor, administrator and lecturer has spanned over 50 years with service on five continents. He has authored or co-authored over a hundred books or articles, and takes particular pride in The Twelve Days of Christmas: The Mystery and the Meaning, which he feels is the first significant attempt to explain by translation the underlying message of the twelve parts of this popular Christmas song.