{"id":2452,"date":"2020-12-29T10:32:47","date_gmt":"2020-12-29T16:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/?p=2452"},"modified":"2020-12-29T15:09:09","modified_gmt":"2020-12-29T21:09:09","slug":"the-12-days-of-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/the-12-days-of-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"the 12 days of christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"

the 12 days of christmas<\/strong><\/em><\/span>\u00a0is a well-known christmas carol that is\u00a0basically a melodic listing of 12 days worth of christmas presents received\u00a0from a true love.<\/p>\n

\"Perfect-Christmas-Gift-Ideas-For-Him\"<\/a><\/h6>\n
gift giving<\/em><\/h6>\n

to make it fun, the number of the day determines the quantity of presents. the true love gives one present the first day of christmas, two of something\u00a0on\u00a0the second day of christmas, three of another\u00a0thing on the third day, etc.\u00a0until day twelve. additionally, every day the gifts from the previous days are included again.<\/p>\n

\"12<\/a><\/h6>\n
the 12 presents from\u00a0the\u00a012 days of christmas (wikipedia)<\/em><\/h6>\n

by modern standards,\u00a0it’s a weird <\/a>list of gifts<\/p>\n

12 drummers drumming, 11 pipers piping, 10 lords-a-leaping, 9 ladies dancing, 8 maids-a-milking, 7 swans-a-swimming, 6 geese-a-laying, 5 gold rings, 4 calling birds, 3 french hens, 2 turtle doves and a partridge<\/a>\u00a0in a pear tree<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n
\nhttps:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/muppets-12-days-of-xmas-with-john-denver.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n

on more than half of the days, the gift received is\u00a0fowl<\/strong><\/em> <\/a>(some type of bird). this video from jokes about the frustration of getting birds for four straight days. listen at 1:32 for fowl,<\/em> and click CC at the bottom of the video to read the captions while u listen<\/p>\n