2006-12-20 07:39:52 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
Oh yeah. Here are the 12...one verse adding each and then going backwards from there:
Day 1 = Partridge in a pear tree
Day 2 = 2 Turtle Doves
Day 3 = 3 French Hens
Day 4 = 4 Calling birds
Day 5 = 5 Gold rings
Day 6 = 6 Geese a laying
Day 7 = 7 Swans a swimming
Day 8 = 8 Maids a milking
Day 9 = 9 Ladies Dancing
Day 10= 10 Lords a leaping
Day 11 = 11 Pipers piping
Day 12 = 12 Drummers drumming
2006-12-20 07:44:09 · answer #1 · answered by Cyndie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The ever populr twleve Days of Christmas...ah!
Listed at the link below you will find various lyrics to this Christmas toon. Note, too, this little known fact: As a tongue-in-cheek economic indicator, each year economists will compute the cost for all the gifts mentioned in the song. For 2005, the survey by PNC Advisors showed a 9.50% increase over 2004. It breaks down to:
One Partridge in a Pear Tree: $104.99 ($15.00 Partridge, $89.99 Pear Tree)
Two Turtle Doves: $40.00 ($20.00 each)
Three French Hens: $45.00 ($15.00 each)
Four Calling Birds: $399.96 ($99.99 each)
Five Gold Rings: $325.00 ($65.00 each)
Six Geese-a-Laying: $300.00 ($50.00 each)
Seven Swans-a-Swimming: $4,200.00 ($600.00 each)
Eight Maids-a-Milking: $41.20 ($5.15 each)
Nine Ladies Dancing: $4,576.14 ($508.46 each)
Ten Lords-a-Leaping: $4,039.08 ($403.91 each)
Eleven Pipers Piping: $2,053.20 ($186.66 each)
Twelve Drummers Drumming: $2,224.30 ($185.36 each)
Total Christmas Price Index: $18,348.87
"Core" index, excluding swans: $14,148.87
True cost of Christmas in song: $72,608.02 (including 364 total gifts)
In 2006...the "true cost" index climbed 3.5 percent to $75,122.03. Now that's an expensive Christmas experience!!
2006-12-20 17:37:19 · answer #2 · answered by Nuttie Nettie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Twelve GROOVY days of Christmas
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1: An 8-track by the Partridge Family
2: Two platform shoes
3: Three headbands
4: Four Volskwagen bugs
5: Five golden mood rings
6: Six leisure suits
7: Seven giant earrings
8: Eight disco balls
9: Nine paisly blankets
10: Ten sets of door beads
11:Eleven sticks of incense
12: Twelve lava lamps
2006-12-20 16:36:29 · answer #3 · answered by sweetrosette98 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
here are the words:
On the first day of Christmas
my true love gave to me . . .
a partridge in a pear tree!
On the second day of Christmas
my true love gave to me . . .
two turtle doves
and a partridge in a pear tree!
On the third day of Christmas
my true love gave to me . . .
three French hens
two turtle doves
and a partridge in a pear tree!
On the fourth day of Christmas
my true love gave to me . . .
four calling birds
three French hens
two turtle doves
and a partridge in a pear tree!
On the fifth day of Christmas
my true love gave to me . . .
five golden rings!
four calling birds
three French hens
two turtle doves
and a partridge in a pear tree!
On the sixth day of Christmas
my true love gave to me . . .
six geese a layin'
five golden rings!
four calling birds
three French hens
two turtle doves
and a partridge in a pear tree!
On the seventh day of Christmas
my true love gave to me . . .
seven swans a swimmin’
six geese a layin'
five golden rings!
four calling birds
three French hens
two turtle doves
and a partridge in a pear tree!
On the eighth day of Christmas
my true love gave to me . . .
eight maids a milkin’
seven swans a swimmin’
six geese a layin'
five golden rings!
four calling birds
three French hens
two turtle doves
and a partridge in a pear tree!
On the ninth day of Christmas
my true love gave to me . . .
nine pipers pipin’
eight maids a milkin’
seven swans a swimmin’
six geese a layin'
five golden rings!
four calling birds
three French hens
two turtle doves
and a partridge in a pear tree!
On the tenth day of Christmas
my true love gave to me . . .
ten ladies dancin’
nine pipers pipin’
eight maids a milkin’
seven swans a swimmin’
six geese a layin'
five golden rings!
four calling birds
three French hens
two turtle doves
and a partridge in a pear tree!
On the eleventh day of Christmas
my true love gave to me . . .
eleven Lords a leapin’
ten ladies dancin’
nine pipers pipin’
eight maids a milkin’
seven swans a swimmin’
six geese a layin'
five golden rings!
four calling birds
three French hens
two turtle doves
and a partridge in a pear tree!
On the twelfth day of Christmas
my true love gave to me . . .
twelve drummers drummin’
eleven Lords a leapin’
ten ladies dancin’
nine pipers pipin’
eight maids milkin’
seven swans a swimmin’
six geese a layin'
five golden rings!
four calling birds
three French hens
two turtle doves
and a partridge in a pear tree
2006-12-20 15:44:52 · answer #4 · answered by bashmentgyal 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Years of being in choir have made it impossible to forget those words!
2006-12-20 16:04:00 · answer #5 · answered by spikeyblonde_22 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I do. Do you?
2006-12-20 15:58:37 · answer #6 · answered by Alexis 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋