Twelve days of Christmas

Illustration for a Christmas song.
The twelve days of Christmas are 12 days from the birth of Christ (Christmas, December 25) until the arrival of the Magi (Epiphany, January 6).

Symbolic images:

one partridge on a pear tree
two turtle doves are the Old and New Testaments;
three hens are Faith, Hope, Love;
four songbirds are 4 gospels and / or evangelists
five gold rings - the Pentateuch of Moses;
six geese laying eggs - 6 days of creation;
seven waterfowl swans - seven gifts of the Holy Spirit and / or seven church sacraments;
eight maidservants with milk - eight bliss
nine dancing ladies - 9 fruits of St. Spirit
ten leaping masters - 10 commandments;
eleven pipe pipers - 11 faithful apostles;
twelve drumming drummers - twelve positions of the Apostolic Creed.