The "Twelve Days of Christmas" series began in the summer of 2006 when Joyce Byers designed the "Partridge in a Pear Tree Santa" as a tribute to the renowned Christmas carol first written as a "catechism song" to help young Catholics learn the beliefs of their faith. The song's gifts are hidden meanings to the teachings of the faith while the "true love" referred to in the song is symbolic of God. The partridge in a pear tree is Jesus the Christ whose birthday we celebrate on December 25, the first day of Christmas. The twelfth day of Christmas is the eve of the feast of Epiphany.
