12 Days of Christmas : the Holiday’s most annoying carol
Twelve Days of Christmas with Lyrics Christmas Carol & Song, Who's Yer Santa?
December 25 marks the official start of the 12 days of Christmas in the Christian tradition that shares its name with a
relentlessly stick-in-your-head Christmas carol.
The 12 days of Christmas is the period in Christian theology that marks the span between the birth of Christ and the coming of the Magi, the three wise men. It begins on December 25 (Christmas) and runs through January 6 (the Epiphany, sometimes also called Three Kings’ Day). The four weeks preceding Christmas are collectively known as Advent, which begins four Sundays before Christmas and ends on December 24.
Advent, explained
Some families choose to mark the 12-day period by observing the feast days of various saints (including St. Stephen on December 26) and planning daily Christmas-related activities.
On the first day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
a partridge in a pear tree.
The song then adds a gift for each day, building and repeating on the verse before it, culminating in all 12 gifts together:
Day 12: 12 drummers drumming
Day 11: 11 pipers piping
Day 10: 10 lords a-leaping
Day 9: nine ladies dancing
Day 8: eight maids a-milking
Day 7: seven swans a-swimming
Day 7: seven swans a-swimming
Day 6: six geese a-laying
Day 5: five gold rings
Day 4: four calling birds
Day 3: three French hens
Day 2: two turtle doves
Day 1: ... and a partridge in a pear tree!
If you count each mention of an item separately (which would amount to 364 gifts in all). Giving someone all the gifts in the song would be ... $ pricey $, for which estimates come to between a hefty $38,993.59, or $170,298.03, the monthly budget for government parliamentary sessions during December.
The structure of “The 12 Days of Christmas” lends itself easily to parodies, of which there have been many. There’s Jeff Foxworthy’s redneck version, Twisted Sister’s heavy metal take,
Jeff Foxworthy Redneck 12 Days Of Christmas
Woo! Somebody done been to the Walmart
Man this is the stuff I got for Christmas
Well you cleaned up, what'd ya get?
12 pack of Bud
11 wrestlin' tickets
Tin o' Copenhagen
9 years probation
8 table dancers
7 packs of Red Man
6 cans of Spam
5 flannel shirts
4 big mud tires
3 shotgun shells
2 huntin' dogs
And some parts to a Mustang GT
Twisted Sister - Heavy Metal Christmas
On my heavy metal Christmas my true love gave to me,
12 silver crosses
11 black mascaras
10 pairs of platforms
9 tattered t-shirts
8 pentagrams
7 leather jackets
6 cans of hairspray
5 skull earrings
4 quarts of Jack
3 studded belts
2 pairs of spandex pants
and a tattoo of Ozzy!
https://www.vox.com/21796404/12-days-of-christmas-explained
“The 12 Days of Christmas” is also a Christmas carol in which the braggart sings about all the cool gifts they received
from their “true love” during the 12 days of Christmas.
dr. π (pi)
♫
enjoy!
❤️
Click to viewDecember 25 marks the official start of the 12 days of Christmas in the Christian tradition that shares its name with a
relentlessly stick-in-your-head Christmas carol.
The 12 days of Christmas is the period in Christian theology that marks the span between the birth of Christ and the coming of the Magi, the three wise men. It begins on December 25 (Christmas) and runs through January 6 (the Epiphany, sometimes also called Three Kings’ Day). The four weeks preceding Christmas are collectively known as Advent, which begins four Sundays before Christmas and ends on December 24.
Advent, explained
Some families choose to mark the 12-day period by observing the feast days of various saints (including St. Stephen on December 26) and planning daily Christmas-related activities.
On the first day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
a partridge in a pear tree.
The song then adds a gift for each day, building and repeating on the verse before it, culminating in all 12 gifts together:
Day 12: 12 drummers drumming
Day 11: 11 pipers piping
Day 10: 10 lords a-leaping
Day 9: nine ladies dancing
Day 8: eight maids a-milking
Day 7: seven swans a-swimming
Day 7: seven swans a-swimming
Day 6: six geese a-laying
Day 5: five gold rings
Day 4: four calling birds
Day 3: three French hens
Day 2: two turtle doves
Day 1: ... and a partridge in a pear tree!
If you count each mention of an item separately (which would amount to 364 gifts in all). Giving someone all the gifts in the song would be ... $ pricey $, for which estimates come to between a hefty $38,993.59, or $170,298.03, the monthly budget for government parliamentary sessions during December.
The structure of “The 12 Days of Christmas” lends itself easily to parodies, of which there have been many. There’s Jeff Foxworthy’s redneck version, Twisted Sister’s heavy metal take,
Jeff Foxworthy Redneck 12 Days Of Christmas
Woo! Somebody done been to the Walmart
Man this is the stuff I got for Christmas
Well you cleaned up, what'd ya get?
12 pack of Bud
11 wrestlin' tickets
Tin o' Copenhagen
9 years probation
8 table dancers
7 packs of Red Man
6 cans of Spam
5 flannel shirts
4 big mud tires
3 shotgun shells
2 huntin' dogs
And some parts to a Mustang GT
Twisted Sister - Heavy Metal Christmas
On my heavy metal Christmas my true love gave to me,
12 silver crosses
11 black mascaras
10 pairs of platforms
9 tattered t-shirts
8 pentagrams
7 leather jackets
6 cans of hairspray
5 skull earrings
4 quarts of Jack
3 studded belts
2 pairs of spandex pants
and a tattoo of Ozzy!
https://www.vox.com/21796404/12-days-of-christmas-explained
“The 12 Days of Christmas” is also a Christmas carol in which the braggart sings about all the cool gifts they received
from their “true love” during the 12 days of Christmas.
dr. π (pi)
♫
enjoy!
❤️