{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Small Town America","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/smalltownamerica","author_name":"dhanny","author_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/smalltownamerica\/author\/dhanny","title":"The Twelve Days of Christmas - Small Town America","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"obge97WRkO\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/smalltownamerica\/2011\/12\/the-twelve-days-of-christmas.html\">The Twelve Days of Christmas<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/smalltownamerica\/2011\/12\/the-twelve-days-of-christmas.html\/embed#?secret=obge97WRkO\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The Twelve Days of Christmas&#8221; &#8212; Small Town America\" data-secret=\"obge97WRkO\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"I always thought &#8220;The twelve Days of Christmas&#8221; was just a goofy song to sing at Christmas time.\u00a0 What in the world do leaping lords and swimming swans have to do with Christmas?\u00a0 Then someone sent me this explanation for the song. The Catholics in England were not permitted to practice their faith openly from&hellip;","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/smalltownamerica\/files\/2011\/12\/christmas-wreath-clipart-christmas-wreath-graphic-christmas-wreath-clip-art-1med1-150x150.gif"}