A Stork in a Baobab Tree: An African 12 Days of Christmas

Set in Africa during the Christmas season this is the story of a village preparing for a celebration – the birth of a child. The story is told in verse inspired by the traditional carol The Twelve Days of Christmas but in this version by the author Catherine House the gifts are: 1 stork in a baobab tree 2 thatched huts 3 woven baskets 4 market traders 5 bright khangas 6 women pounding 7 children playing 8 wooden carvings 9 grazing goats 10 drummers drumming 11 dancers dancing and 12 storytellers. This is a Christmas steeped in the atmosphere of African village life including descriptions of the objects and activities mentioned in the text.