The fat lady sings 12 Days of Christmas? Not quite but the 12 days aren't over until January 6th and the 12 days don't start until Christmas day. Some think that all the different gifts in the song have religious meanings but according to Snopes that theory doesn't hold water. The song was most likely a memory game for children involving dares about who could get the whole sequence right. A few other trivial facts about the song are the calling birds originally colly birds, meaning blackbirds, the 5 golden rings weren't jewelry but the rings on a ring necked pheasant. In 2023 the cost of the 364 gifts was $201,972.66 with the most expensive item being the swans. In case your memory is failing on the gifts here is a list from 12-1.
On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me
Twelve drummers drumming
Eleven pipers piping
Ten lords a-leaping
Nine ladies dancing
Eight maids a-milking
Seven swans a-swimming
Six geese a-laying
Five golden rings
Four calling birds
Three french hens
Two turtle doves …
And, of course, “a partridge in a pear tree!”
Hi Mary beautiful partridge
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