The 12 Days Of Christmas Explained

The "nine ladies dancing" represent the nine fruits of the Holy Spirit, according to The Newman Center at Keene State College. Featured in Galatians 5:22-23, the nine fruits are: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Christians, under the guise of the Holy Spirit, will exhibit these types of virtues. Love refers to the love of God and your neighbor, which is unconditional and without the expectation of anything in return, according to The Catholic Spirit. You achieve joy by relationships with God and other people, and it encompasses truth, honesty, and integrity.

Peace involves harmony, justice, equality, respect, and honesty. Patience means you suffer without complaint, have self-restraint, and endure with resolve and determination; indeed, it means sacrificing for another person's benefit. Kindness means being nice and friendly to other people — you are respectful, cheerful, agreeable, caring, and pleasant. Generosity is sharing and being selfless with friends, family, strangers, and others in need. This fruit involves physical giving as well as sharing time and energy.

Faithfulness is showing loyalty, fulfilling commitments, completing projects, observing vows, and holding up one's word. Gentleness is being sensitive towards others and caring for their welfare and involves humility, affection, and tenderness. Lastly, self-control is controlling oneself instead of being controlled by outside forces, events, or people. You remain calm and even-tempered during a crisis.

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